And when life throws up one of its nasty surprises, as it will, more than once, when a doctor comes into my room wearing a grave expression, or a car suddenly veers in front of mine on the freeway, I know, in my bones, that it's the time I've spent going nowhere that is going to sustain me much more than all the time I've spent racing around to Bhutan or Easter Island.
当生活向你抛出某个重大惊喜时， 它不只会出现一次， 当一个医生来到我房里， 脸上带着肃穆的表情， 或一辆汽车在高速公路上突然改道， 漂移到我车子前方， 我知道，在我骨子里， 正是那无所去处的时光 帮助我持续保持平静， 那比起我在不丹和复活节岛 所度之日都要有帮助。