你所要的是怎么样的未来？你有没有更好的设想？不要再等下去，更不要以绝望无助的姿态坐视不理，怨天尤人并不能解决问题。
Waiting for a suggestion from above does nothing. Hoping to strike 4D is nothing. Rather, let us meet, let us talk, let us gather in discussion for a better Singapore.
祈望上天有所指示或希望中马票都于事无补。我们应该结合大家探讨如何把新加坡变成一个更好的家园。
We are not hopeless. We are not children without voices. But we are restricted in our own minds. We self-censor our thoughts for fear of reprisal.We hush our voices for fear of being heard. And perhaps we are also bound by our own laziness.
我们并非无能为力，也不是无法表达自己看法的小孩子，我们只是冲不出思想的桎梏。因为害怕会有严重的后果，我们自行审查我们言行。因为害怕隔墙有耳，我们连说话也得放低声音。当然，惰性也使我们安于现状，反正政府会为人民设想周到。
The government, after all, can do the thinking for us. Our sense of civic duty to engage in public debate and critical thinking is lost except unfortunately for issues that affect our pockets.
很不幸的，正是这种想法使我们失去了作为公民应有义务参与辩论和深入分析问题的责任感，除非有关的课题会影响我们的口袋，我们才会有所反应。
But understand this: We may not be in government but we are whom the government works for. We can contribute and do instead of following. We can let go of our parent's hand and grow up. Now is the time to dream.
我们必须明白，我们虽然不是政府，政府却应该为民服务。不过，我们也可以通过具体行动作出贡献而不是一味追随政府的政策。我们可以放开父母的手，学习自己走路。
Perhaps all of us have tentative notions about the future. Some of us fear, some of us rejoice. Only a few of us will probably see correctly and understand how to get there.
我们对于未来都有一些模糊的概念，有些人感到恐惧，有些人则充满喜悦。大概只有一些人能够认清并知道如何达到目标。
Not all of us will be good at identifying and analysing problems. Solutions will perhaps escape most of us. But without discourse, without sharing, we do not even give ourselves the simple chance of being able to try to work things out.
不是所有的人都有能力确认和分析，更谈不上解决问题。但是，如果完全没有参与任何讨论和交流，我们就连尝试克服困难的机会都不给自己。
Would you gather to discuss a better vision for our Singapore?
你愿不愿意参与新加坡愿景的讨论？
