究竟何为重要？

What will matter?

Ready or not, some day it will all come toan end. There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. All thethings you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someoneelse.

无论准备好与否，总有一天，这一切都会结束。不会再有日出，不会再有白天，不会有小时或分钟。您收集的所有东西，无论是珍贵的还是被遗忘的，都会传递给其他人。

Your wealth, fame and temporal power willshrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you wereowed.

你的财富、名声和世俗权力将萎缩到无关紧要的地步。您拥有什么或欠什么并不重要。

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations,and jealousies will finally disappear.

你的怨恨、怨恨、挫折和嫉妒最终会消失。

So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, andto-do lists will all expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so importantwill fade away.

因此，您的希望、抱负、计划和待办事项清单也将过期。曾经看起来如此重要的胜利和失败将逐渐消失。

It won't matter where you came from, or onwhat side of the tracks you lived.

你来自哪里，或者你住在铁轨的哪一边，都无关紧要。

It won't matter whether you were beautifulor brilliant. Your gender, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant.

你是美丽的还是聪明的，都无关紧要。你的性别、肤色、种族将无关紧要。

So, what will matter? How will the value ofyour days be measured?

那么，什么会重要呢？如何衡量您的日价值？

What will matter is not what you bought,but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.

重要的不是你买了什么，而是你建造了什么;不是你得到了什么，而是你付出了什么。

What will matter is not your success, butyour significance.

重要的不是你的成功，而是你的意义。

What will matter is not what you learned,but what you taught.

重要的不是你学到了什么，而是你教了什么。

What will matter is every act of integrity,compassion, courage and sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged othersto emulate your example.

重要的是每一次正直、同情心、勇气和牺牲的行为，这些行为都丰富了、赋予了他人权力或鼓励他人效仿您的榜样。

What will matter is not your competence,but your character.

重要的不是你的能力，而是你的性格。

What will matter is not how many people youknew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.

重要的不是你认识多少人，而是当你离开时，有多少人会感到持久的损失。

What will matter is not your memories, butthe memories of those who loved you.

重要的不是你的回忆，而是那些爱你的人的回忆。

What will matter is how long you will beremembered, by whom and for what.

重要的是你会被记住多长时间，被谁记住，为了什么。

Living a life that matters doesn't happenby accident.

过上有意义的生活不是偶然的。

It's not a matter of circumstance but ofchoice.

这不是环境的问题，而是选择的问题。

Choose to live a life that matters.

选择过有意义的生活。