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有趣的人，永远视生活如初恋

If you suddenly get old tomorrow,
would you feel regret when you look back at your life?
假如明天，你会突然变老，
在回顾你这一生时，你是否会感到遗憾？

Or would you feel that your life is worth it?
或许，你也会觉得此生已无憾？

Or you have never thought about this kind of things?
当然，也可能你其实从未想过这些事？

If you ask somebody what the meaning of life is,
如果你问一个人“你觉得生活的意义是什么？”

a thousand different people will give you
a thousand different answers.
那1000个人可能给你1000个不一样的答案。

But for me, the answer is happiness.
而对于我来讲，
这个答案很简单，就是“快乐”。

Doing what I like in places that I enjoy.
在自己心仪的地方，
做着自己喜欢的事。

These things are not only beneficial for myself.
They are also making this society better.
这样不仅仅对自己，有益于更多人。

Controlling my own pace like this
may not have given me a wealthy life.
But it has been giving me satisfaction day by day.
这样自己把握生活节奏的日子，
虽然在物质上并没有太富足，
但每天都让我很满足。

And I feel that life gets better everyday.
而且，我觉得生活一天比一天好。

And at the same time,
I have become a person that people enjoy.
同时，我也在这个过程中变成了有趣的人。

And a person who people enjoy is a person
who treats life as he treats his first true love.
而有趣的人，
就是那个总是以对待初恋的心态去生活的人。

不必把太多人请到你的生活中

Many people come to us
in our lives.
会有许多人走进我们的人生


But most of them
are just trivial passangers.
但他们中的大部分都是无关紧要的过客


They show up here and there,
now and then.
他们时不时地出现
在这或是在那


But they never really know us.
They never succeeded in
opening the gate of our hearts.
但他们从没真正理解我们
他们从未成功地打开我们的心扉


One's time is limited.
And we should spend it
in the things and people
that are really worth our devotion.
一个人的时间是有限的
我们应该把这些时间花在
那些真正值得我们投入的人和事之上


So don't waste your precious time
in maintaining
those unnecessary relationships.
所以不要把你宝贵的时间
用来维持那些不必要的关系


Find your own world.
Find your own happiness.
去寻找你自己的世界吧
去寻找你自己的幸福


Solitude will make
your heart and mind stronger.
独处会
让你的心和意志都更强大


And it will make you
see the world more clearly.
它会让你把世界看得更清楚


It will make you
see yourself more clearly.
它会让你把自己看得更清楚


When you have this clearer view of yourself,
you'll know better what suits you
and what you really want.
而当你对自己有了这般更清晰的认识之后
你也就更明白什么适合自己、
什么才是自己真正想要的了


Then, you have become a true warrior
in this battlefield called life.
此时，你已经成为了
人生这个战场之上的一名真正的战士


You no longer need
most of these faceless people.
You can be fine all by yourself.
你已经不再需要那些面目模糊的人了
你独自一人就能过得很好


And if there are still a few people
around you,
they are the ones that you truly need.
而如果现在还有一些人留在你身边
那他们就是你真正需要的人


Cherish them,
they deserve you.
珍惜他们吧
他们值得你去付出

Almost everybody thinks
they are really the masters
of their own lives.
几乎每个人都以为
自己真的拥有自己的人生


I used to think that way, too.
我以前也这么想


But, that was the past.
但是，那是以前了


Through the uphills
and downhills of my life,
I've come to realize
that I didn't really ever own my own life.
And neither did most of the others.
在生活的坎坷中，我慢慢看清了
原来曾经的我
并没有拥有自己的生活
就和很多人一样


I used to be so restless and shallow.
I was always satisfied with
what things seem to be at first sight.
从前的我，浮躁又肤浅
总是只满足于生活最表面的东西


And I was seldom able to calm down
and reflect on the present moment.
并且很少能冷静下来认清此时此刻


But what it really means
to own your own life
is that you put your heart
into the present moment.
然而，真正的拥有
是需要你把心安在当下的



Otherwise you're nothing
but just a passenger who are forced
to drive through this highway
that we call life.
否则，你只是在生活这条快车道上
被迫前行的一个匆匆旅者


You don't own it.
And you can't enjoy it.
你并不拥有它
也没法享受它


Now, I choose to live my life
calmly without restlessness,
mockery or complaints.
现在，我选择静静地生活
不浮躁、不嘲笑，也不埋怨


Being like this
I suddenly discovered
that my vision had become clearer.
在这种状态里
我突然发现自己的视线变清晰了


Many problems
that troubled me before
are now solved.
从前困扰我的很多难题
现在都有了答案


I'm grateful
that I made such a decision.
我庆幸自己做出了这样的决定


In the past
I can only dream what kind of a life
that I can live.
因为，从前我只能做自己的梦


But now I can live this life
as I wanted.
而现在
我能够走自己的路

It was June 15,
and in two days I would be turning thirty.
那天是6月15日，
再过两天我就要30岁了。


I was insecure about entering a new decade
of my life and feared
that my best years were now behind me.
要进入生命中又一个新的十年，
我对此感到忐忑不安，
担心自己最美好的岁月已经离我远去了。


My daily routine included going to the gym
for a workout before going to work.
我每日上班前都去体育馆锻炼一阵。


Every morning
I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym.
He was seventy-nine years old
and in terrific shape.
每天早上
我都会在体育馆见到我的朋友尼古拉斯。
他79岁，身材棒极了。


As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day,
he noticed I wasn't full of my usual vitality
and asked if there was anything wrong.
那天我跟他打招呼时，
他注意到我不象往常那样充满活力，
便问我有什么不对劲。


I told him
I was feeling anxious about turning thirty.
我告诉他自己就要30岁了，
心里很担忧。


I wondered
how I would look back on my life once
I reached Nicholas's age,
so I asked him,
What was the best time of your life?
不知道我要是到了尼古拉斯的岁数
会怎么回顾自己的一生，
于是我问他：
你一生中最美好的时光是在什么时候？


Without hesitation,
Nicholas replied,
Well, Joe, this is my philosophical answer
to your philosophical question.
尼古拉斯毫不迟疑地答道：好吧，乔，
以下就是我对于
你那富有哲理的问题所作出的
富有哲理的回答。


When I was a child in Austria
and everything was taken care of for me
and I was nurtured by my parents,
that was the best time of my life.
小时候我在奥地利，
一切都被照顾得好好的，
我在父母的抚育下成长，
那是我一生中最美好的时光。


When I was going to school
and learning the things I know today,
that was the best time of my life.
上学的时候
我学着至今都不忘记的知识，
那是我一生中最美好的时光。


When I got my first job
and had responsibilities
and got paid for my efforts,
that was the best time of my life.
当我找到第一份工作，
承担了工作中的职责
并且为自己的努力获得报酬时，
那是我一生中最美好的时光。


When I met my wife and fell in love,
that was the best time of my life.
当我遇到我的妻子并坠入爱河时，
那是我一生中最美好的时光。


The Second World War came,
and my wife and I had to flee Austria
to save our lives.
二次大战来临，
妻子和我为活命不得不逃离奥地利。


When we were together
and safe on a ship bound for North America,
that was the best time of my life.
当我们一起安安全全地坐上驶往北美洲的轮船时，
那是我一生中最美好的时光。


When we came to Canada
and started a family,
that was the best time of my life.
当我们来到加拿大建立了家庭时，
那是一生中最美好的时光。


When I was a young father,
watching my children grow up,
that was the best time of my life.
当我成了一位年轻的父亲，
看着自己的孩子一点点地长大时，
那是我一生中最美好的时光。


And now, Joe,
I am seventy-nine years old.
I have my health,
I feel good and I am in love with my wife
just as I was when we first met.
而现在，乔，
我79岁了。
我身体健康，感觉很好，
而且还和初次相遇时一样爱我的妻子。


This is the best time of my life.
这是我一生中最美好的时光。

An old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson.Each morning grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his holybook. One day the grandson asked, "grandpa! I try to read the holy bookjust like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget assoon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?"

从前，有一位老农和他的小孙子住在山间的农场里。每天早上，老人都会早早起床，坐在厨房桌子上读圣书。一天，他的孙子问道：“爷爷!我努力尝试像您一样读圣书，可我看不大懂，而那些能看懂的部分，一合上书我又给忘了。那我读这本书有什么用呢?”

The grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied,"take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water."

老人正在给炉子添煤，这会儿平静地停下手中的动作，答道：“带着这个煤篮子到河边去，给我打一篮水回来吧。”

The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he gotback to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, "you'll have to movea little faster next time", and sent him back to the river with the basketto try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was emptybefore he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it wasimpossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead. Theold man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water.You're just not trying hard enough," and he went out the door to watch theboy try again. At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted toshow his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water wouldleak out before he got back to the house. The boy again dipped the basket intothe river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket wasagain empty. Out of breath, he said, "see grandpa, it's useless!"

男孩便照做，可还没等他回到家，篮子里的水就都漏光了。老农夫笑道：“你下次得跑快点。”说完便又让他提着篮子回去。这一次，男孩跑得更快了，但半路上篮子里的水又漏光了。他喘着气告诉老农夫用篮子提水是不可能的，他要去换成桶。老人说：“我不要一桶水，我要的是一篮水。你只是没有尽全力罢了。”说完便出门想看着男孩再试一次。这回，男孩心里已经清楚这是不可能的，但为了向祖父证明即便自己竭尽全力地跑，水还是会在他没到家前就流光，便再一次把篮子浸到河里装水，提起后飞奔往回跑。不出所料，当他来到祖父面前时，篮子又一次空了。他气喘吁吁地说：“看吧，爷爷，根本没用！”

"So you think it is useless?" The old man said, "look atthe basket." The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realizedthat the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coalbasket and was now clean, inside and out.

“所以你觉得没用?”老人说，“你再看看篮子。”男孩看了看篮子，这时，他突然意识到篮子已经变得不一样了：本来又脏又旧的煤篮如今竟由内而外都变得干净如新。

So, that's what happens when you read the book. You might not understandor remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out!!!

读书也是如此。或许你无法理解或记住所有东西，然而，当你在读它们的时候，它们已经由内而外地改变了你！

This story above uses a holy book as example, but applies to any book youread!!

这个故事以圣书为例，但其中的道理适用于你读的每一本书。

英文诗歌life
作者Langston Hughes
句句引人深思

每一天早晨，都定义你未来人生的模样