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73.你知道天使是什么样子吗？

What Do Angels Look Like?天使是什么样子？They are—天使就像—Like the little old lady who returned your wallet yesterday.那个昨天捡到钱包并把它交还给你的身材矮小的年老妇人。Like the taxi driver who told you that your eyes light up the world when you smile.那个告诉你当你微笑时你的双眸能照亮世界的出租车司机。Like the small child who showed you the wonder in simple things.那个将自己对细小事物的好奇心展现给你的小孩子。Like the poor man who offered to share his lunch with you.那个一贫如洗却仍然愿意将午餐分给你的穷人。Like the rich man who showed you it really is all possible, if only you believe.那个告诉你只要心存信仰一切皆有可能的富人。Like the stranger who just happened to come along,when you had lost your way.那个你迷路时碰巧走过来的陌生人。Like the friend who touched your heart,when you didn’t think you had one left to touch.那个你以为自己无法被触动时，拨动了你心弦的朋友。Angels come in all sizes and shapes,all ages and skin types.天使降临了，他们姿态万千，年龄无所不包，肤色无所不含。Some with freckles, some with dimples,some with wrinkles, some without.有的长满雀斑，有的嵌着酒窝，有的皱纹密布，有的面无瑕疵。They come disguised as friends, enemies,teachers, students, lovers and fools.他们可能装扮成你的朋友，敌人，老师，学生，恋人，甚或傻瓜。They don’t take life too seriously,they travel light.他们不把生活看得那么严肃，因而飞得很轻。They leave no forwarding address,they ask for nothing in return.他们不会留下转递地址，因为他们不求回报。They wear sneakers with gossamer wings,they get a deal on dry cleaning.他们的球鞋上缀着轻薄的羽翼，他们跟干洗店有约定。They are hard to find when your eyes are closed,but they are everywhere you look when you choose to see.闭上双眼，你很难发现他们。如果决定寻找，他们会在任何地方出现。

72.你的思想，是你拥有力量的源泉

Your mind is your source of power你的思想是你的力量之源Your mind has the fantastic ability to transform your most intimate desires and wants into their physical counterparts and create brand new realities of your current life.你的思想有一种奇特的力量，它能将你最私人的想法和需要转化为相应的实际行动并且为你当前的生活增添全新的内容。It is an amazing wonder what your mind can conceive of and then using your belief and willpower to actually implement.你的思想可以构想出令人惊讶的奇迹，然后运用你的信念和意志力来将其实现。Are you skeptical? You should be because that is also an important part of your mind.你是个喜欢怀疑的人吗?你应该这样因为怀疑精神也是你思想的一个重要部分。It's the part which relates information to your current reality that determines what to believe and what not to believe.这部分将信息与你目前的现实联系到一起，共同决定你应该相信什么或是不相信什么。The problem with this mechanism is that it often gets in the way of itself and doesn't allow you to utilize your mind to its fullest.这个机制存在一个问题，它总是自身相悖，因而导致你不能最大限度地运用自己的思想。One of the most effective ways to use your mind for dream realization is to use the as if principle.运用自己的思想来实现梦想最有效的途径之一就是使用假设法则。Using the as if principle, you act as if you are the person you want to be.使用假设法则时，你按照自己成为的那个人的思想方式来行动。Act as though the things that you want to possess are already in your possession.做事的时候，你要觉得你想要拥有的东西仿佛已经在自己的掌握之中。What do you want to be?你想成为什么人?Do you want to be a doctor, lawyer, newscaster, Olympic athlete? Think, act, and feel like one.医生，律师，新闻播报员还是奥运会运动员?想象，行动并且要觉得自己仿佛已经成为想做的人，By being your goal, you'll be much closer to your goal because you are constantly in touch with your final objective.通过成为自己的目标，你已距离自己的目标越来越近，因为你在不断接触自己的最终目标。Be obsessed with your dream!坚持自己的梦想吧！You can be everything that you want to be.你可以达成自己的任何愿望。For this to be effective, you can't just act like you are what you want to be.如果希望这个原则发挥作用，那仅仅是照着你想成为的那个人做还不够，You have to actually take ACTION.你要真正地采取行动。Don't get so lost in this new reality that you forget to take action, because without action your new reality will remain a fantasy.不要过分沉浸于新的现实之中而忘记采取行动。因为，如果没有真正的行动，你所预期的未来也只是幻想而已。Do what needs to be done and do it today!今日事今日毕。Let your dreams motivate you to actualize your purpose in your existing reality not just in your head.让你的梦想来激励你，真正实现自己的目标，而不是仅存在于脑海中。It's often true we can do what we think we can't, if we change what's in our heads.事实上，只要相信自己，我们往往都能完成我们认为自己不能完成的事情。There's an old saying: Fortune favors the prepared mind. It's all in the mind!有句古谚语说道:机会总是青睐有准备的头脑。一切都取决于你的想法。A famous person once said, Whenever you think you can or you can't, you're right.一位名人曾经说过:无论什么时候你认为自己能或是不能，你都是正确的。If you think that you are not rich, then you are not.如果你认为自己不富裕，那你确实不富裕。You must recondition your thoughts and beliefs to be positive rather than negative.你必须重新定位自己的想法和信仰，让它们变得积极，而不是变得更加消极。Many times it is hard to think rich if everything around you truly is poor but that when visualization with a bit of imagination is required.许多情况下，如果你的周围尽是贫穷之象，你也很难想象自己是富有的，这时我们就需要一点想象力。Use your mind to expand the possibilities of your life into a new reality.运用你的思想来尝试生活的多种可能性，最终将自己的想法变成现实。There is no limit to what your mind can achieve by combining belief, willpower and action with positive thinking and a positive mindset in order to arrive at your dream destination.将你的信仰，意志力，行动与为了达成最终梦想积极的想法和积极意向相结合，那么万事都难不倒你。

71.当我走到生命的最后一天

When I think how long I have lived每当我想起自己年高寿长I am struck by life’s injustice:命运的不公让我愕然；Others have lived much less他人的生命何其短暂Some have been given less than an hour of life.一些人在出生短短时间后便告别尘寰。I recall my childhood我想起了我的童年And the various stages of my growth.和生命成长的各个阶段。I have been blessed, indeed, beyond anything我，事实上，受到了绝无仅有的I expected or deserved!我所期望的，和我值得的眷顾！I think of the experiences that life has given me—happy ones that filled my heart,我想起生命赋予我的种种经历—幸福的事儿充满我的心房，Painful ones that helped me grow—痛苦的事儿帮助我成长—Of the discoveries I have made...我思考，那些我的发现…Of the persons I was privileged to meet...那些我有幸遇到的人…And of my talents and abilities,我的才华与能力，Of sight视力，And hearing,听力，Smell and taste and touch嗅觉，味觉和触觉And mind and will and memory思想，意愿和记忆And the limbs and organs of my body.四肢及器官。If I were to die today如果我今天就要离去I should certainly have had more than my fair share of life’s blessings.当然，我已经受到自己不应该有的那份人生眷顾。Whatever else life has in store for me is an added gift不管未来的人数还有什么在等待着我，Quite undeserved.那都是一件额外的礼物。Having accepted this, I make myself aware of the fact我诚惶诚恐甚感不配拥有。That I have another day of life to live and relish.知道这个，我清楚了我要认真生活，体味生命中的另一天I see myself go through the morning,我要看着自己穿过清晨，The afternoon,走过下午，And evening,度过夜晚，And accept my good luck gratefully.感激地接收我的好运气。I think of the person who to me is the dearest我想到了哪个我生命中最重要的人Of all who are alive today,所以至今还健在的人们，Of how he or she has enriched my life.他或她让我的生命更加富丽斑斓。Tomorrow I may lose her...明天也许我就会失去她….Such is life’s fragility.生命就是如此脆弱。And if I did, I should have no cause for complaint.如果我真的失去了她，我也不应该有理由抱怨。I have had her for so long,我已经拥有她太长时间了，God knows I have no right to her for a single hour.上天知道，我无权再据她为己有，哪怕只有一小时。Life has been unjust:人生是不公正的；I think of those who never had我想起那些从未拥有过The riches she has brought me.如她给我带来的财富的人们。I tell her this in fantasy我似在幻梦中告诉她此事And see what happens.等待会发生什么。I now become aware我现在明白了That she is here for yet another day她还会在这儿度过另一天And I am grateful.我感激不尽。

70.一位辞世老人留给世人的遗嘱

In the pocket of an old ragged coat belonging to an elderly man in Chicago, a will was found, after his death.在芝加哥一位辞世老人大衣的口袋里，人们发现了一份遗嘱。It went like this:遗嘱中写道:I, Charles Lounsberry, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make and publish this my Last Will and Testament,in order, as justly as may be, to distribute my interests in the world among succeeding men.我，查尔斯隆斯伯里，在心智清醒的状况下，写下这封遗嘱，以此尽量公正地把我的财产非配给后人。That part of my interests which is known in law and recognized in the sheep-bound volumes as my property, being inconsiderable and of no account,I make no disposition of this in my Will.对于法律所承认，写在羊皮卷宗上的我那点财产，在此不做赘述；My right to live, being but a life estate, is not at my disposal,but, these things excepted, all else in the world I now proceed to devise and bequeath.而我活着的权力为命运所拥有，也不为我支配。下面我要分配一下我的其他财产。ITEM: I give to good fathers and mothers, in trust to their children, all good little words of praise and encouragement,and all quaint pet names and endearments; and I charge said parents to use them justly,but generously, as the deeds of their children shall require.一，我要把给孩子们的赞扬和鼓励的话，所有奇异的昵称和爱语都交由他们出色的爸爸妈妈们；我要求爸爸妈妈们合理地使用它们，但不要吝啬，因为孩子们需要这些。ITEM: I leave to children inclusively, but only for the term of their childhood, all and every,the flowers of the field, and the blossoms of the woods, with the right to play among them freely according to the custom of children,warning them at the same time against the thistles and the thorns.二，我要给所有的孩子们，所有处在孩童时代的孩子们鲜花野草，给他们在田野和树林里随性自由玩耍的权利，但也提醒他们留下荆棘利刺。And I devise to the children the banks of the brooks and the golden sands beneath the waters thereof,and the odors of the willows that dip therein, and the white clouds that float high over the giant trees.我也留给了孩子们河岸，还有河水下面金光闪闪的沙子，河边柳树散发的清香，以及大树上面的蓝天白云。And I leave the children the long, long days to be merry in a thousand ways,and the night and the moon and the train of the Milky Way to wonder at, but subject, nevertheless, to the rights hereinafter given to lovers.我还留给了孩子们在无数个日子里能够快乐的一千种方式，还有能够让他们为之产生遐想的黑夜，月亮以及银河专列，但是，有些是给下文中的恋人的。ITEM: I devise to boys jointly all the idle fields and commons where ball may be played,all pleasant waters where one may swim, all snow-clad hills where one may coast, and all streams and ponds where one may fish, or where,when grim winter comes, one may skate, to have and to hold the same for the period of their boyhood.三，我留给男孩子们能打球的场地，能安全游泳的水域，能够滑雪的小山，能钓鱼的小溪和池塘，或者是寒冬来到后可以溜冰的地方，让这些伴随着他们度过少年时代。And all meadows,with the clover-blossoms and butterflies thereof;the woods with their appurtenances: the squirrels and birds and echoes and strange noises;and all distant places, which may be visited, together with the adventures there to be found.我还要给他们开满苜蓿花和飞舞着蝴蝶的草地；居住着松鼠，各种鸟类，以及发出种种怪声的树林；还要他们能够涉足和探险的远方。And I give to said boys, each his own place at the fireside at night, with all pictures that may be seen in the burning wood,to enjoy without hindrance and without any encumbrance of care.我也给这些孩子们每人一块夜晚坐在火炉旁的地方，让他们观看燃烧的木头中呈现的各种画面，让他们自由自在，不受束缚地享受快乐！ITEM: To lovers, I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red roses by the wall,the bloom of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, and anything else they may desire to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love.四，对于那些恋人们，我留给他们一个想象的世界，那里有他们需要的所有东西，比如天空中的繁星，墙边鲜艳的玫瑰，盛开的山楂花，甜蜜的乐曲，和他们想用来向恋人表达自己忠贞不渝的爱情的任何事物。ITEM: To young men jointly, I devise and bequeath all boisterous inspiring sports of rivalry,and I give to them the disdain of weakness and undaunted confidence in their own strength.五，对于年轻人，我留给他们所有激烈，具有启迪性的竞争运动，无惧弱点的品质和对自己力量的坚定信心。Though they are rude, I leave them the powers to make lasting friendships, and of possessing companions,and to them exclusively I give all merry songs and brave choruses to sing with lusty voices.尽管他们不那么知礼，我还是要留给他们维持常青友谊，结交伙伴的能力。我要把所有欢快的歌曲和气势磅礴的合唱留给他们，让他们用粗矿的喉咙歌唱。ITEM: And to those who are no longer children, or youths, or lovers,I leave memory, and bequeath to them the volumes of the poems of Burns and Shakespeare, and of other poets,if there be any, to the end that they may live the old days over again, freely and fully without tithe or diminution.六，对于那些不再是孩子，年轻人，或是恋人的，我留给他们回忆，还有彭斯，莎士比亚和其他诗人的诗，以便让他们重拾往日的岁月，真切丝毫不减地回味当初的感觉。ITEM: To the loved ones with snowy crowns, I bequeath the happiness of old age,the love and gratitude of their children until they fall asleep.七，对于那些满头白发的人，我留给他们晚年时的欢乐，以及孩子们对他们的爱和感恩，让这些一直伴随着他们进入梦乡。

69.写给你的一封信，愿你面朝太阳

Beloved,亲爱的:There are days when nothing seems right, when every shell you pick up on the winding shore is broken,when the silken treasure slips through your fingers too quickly, and when comforts are empty and the world is noisy.总有这样的日子:一切似乎都不正常，你在弯弯曲曲的海滩上捡到的贝壳都是残缺不全的，珍贵的宝物从你指缝中一忽儿就溜走了，别人应该给的慰藉荡然无存，而整个世界喧闹不堪。On those jagged edged days, when the wind is screaming for a reason only she understands.在那些艰难的日子里，狂风莫名地呼啸，And you find yourself all alone.而你发现自只是孤身一人。Turn your face to the sun.面朝太阳吧。There is goodness in the world that even the river of tears cannot erase.因为人世间存在美善，即便是成河的泪水也无法将其冲掉。There is love in the world that the numbed armies of fear can not destroy.因为人世间存在着真爱，即便是冰冷的恐惧也不能将其摧毁。Sometimes that goodness is everywhere apparent.有时，那种美善处处可见，It pours from the heart of every moment, from the light of every smile.它来自每时每刻跳动的心，来自每一个微笑。On those soft days, love hides in the eaves to drop like sweet honey on your forehead and sings her lilting lullabies in the arms of the winds.在那些顺风顺水的日子里，甘甜如蜜的真爱由天而降，在和风的怀抱中唱着轻快的歌。But on some days, Beloved. On days like today...但是亲爱的，在有些日子里，比如今天…We need to look, to see.我们需要去留意，去观察。So turn your face to the sun.所以，面朝太阳吧。Even when she is nowhere to be seen.即便是在她躲了起来，不知所踪的时候。Go inside yourself. Find a speck, a splinter of beauty to be grateful for.审视自己，找到一处可以让你感激的美丽瑕疵吧。Yes, the day has worn you.是的，生活让你疲惫不堪。And Yes,our mistakes have been so many.是的，我们的失误是如此之多。But say Thank you anyway.但不管怎样，说声谢谢吧。Take account of all that is in your possession.善待你所拥有的一切，A mind. A heart. A body.思想，心灵，还有身体。A life that breathes, even if for just one more day.还有能够呼吸的每一天，即便是还有最后一天。Now count the eyes that have smiled at you on your wild journey,数数在你流浪的旅途中对你微笑的眼睛，the hands that have held you tenderly,温柔地扶着你的大手，the ears that have listened,倾听你心声的耳朵，the prayers that have been made on your behalf.还有为你祈祷的声音。And whisper your Thank you again.然后，再次说声谢谢吧。Count the sky that has watched you grow with His painted eyes,数数那用五彩斑斓的眼睛注视这你成长的蓝天，The heaving waves that find their echo in the tides of your breathing,随着你呼吸的节奏而激荡回响的起伏的波浪，The little birds that have sung you their songs,还有献给你歌声的鸟儿，The stars which have been a lamp to your path,照亮你路途and are your rightful inheritance.而又属于你的星星。Count unexpected laughter,数数未曾期待的笑声，Count undeserved grace,数数不期而至的礼遇，Count Passion and Love and Dreams yet to be born,数数你拥有的激情和爱，还有将要萌生的梦想。And bow your head and say thank you,然后，低下头，说声谢谢吧。Now count the lives who still need your light,现在，数数需要你给予光明的生命，The hungry, the sick, the helpless,那些饥饿，生病，无助的人们。Count the children who will die today数数今天就要离开这个世界的孩子们。and imagine if with the breath of your body想想只要你一息尚存，you could help just one.你能帮助他们，哪怕就一个。Turn your face to the sun,面朝太阳吧，And know yourself as a child of the light.你要知道你是光明之子。You are the Goodness that cannot be extinguished,你就是拿不会消之的美善，The love that burns through the darkest night.那燃烧在漆黑之夜的爱。And perhaps,或许，In turning在转身的一瞬，You will see what I have seen,你会看到我所看到的那一面，that this day where everything seemed wrong,看起来一切都不正常的日子was not your curse,并不是我对你的发难，It was your gift,其实是生活给你的馈赠，Your chance...是你的机遇。To find inside yourself a forgotten thank you,去你的内心寻找那个被你忘记的谢谢，To smile in the face of the grim suppressors,去微笑着面对充满挫折的生活，To stand in the heart of the glowering darkness从弥漫的黑暗中站起来，and turn your face to the sun.面朝太阳吧。

68.生而为人，悟透自己，心疼自己

In all one's lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of.人生在世，和“自己”相处最多，打交道最多，但是往往悟不透“自己”。When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach; luck and opportunities will come your way and you are overjoyed that they constitute part of your worth.人生走上坡路时，往往把自己估计过高，似乎一切所求的东西都能垂手可得，甚至把运气和机遇也看做自己身价的一部分而喜不自胜。When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself, mistaking difficulties and adversities for your own incompetence. It's likely that you think it wise for yourself to know our place and stay aloof from worldly wearing a mask of cowardice, behind which the flow of sap in your life will be retarded.人在不得意时，又往往把自己估计过低，把困难和不利也看做自己的无能，以至把安分守己，与世无争误认为有自知之明，而实际上往往被怯懦的面具窒息了自己鲜活的生命。To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself and be a sober realist -- aware of both one's strength and shortage. You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be fully realezed.透自己，就是正确认识自己，也就是说要做一个冷静的现实主义者，既知道自己的优势，也知道自己的不足。我们可以憧憬人生，但期望值不能过高。因为在现实中，理想总是会打折扣的。You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts. That's to way so long as you have a perfect knowledge of yourself there won't be difficulties you can't overcome, nor obstacles you can't surmount.悟可以迎接挑战。但是必须清楚自己努力的方向。也就是说，人一旦有了自知之明，也就没有什么克服不了的困难，没有什么过不去的难关。To get a thorough understanding of oneself needs selfappreciation. Whether you liken yourself to a towering tree or a blade of grass, whether you think you are a high mountain or a small stone, you represent a state of nature that has its own raison detre.要悟透自己就要欣赏自己。无论你是一棵参天大树，还是一棵小草，无论你成为一座巍峨的高山，还是一块小小的石头，都是一种天然，都有自己存在的价值。If you earnestly admire yourself you'll have a real sense of self-appreciation, which will give you confidence. As soon as you gain full confidence in yourself you'll be enabled to fight and overcome any adversity.只要你认真地欣赏自己，你就会拥有一个真正的自我。只有自我欣赏才会有信心，一旦拥有了信心也就拥有了抵御一切逆境的动力。To get a thorough understanding of oneself also requires doing oneself a favor when it's needed. In time of anger, do yourself a favor by giving vent to it in a quiet place so that you won't be hurt by its flames; in time of sadness, do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep or taking some tonic. Show yourself loving concern about your health and daily life. As you are aware, what a person physically has is but a human body that's vulnerable when exposed to the elements. So if you fall ill, it's up to you to take a good care of yourself. Unless you know perfectly well when and how to do yourself a favor, you won't be confident and ready enough to resist the attack of illness.要悟透自己，就要心疼自己。在气愤时心疼一下自己，找个僻静处散散心，宣泄宣泄，不要让那些无名之火伤身；忧伤时，要心疼一下自己，找个三五好友，诉说诉说，让感情的阴天变晴；劳累时，你要心疼一下自己，为自己来一番问寒问暖，要明白人所拥有的不过是一个血肉之躯，经不住太多的风力霜剑；有病时，你要心疼一下自己，惟有对自己的心疼，才是战胜疾病的信心和力量。To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to get a full control of one's life. Then one will find one's life full of color and flavor.悟透了自己，才能把握住自己，你生活才会有滋有味！

67.人如孤岛，我们要学会孤独

How wonderful are islands! Islands in space, like this one I have come to, ringed about by miles of water, linked by on bridges, no cables, no telephones.岛屿是多么奇妙啊！它处在一望无际之中，四周海水围绕， 没有桥梁相通，没有电缆相连，更无电话可打。An lsland from the world and the world's life. Islands is time, like this short vacation of mine.我来的小岛就是 这样一个地方，它远离尘世，不见喧嚣。小岛是时间的孤岛，就 像我的这次短期假期。The past and the future are cut off: only the present remains.在这里，过去和未来都被隔断，只有现时 依然存在。One lives like a child or a saint in the immediacy of here and now.一个人，或是像个孩子：或是像个圣人，现在便实 实在在地在这里活着。Every day, every act, is an island, washed by time and space, and has an island's completion.每一天、每一个动作其实都是一个小岛，经受着时间和空间的冲刷，像小岛一样完美。20131041018424453.jpgPeople, too, become like islands in such an atmosphere, self-contained, whole and serene; respecting other people's solitude, not intruding on their shores, standing back in revernce before the miracle of another individual.人在这种环境下也变成了小岛，独立自主，完整安详，尊重他人的孤独，不践踏他 人的海岸半步，毕恭毕敬地在他人的奇迹面前靠后站。"No man is an island," said John Donne. I feel we are all islands--in a common sea.“没有人 会是小岛。”约翰?多恩说过。我却认为每个人都是公共海域的 小岛。We are all, in the last analysis, alone.归根结底，我们都是孤独的。And this basic state of solitude is not something we have any choice about.这种孤独的基本状态由不得 我们选择。It is , as the poet Rilke says, "not something that one can take or leave".奥地利诗人里尔克曾经说道：“由不得我们带走或是 放弃。”We are solitary. We may delude ourselves and act as though this were not so, yes, even to begin by assuming it."Naturally," he goes on to say,"we will turn giddy."虽然身心孤独，但是我们都欺骗自己，假装事实并非如 此。里尔克还说，“我们很自然就会弄得头晕目眩。”We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family, friends, and movies should fail, there is still the radio or television to fill up the void.今天的人们都非常害怕孤独，所以极力避免它。当与家人 和朋友相处或是看电影都无法消除孤独的时候，我们就用听广播 和看电视来填补空白。Women, who used to complain of loneliness, need never be alone any more.女人们曾经埋怨孤独，现在想孤独也办不 到。We can do our housework with soap-opera heroes at our side. Even day-dreaming was more creative than this; it demanded something of oneself and it fed the inner life.她们可以一边做家务一边看肥皂剧。做白日梦都显得更有创 造力，它需要人们具有一些东西，而且能够丰富内心生活。Now instead of planting our solitude with our dream bolssoms, we choke the space with continuous music, chatter and companionship to which we do not even listen.我们 本该用白曰梦的似锦繁花来种下一片孤独，但却用连续不断的音 乐、喋喋不休、吵嚷的同伴来把孤独的空间堵死。It is simply there to fill the vacuum. When the noise stops there is no inner music to take its place. We must relearn to be alone.这其实仅仅是 _个填补空缺的问题，一旦暄闹消失，便不再有内心的音乐来填 补空缺。我们要重新学会孤独。

66.当你苛刻要求自己时，你需要原谅你自己

Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error ultimately leading to wisdom.人类的成长是一个经历,试验和最终失败而引向智慧的过程。Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action, you can never quite be certaion how the situation will turn out.每次你选择相信自己,开始采取行动时,你绝不会知道这个情况会如何。Sometimes you are victorious, and sometimes you become disillusioned.又是你是胜者，但是有时你又会幻灭。The failed experiments, however, are no less valuable than the experiments that ultimately prove successful; in fact, you usually learn more from your perceived "failures" than you do from your perceived "success".然而，失败的经历远远高于成功，事实上，你从失败里学到的比在成功里学到的更多。If you have made what you perceive to be a mistake or failed to live up to your own expectations, you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence and the part of you that is the alleged wrong-doer.如果你自责犯了一个错误或辜负了自己的期望，你将很可能在你成功和失败之间竖起一道障碍。However, perceiving past actions as mistakes implies guilt and blame, and it is not possible to learn anything meaning while you are engaged in blaming.然而,为过去的行为内疚、自责都是错误的，当你在忙着自责的时候，它不会让你学到什么。Therefore, forgiveness is required when you are harshly judging yourself. Forgiveness is the act of erasing an emotional debt. There are four kinds of forgiveness.因此，当你苛刻要求自己的时候，你需要原谅你自己。宽恕是一种消除情感负担的行为，有四种宽恕：The first is beginner forgiveness for yourself.第一：从原谅自己开始。The second of forgiveness is beginner forgiveness for another.第二：原谅别人The third kind of forgiveness is advanced forgiveness of yourself. This is for serious transgressions, the ones you carry with deep shame when you do soimething that violates your own values and ethics, you create a chasm between your standards and your actual behavior.第三：再次原谅自己，这是最重要的，是随时记住的,当你深深地感到羞耻,违反了自己的价值观和伦理之间的鸿沟时，这是你自己的标准,你的实际行为。In such a case, you need to work very hard at forgiving youeself for these deeds so that yo call close this chasm and realign with the best part of yourself.在这种情况下，This does not mean that you should rush to forgive yourselfor not feel regret or remorse; but wallowing in these feelings for a protracted period of time is not healthy, and punishing yourself excessively will only creats a bigger gap between you and your ethics.这并不意味着你应该急于原谅自己而不感到后悔或自责，但是很长一段时间总沉溺于这些感觉是没有意义的，惩罚自己过度只会给你和你的道德制造更大的隔阂。The last and perhaps most difficult one is the advanced forgiveness of another.最后，比较难得就是再次原谅被人。At some time of our life, you may have been severely wronged or hurt by another person to such a degree that forgiveness seems impossible.有时候在我的生活中，你可能受到另一个人的严重伤害，似乎是不可原谅的。However, harboring resentment and revenge fantasies only keeps you trapped in victim hood. Under such a circumstance, you should force yourself to see the bigger picture, by so doing, you will be able to shift the focus away from the anger and resentment.然而，怀著怨恨和复仇幻想只让你一直成为受害者。通过这样做你必须强迫自己看到更大的图景,你可以转移你的注意力,不至于沉溺于怒火和仇恨之中。It is only through forgiveness that you can erase wrongdoing and clean the memory. when you can finally release the situation, you may come to see it as a necessary part of your growth.只有通过宽恕,你才能忘却过错,清理那些不堪的记忆。当你终于可以释放时,你会认为这是你成长的一个必要的部分。

65.七大秘诀，创造属于自己的非凡人生

A great life doesn't happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your life to be.?非凡的人生不是无根之木，无源之水。它需要合理分配自己的时间、精力、心思，为实现自 己的生活目标而努力。Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure, and start setting up your life to support success and ease.走出忧虑和失败，全身心地迎接成功和安逸。A great life is the result of using the 24/7 you get in a creative and thoughtful way, instead of just what comes next. Customize these " secrets" to fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today!不要得过且过，创造性 地好好利用生命中的分分秒秒吧！让我们从今天开始，根据下面的“秘诀”和自身情况，创 建属于自己的非凡人生。1. S—Simplify. A great life is the result of simplifying your life. People often misinterpret what simplify means. It's not a way to remove work from your life.1、化繁为简。非凡的人生源于简单的生活。人们往往误解了简单的含义，即不参加工作。When you focus on simplifying your life, you free up energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here. In order to create a great life, you will have to make room for it in yours first.当生活真正简化，你就会有时间和精力从事喜欢的工作，并为之奋斗。创建非凡的人生，首 先要有自己的空间。2. E—Effort. A great life is the result of your best effort. Creating a great life requires that you make some adjustments. It may mean reevaluating how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way.2、不懈努力。非凡的人生源于个人的苦心经营。It may mean looking for new ways to spend your energy that coincide with your particular definition of a great life. Life will reward your best effort.这可能需要重新分配时间，或调整理财方 式：用新的方式把精力投向能引领非凡人生的地方去。有付出就会有回报。3. C—Create Priorities. A great life is the result of creating priorities. It's easy to spend your days just responding to the next thing that gets your attention, instead of intentionally using the time, energy and money you have in a way that's important to you. Focus on removing the obstacles that get in the way of you making sure you are honoring your priorities.3、分清主次。非凡的人生源于分清主次。不要被琐碎的事所吸引，而撇开重要之事，不然， 时间、精力和金钱便会浪费。要想达到目的，就要善于梳理头绪，扫清障碍，分清轻重缓急。4. R—Reserves. A great life is the result of having reserves—reserves of things, time, space, energy, money. With reserves, you acquire far more than you need-not 6 months living expenses, but 5 years worth; not 15 minutes of free time, 1 day. Reserves are important because they reduce the fear of consequences, and that allows you to make decisions based on what you really want instead of what the fear decides for you.4、有备无患。非凡的人生源于懂得储存--储存物品、时间、空间、精力和金钱。那样，获 得就会远远多于所期望的--就会得到五年的生活费，而不是六个月的；一整天的闲暇时间， 而不是 15 分钟。储存能减少顾虑，从而使决定不受限制，思想不会犹豫。5. E—Eliminate distractions. A great life is the result of eliminating distractions. Up to 75% of your mental energy can be tied up in things that draining and distracting you. Eliminating distractions can be a difficult concept to many people, since they haven't really considered that there is another way to live. Look around at someone's life you admire. What do they do that you would like to incorporate into your own life ? Ask them how they did it. Find ways to free up mental energy for things that are more important to you.5、专心致志。非凡的人生源于专注。做事三心二意，会耗费一个人 75%以上的精力。很多 人不知道如何清除杂念，因为他们从未想过换种方式生活。看看周围那些令你羡慕的人的生 活吧！看自己能从他们身上学到些什么？向他们请教，寻求专注的方式，把精力集中到真正 重要的事情上。6. T—Thoughts. A great life is the result of controlling your thoughts so that you accept and allow for the possibility that it actually can happen to you! belief in the outcome will directly dictate how successful you are. Motivated people have specific goals and look for ways to achieve them. Believing there is a solution to the same old problems you encounter year after year is vitally important creating a life that you love.6、坚定信念。非凡的人生源于信心十足。信心直接决定胜负成败。有动力的人目标明确， 并会想尽一切办法去实现。生活中会反复遇到很多问题，相信这些问题终会解决，是创造美 好生活的关键。7. S—Start. A great life is the result of starting. There's the old saying everyone's familiar with “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” In order to even move from the couch to the refrigerator, you have to start. There’s no better time to start than today. Don't wait for a raise, or until the kids get older or the weather is better. Today, right now, is the right day to start to take a step in the direction of your heart's desires. It's what you do TODAY that will make a difference in your life tomorrow.7、立刻行动。非凡人生源于行动。有句大家熟悉的古谚，“千里之行始于足下”。即使再小 的事情，诸如从沙发走到冰箱前，也需要亲自行动。从今天开始行动吧，不要再找借口，说 等涨工资了，等孩子长大了，或者等天气好了再说吧。从今天开始，去努力实现心中的梦想， 这是最好的时机。只有这样，才能开创美好的明天。

64.学会控制情绪，做自己的主人

The tides advance; the tides recede. Winter goes and summer comes. summer wanes and the cold increases. The sun rises; the sun sets. The moon is full; the moon is black. The birds arrive; the birds depart. Flowers bloom; flowers fade. Seeds are sown; harvests are reaped. all nature is a circle of moods and I am a part of nature and so, like the tides, my moods will rise; my moods will fall.潮起潮落，冬去春来，夏末秋至，日出日落，月圆月缺，雁来雁往，花飞花谢，草长瓜熟，自然界万物都在循环往复的变化中，我也不例外，情绪会时好时坏。Today l will be master of my emotions.今天我学会控制情绪。It is one of nature's tricks, little understood, that each day I awaken with moods that have changed from yesterday.这是大自然的玩笑，很少有人窥破天机。每天我醒来时，不再有1日日的心情。Yesterday's joy will become today's sadness; yet today's sadness will grow into tomorrow's joy. Inside me is a wheel, constantly tuning from sadness to joy, from exultation to depression, from happiness to melancholy.昨日的快乐变成今天的哀愁，今天的悲伤又转为明日的喜悦。我心中像一只轮子不停地转着，由乐而悲，由悲而喜，由喜而忧。Like the flowers, today's full bloom of joy will fade and wither into despondency, yet I will remember that as today's dead flower carries the seed of tomorrow's bloom so, too, does today's sadness carry the seed of tomorrow's joy.这就好比花儿的变化，今天枯败的花儿蕴藏着明天新生的种子，今夭的悲伤也预示着明天的快乐。And how will I master these emotions so that each day will be productive? For unless my mood is right the day will be a failure.我怎样才能控制情绪，以使每天卓有成效呢？除非我心平气和，否则迎来的又将是失败的一天。Trees and plants depend on the weather to flourish but I make my own weather, yea I transport it with me.花草树木，随着气候的变化而生长，但是我为自己创造天气。If I bring rain and gloom and darkness and pessimism to my customers then they will react with rain and gloom and darkness and pessimism and they will purchase naught.我要学会用自己的心灵弥补气候的不足。如果我为顾客带来风雨、忧郁、黑暗和悲观，那么他们也会报之于风雨、忧郁、黑暗和悲观，而他们什么也不会买。If I bring joy and enthusiasm and brightness and laughter to my customers they will react with joy and enthusiasm and brightness and laughter and my weather will produce a harvest of sales and a granary of gold for me.相反的，如果我们为顾客献上欢乐、喜悦、光明和笑声，他们也会报之以欢乐、喜悦、光明和笑声，我就能获得销售上的丰收，赚取成仓的金币。And how will I master my emotions so that every day is a happy day, and a productive one?我怎样才能控制情绪，让每天充满幸福和欢乐？I will learn this secret of the ages: Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.我要学会这个千古秘诀：弱者任思绪控制行为，强者让行控制思绪。Each day, when I awaken, I will follow this plan of battle before I am captured by the forces of sadness, self-pity and failure-每天醒来当我被悲伤、自怜、失败的情绪包围时，我就这样与之对抗：If I feel depressed I will sing.沮丧时，我引吭高歌。If I feel sad I will laugh.悲伤时，我开怀大笑。If I feel ill I will double my labor.病痛时，我加倍工作。If I feel fear I will plunge ahead.恐惧时，我勇往直前。If I feel inferior I will wear new garments.自卑时，我换上新装。If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice.不安时，我提高嗓声。If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come.穷困潦倒时，我想象未来的富有。If I feel incompetent I will remember past success.力不从心时，我回想过去的成功。If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals.自轻自贱时，我想想自己的目标。Henceforth, I will know that only those with inferior ability can always be at their best, and I am not inferior.从今往后，我明白了，只有低能者才会江郎才尽，我并非低能者，我必须不断对抗那限些企图摧垮我的力量。There will be days When I must IN THE WORLD constantly struggle against forces which would tear me down.失望与悲伤一眼就会被识破，而其它许多敌人是不易觉察的。Those such as despair and sadness are simple to recognize but there are others which approach with a smile and the hand of friendship and they can also destroy me. Against them, too, I must never relinquish control:它们往往面带微笑，却随时可能将我们摧垮。对它们，我们永远不能放松警惕。If I become overconfident I will recall my failures.自高自大时，我要追寻失败的记忆。If I overindulge I will think of past hungers.纵情得意时，我要记得挨饿的日子。If I feel complacency I will remember my competition.洋洋得意时，我要想想竞争的对手。If I enj oy moments of greatness I will remember moments of shame.沾沾自喜时，不要忘了那忍辱的时刻。If I feel all-powerful I will try to stop the wind.自以为是时，看看自己能否让步驻步。If I attain great wealth I will remember one unfed mouth.腰缠万贯时，想想那些食不果腹的人。If I become overly proud I will remember a moment of weakness.骄傲自满时，要想到自己怯懦的时候。If I feel my skill is unmatched I will look at the stars.不可一世时，让我抬头，仰望群星。

63.你！一个空前绝后的你

Consider YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you.诫想一下……你！一个空前绝后的你，不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe.你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。Wow !Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion...哇！想想吧，你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆里挑一的。You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!在无穷无尽的宇宙中，你是举世无双的！！！You're amazing! You're awesome! And by the way, TAG, you're it.As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so.你是了不起的！你是卓越的！没错，就是你。你已经是了不起的，是卓越的，你还可以更卓越更了不起。Beautiful young people are the whimsey of nature,but beautiful old people are true works of art.美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想，而美丽的老人却是艺术的杰作。But you don't become "beautiful" just by virtue of the aging process.但你不会因为年龄的渐长就自然而然地变得“美丽”。Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life.真正的美丽源于生命里的学习、成长和热爱。That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you.这就是生命的芝术。你可以只听天由命，慢慢地学，有时候或许会很痛苦。Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers.又或许你可以选择加速自己的成长，故意地挥霍生活及其提供的一切。You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today.你就是手握今日之刷描绘自己未来的艺术家。Paint a Masterpiece.God gives every bird its food, but he doesn't throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, it's truly up to you.画出一幅杰作吧！上帝给了鸟儿食物，但他没有将食物扔到它们的巢里。不管你想要去哪里，不管你想要做什么，真正做决定的还是你自己。

62.除了好好活着，我们别无选择

What is the definition of”happiness?¨Is it material wealth filled with fancy cars,a dream house,exteravagant furs and jewelry? Or is happiness simply having a roof over your head?“幸福”是什么？幸福是拥有豪华的汽车、梦想的居室、名贵的裘皮和珠宝等物质上的富足嘛？或者，幸福其实很简单一一有遮风避雨的住所Food inthefridge?Having a child? A pet?A swimming pooI?A designer Gucci bag? Parents? Grandchildren? Love? Money? The perfct job?Winning the Lottery?冰箱里有食物，有孩子、宠物、游泳池、Gucci的包，有父母、子孙、有爱情、金钱和理想的工作，彩票中奖了呢？According to the American Heritage Dictionary,”happiness”is derived from the Middle English word hap-meaning¨Luck.¨在《美国传统字典》中，幸福是从中古英语“Hap”一词演变而来，“Hap”意为“好运”。But does happiness really have anything to do with”luck?¨Based on this description,one could assume that if you avoide*水a:stal traffic accident but got fired by coming late to work,you would be fdled with¨happiness?¨幸福真的与“好运”有关联吗？基于此，想想看，如果你在一场必死无疑的交通事故中幸免于难，却因此迟到，导致被老板炒鱿鱼。对此，我们应该感到“幸福”吗？这是好运吗？还是要看个人如何看待这个问题呢？Is it luck or what you make of it?Maybe,”happiness”is exactly defined by its indirect alias:happiness-perhaps,happiness is in fact defined by the fortune thatwe permit to happen.或许确切地说，幸福的定义应当直接从它的词源来看一一事实上，幸祖或许就是命中注定要发生的事情。Do you recall a time-let's say when you were about 5 years old-what defined happiness back then? Was it getting a puppy for Christmas?依能回忆起你5岁时对幸福的理解吗？那时，幸福是从圣诞树上摘下的一只小狗吗？Or maybe,you were a child of divorce;and all you wanted was for Mom and Dad to get back together again?Then as you got older,you were hoping that someone would ask you to the prom that would've made your day,maybe your life for the moment.或者爸爸妈妈离婚了，你唯一的愿望就是他们能和好如初，重新生活在一起？当你渐渐长大，你希望有人会邀请你参加舞会，希望所有的日子都凝固在那一天，那一刻。During college,good grades made you happy,but it was short-lived.Becaust in the real world,you had to look for a job,and competition was stark.lt's an employer's world you thought.But then, you got the perfect job-now you could be happy-or could you?上大学期间，考试得了高分让你无比开心，但这种幸福感毕竟是短暂的。因为在现实中，你得找一份工作，而社会竞争也相当激烈。于是，你就会想，这是一个雇主的世界。随后，你找到了一份理想的工作一一现在的你很开心，是吗？Life requires more than just what we want. Inevitably,one must understand to truly find¨happiness,¨he must make his own happiness ¨happen¨.坐活向我们索要的远比我们想要的多。一个人必须明白，要想真正找到幸福，他就必须让自己幸福.Sounds a bit redundant,but truthfully,there is no set guidelines that will bring one happiness.There is no¨magic wand¨we can wave to bring joy into our lives.Human nature thrives on the thrill of the chase.We dream and we hope for the next big brea-it is the grand adventure of licing.可能听起来有些多余，但确是如此一一生活中，没有能代来幸福的现成的指南，也没有挥一挥就能带来欢乐的魔棒。人性在追求幸福的刺激中不断升级、完善。我们梦想着，期望着下一个大的转变一一这就是生活中的大冒险了。We are hopeless creatures of comfort.We like having and accumulating things.Whether one admits to it or not,to a certain degree,we all try to keep up with¨the Jones¨.我们是无助的享乐者，喜欢拥有和积攒东西。不论人们承认与否，一定程度上，我们都在相互攀比。We work so we can pay our rents,mortgages, credit card debts,school loans,car payments_the list goes on and on.And at some point,we realize,that aside from having most of what we want,we still arem't happy.我们之所以工作，是因为要付房租，偿还抵押贷款，还清信用卡透支费用，偿付助学贷款，买车，等等。此类费用接连而至，让我们应接不暇。于是，我们会突然意识到，尽管拥有了想要的一切，我们仍然不幸福。Now since we've learned to adapt to new standards which we've created for ourselves,we find that we have less time,less patience,less sleep,which equates to more stress,more worry and more aggravation.So,is happiness honestly juest comprised of"things"？自从适应了自己定下的新生活标准，我们的时间短了，耐性没了，睡眠少了，但压力大了，焦虑多了，脾气也暴躁了。鉴于此，幸福真的是由“物质”组成的吗？Sometimes,we virtually reade our lives for not only basic necessities,but for excesslve items and servlces as well.事实上，有时，我们不仅用生命交换生活必需品，还用生命交换多余的物质享受和服务。We become so obsessed with finding happiness,that we lose sight of the fact that happiness is within-always.我们这般沉迷于追求幸福，却忽略了一个事实一一幸福一直就在我们心中。Certainly you've heard of individuals trying to find themselves,or rediscover themselves.当然，你一定听过这样的事，即有些人一直都在苦苦“找寻自我”或“重新发现自我”。The reason they are attempting these innovantive approaches is because they are seeking inner happiness.But the point has been missed:Happiness is already there.他们创新尝试的理由只不过是想找寻心灵深处的幸福。但他们忽略了一点，即幸福从头至尾到在心中。Disappointments and reagedies in life will come and go,but happiness never leaves you.矢望和悲伤在生命中交替轮回，但幸福从不会舍你而去。The human's capacity to be resilient to reials is unfathomable.We can lose our jobs,but be grateful for our spouses.We can lose our homes to nature,but be thankful to alive.人类对困难的适应能力无可限量。我们可以失去工作，但会为拥有爱人而感恩不己；我们可以流离失所，但会为活着而心存感激。Happiness is a perception of each indivduaI.We are instincively compelled to find fault in our lives.幸福是个人的一种感知。我们本能地受限于外界，找寻着生活的瑕疵By human nature,we begin our "fault-find-ing"mission the moment we're capable of free-thinking.lt is then,that we lose sense of self-worth and the bigger picture of vitality altogether.出于人的天性，我们从有能力自由思考的那刻起，就开始对生活吹毛求疵。也就在那时，我们失去了对自我价值的认知.Stuck in the patterns of the happiness paradox,we simply cannot find where our happiness has gone.也失去了生命的活力，陷于幸福的矛盾中，找不到幸福的方向。It's not a matter of bargaining,it's not an issue of money or fame-instead,happiness is what you resolve to accept.幸福是你决定去接受的东西，没有任何商量的余地，它于金钱或名誉毫无瓜葛。lf we live through optimis-tic hope;if we dare to dream;if we empower ourselves to fully live;then we have regained our sense of happiness,There is no in berween.There is no other replacement.We only have one physical life to live-we have no choice but to make the most ofit，只要我们活在乐观希望之中，敢于大胆梦想，活得简单纯粹，那么，我们就会重新拥有幸福的感觉。那种感觉并非悬于幸于不幸之间的真空地带，也无任何替代品。我们只能活一次一一除了好好活着，我们别无选择。

61.生命是一场不停丢掷五个球于空中的游戏

In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises, spoke of the relation of work to one’s other commitments:几年前，在一所大学的开幕典礼中,可口可乐的首席执行官布赖恩?戴森讲到工作与其他义务的关系：Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.想象生命是一场不停丢掷五个球于空中的游戏。这五个球分别为工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵，而且你很努力地掷着这五个球，不让它们落地。很快地你会了解工作是一个橡皮球。如果你不幸失手落下它，它还是会弹回来。But the other four balls family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How?但是家庭、健康、朋友和心灵这四个球是用玻璃做成的。一旦你失手落下，它们可能会少了一角，留下无法挽回的记号、刻痕、损坏甚至碎落一地。它们将永远不会跟以前一样。你必须了解这个道理，并且为平衡你的生命而努力。但要怎么才做得到呢？Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.别拿自己和他人比较，这只会降低了你原有的价值。因为我们都是独一无二的，因为我们每一个人都很特别。Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.别人认为重要的事不一定是你的目标。只有你才知道什么最适合你。Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as they would be your life, for without them, life is meaningless.不要将贴近你的心的人、事物视为理所当然的存在。你必须将他们视为你的生命一般好好地抓牢他们。没有他们，生命将失去意义。Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.别让你的生命总在依恋过去种种或是寄望未来中逝去。如果你活在每个当下，你就活出了生命中的每一天。Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.当你还能给予的时候别轻言放弃。只要你不放弃，就有无限延伸的可能。Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.别害怕承认你并非完美。正因如此，我们才得以藉由这脆弱的细丝紧密地串绑在一起。Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.别害怕遇到危险。正因如此，我们才得以藉由这些机会学习勇敢。Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.别以爱太难找到作为借口而紧闭你的心扉。最迅速找到爱的方法就是给予你的爱；最快速失去爱的方法就是紧紧地守着你的爱不放；维持爱的最好方式就是给爱一双翅膀。Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.莫要匆忙地度过你的一生，那匆忙让你忘了曾经到过哪里，也让你忘了你要去哪里。Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.莫忘记，人类情感上最大的需要是感恩。Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.莫害怕学习。知识没有重量，它是可以随意携带的珍宝。Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.莫漫不经心地蹉跎光阴或口无遮拦。时间与言词两者都是一放便收不回来。Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.生命不是一场赛跑, 而是一步一个脚印的旅程。Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift: that’s why we call it ‘The Present’.过去已成历史，未来充满未知。今天是份礼物：那就是我们称之为“现在”的原因。

60.重要的不是你买了什么，而是你创作了什么

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes.无论是否准备好，总有一天它都会走到尽头。那里没有日出，没有白天，没有小时和分钟。All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.你收集的所有东西，不管你珍惜或忘记与否，它们都将流入他人手中。Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.不管是你得到的或是你欠别人的，可你的财产、名誉和权势也都会变成和你毫不相干的东西。Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.保的怨恨、愤慨、挫折和妒忌最终也将消失。So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all expire.因此，你的希望、抱负、计划以及行动日程表也将全部结束。The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.当初看得比较重的成功得失也会消失。It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived.你来自何方，住在穷人区还是富人区也都不重要了。It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.Your gender, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant.你昔日的漂亮与辉煌也都不重要了，你的性别、肤色、种族地位也将消失。So what will matter?How will the value of your days be measured?因此，什么重要呢？怎么衡量你有生之年的价值呢？What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built;not what you got, but what you gave.萤要的不是你买了什么，而是你创造了什么；不是你得到了什么，而是你给予了什么。What will matter is not your success, but your significance.重要的不是你成功了，而是你生命的意义。What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.重要的不是你学到了什么，而是你传授了什么。What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage and sacrifice that enriched,empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.重要的是每个行动之中都有正直和勇气的气概，伟大的同情心和牺牲精神，并且鼓励他人遵从榜样。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 you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss whenyou re gone.亘要的不是你认识多少人，而是在你离开后，别人会认为是个永远的损失。What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of those who loved you.重要的不是你想念谁，而是爱你的人想念你。What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.重要的是别人会记你多长时间，谁记着你，为什么记着你。Living a life that matters doesn t happen by accident.生命中重要的是平安无事。It S not a matter of circumstance but of choice.那不是环境的问题，而是选择的问题。Choose to live a life that matters.选择有意义的人生吧！

59.为什么有些人很有才华，却收入微薄？

The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day.A few days ago, my car was not running well.世界上满坑满谷都是精明能干、才华横溢、学富五车以及极具天赋之人，我们每天都会见到他们。几天前，我的汽车运转不灵了。I pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine. I was amazed. The sad truth is,great talent is not enough.我把它开进维修厂，一位年轻的机械工只消几分钟就把它修好了。他仅凭倾听发动机的声音就能确定哪儿有毛病，这让我惊奇不己。然而遗憾的是，光有非凡才华是不够的。I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn.找常常吃惊，为什么有才华的人却只有微薄的收入。I heard the other day that less than percent of Americans earn more than $100,000 a year.Abusiness consultant who specializes inl the medical trade was telling me how many doctors, dentists and chiropractors struggle financially.前几天我听人说，只有不到5%的美国人年收入在10万美元以上。一位精通药品贸易的商务顾问曾经告诉我，有许多医生、牙医和按摩师生活拮据。All this time,I thought that when they graduated, the dollars would pour in. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase.前我总以为他们一毕业，财源便会滚滚而来。这位商务顾问告诉了我一句话：They are one skill away from great wealth.”What this phrase means is that most people need only to learn and master one more skill and their income would jump exponentially3.以“离发大财，他们还差一项技能。”这句话的意思是说，大部分人还需多学习并掌握一项技能，他们的收入才能呈指数倍增长。I have mentioned before that financial intelligence is a synergy4 0f accounting, investing, marketing and law.以前我提到过，财商是会计、投资、市场营销和法律方面的能力综合。Combine those four technical skills and making money with money is easier. When it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.将上述四种专业技能结合起来，以钱生钱就会更容易。说到钱，大部分人所知的唯一技能就是拼命工作。When I graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1969, my educated dad was happy. Standard Oil of California had hired me for its oil-tanker fleet.1969隼，我从美国海运学院毕业了。我那有学识的爸爸十分高兴，因为加州标准石油公司录用我为它的油轮队工作。I had a great career ahead of me, yet I resigned after six months with the company and joined the Marine Corps to learn how to fly. My educated dad was devastated. Rich dad congratulated me.尽管我的未来前程远大，但我还是在6个月后辞职离开了这家公司，加入海军陆战队去学习飞行。对此我那有学识的爸爸非常伤心，而富爸爸则祝贺我做出的决定。Job security meant everything to my educated dad. Learning meant everything to my rich dad Educated dad thought l went to school to learn to be a ship's officer. Rich dad knew that l went to school to study international trade.耐于有学识的爸爸来说，稳定的工作就是一切。而对于富爸爸来说，学习才是一切。有学识的爸爸以为我上学是为了做一名船长，而富爸爸明白我上学是为了学习国际贸易。So as a student,I made cargo runs, navigating6 large freighters, oil tankers and passenger ships to the Far East and the South Pacific.因此,在做学生时，我跑过货运、为前往远东及南太平洋的大型货轮、油轮和客轮导航。While most of my classmates, including Mike, were partying at their fraternity houses,I was studying trade, people and cultures in Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Korea and the Philippines.I also was partying, but it was not in any frat house.I grew up rapidly.当我的大部分同班同学，包括迈克，在他们的联谊会会堂举办晚会的时候，我正在日本、泰国、新加坡、中国香港、越南、韩国和菲律宾学习贸易、人际关系和文化。我也参加晚会，但不去任何联谊会，我迅速地成熟起来了。There is an old cliche that goes, "Job is an acronym for'Just Over Broke."' And unfortunately,1 would say that the saying applies to millions of people.常言道，“工作(job)就是‘比破产强一点(Just Over Broke)’的缩写。然而不幸的是，这句话确实适用于千百万人，Because school does not think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers "live within their means."因为学校没有把财商看作是一种才智，大部分工人都“量入为出”：They work and they pay the bills. Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn,more than what they will earn.干活挣钱，支付账单。相反，我劝告年轻人在寻找工作时要看看能从中学到什么，而不是只看能挣到多少。Look down the road at what skills they want to acquire before choosing a specific profession and before getting trapped in the "Rat Racell".在选择某种特定职业之前或是陷入“老鼠赛跑（激烈的竞争）”之前，要好好掂量自己到底需要获得什么技能。Once people are trapped in the lifelong process of bill paying, they become like those little hamsters12 running around in those little metal wheels.一旦人们为支付账单而整天疲于奔命，就和那些在小铁轮里不停奔跑转圈的小老鼠一样了。Their little furry legs are spinning furiously, the wheel is turning furiously, but come tomorrow morning, they'II still be in the same cage: great job.老鼠的小毛腿跑得飞快，小铁轮也转得飞快，可到了第二天早上，他们发现自己依然困在同一个老鼠笼里，那就是：重要的工作。When I ask the classes I teach, "How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald's?"almost all the students raise their hands.刍我在自己教授的班级上问到“你们当中有多少人做的汉堡包能比麦当劳更好”时，几乎所有的学生都举起了手。I then ask, “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald's makes more money than you?"我接着问，“如果你们当中大部分人都能做出比麦当劳更好的汉堡包，那为什么麦当劳比你们更能赚饯？”The answer is obvious: McDonald's is excellent at business systems. The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus on building a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems.答案是显而易见的：麦当劳拥有一套出色的运营体系。许多才华横溢的人之所以贫穷的原因，就是因为他们只是专心于做更好的汉堡包，而对运营体系几乎一无所知。The world is filled with talented poor people. All too often, they're poor or struggle financially or earn less than they are capable of, not because of what they know but because of what they do not know.世界上到处都是有才华的穷人。在很多情况下，他们之所以贫穷、生活拮据或者收入与其能力不相符，不是因为他们己知的东西而是因为他们未知的东西。They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.他们只将注意力集中在提高和完善做汉堡包的技术上，却不注意提高有关汉堡包的销售和送货技能。

58.孩子给爸爸妈妈的备忘录

这是一份《美国幼儿园给家长的备忘录》，是老师以孩子的口吻，提醒父母对待孩子时的注意事项，用心阅读的家长和老师从中一定都会有所启示和收获，也许对你教育孩子以及每个成年人对待自己的成长经历与自我成长及对幼小心灵的认同有所帮助。Memo From A Child To Parents孩子给爸爸妈妈的备忘录1. Don't spoil me. I know quite well that I ought not to have all I ask for. I'm only testing you.别溺爱我。我很清楚地知道，我不应该得到每一样我所要求的东西，我哭闹不休其实只是在试探你。2. Don't be afraid to be firm with me. I prefer it, it makes me feel secure.别害怕对我保持公正的态度，这样反倒让我有安全感。3. Don't let me form bad habits. I have to rely on you to detect them in the early stages.别让我养成坏习惯，在年幼的此刻，我得依靠你来判断和培养。4. Don't make me feel smaller than I am. It only makes me behave stupidly "big".别让我觉得自己比实际的我还渺小，这只会让我假装出一副和我实际年龄不符的傻样。5. Don't correct me in front of people if you can help it. I'll take much more notice if you talk quietly with me in private.可能的话，尽量不要在人前纠正我的错误，我会感到很没面子，进而和你作对。你私下提醒，效果会更好。6. Don't make me feel that my mistakes are sins. It upsets my sense of values.别让我觉得犯了错就是犯了罪，它会削弱我对人生的希望。7. Don't protect me from consequences. I need to learn the painful way sometimes.别过度保护我，怕我无法接受某些“后果”。很多时候，我需要经由痛苦的经历来学习。8. Don't be too upset when I say "I hate you". Sometimes it isn't you I hate but your power to thwart me.当我说“我恨你”的时候别往心里去。我恨的绝对不是你，我恨的是你加在我身上的那些压力。9. Don't take too much notice of my small ailments. Sometimes they get me the attention I need.别太在意我的小病痛。有时，我只是想得到你的注意而已。10. Don't nag. If you do, I shall have to protect myself by appearing deaf.别对我唠叨不休，否则我会装聋作哑。11. Don't forget that I cannot explain myself as well as I should like. That is why I am not always accurate.我有时不能把事情解释得很清楚，会词不达意。这也是为什么我有时不能准确地表达自己。12. Don't put me off when I ask questions. If you do, you will find that I stop asking and seek my information elsewhere.当我问你问题的时候，请别敷衍我或者拒绝我。否则我将停止发问，转向它处寻求答案。13. Don't be inconsistent. That completely confuses me and makes me lose faith in you.请别在管教原则上前后不一出尔反尔。这样会让我疑惑，进而失去对你的信任。14. Don't tell me my fears are silly. They are terribly real and you can do much to reassure me if you try to understand.我害怕的时候，不要觉得我很傻很可笑。如果你试着去了解，便会发现我当时有多恐惧。15. Don't ever suggest that you are perfect or infallible. It gives me too great a shock when I discover that you are neither.别对我暗示你永远正确、无懈可击。当我发现你并非如此的时候，对我将是一个多么大的打击。16. Don't ever think that it is beneath your dignity to apologize to me. An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm towards you.别认为向我道歉是没有尊严的事。一个诚恳的道歉，会让我和你更接近，更尊重你，感觉更温暖。17. Don't forget I love experimenting. I couldn't get along without it, so please put up with it.别忘记我喜欢亲自尝试，如果我不尝试就寸步难行，所以请你包容。18. Don't forget how quickly I am growing up. It must be very difficult for you to keep pace with me, but please do try.别忘了我很快就会长大，对你来说，和我一起成长是很不容易的事，但请你尝试一下吧。19. Don't forget that I don't thrive without lots of love and understanding, but I don't need to tell you, do I?不要忘了离开了厚爱和理解我不会茁壮成长，但是，这一点我不需要提醒你吧？20. Please keep yourself fit and healthy. I need you.请保持身体健康，因为我需要你。

57.最好的婚姻，需要最温暖的话来酿

The little words that work marriage magic - Spike创造婚姻奇迹的小字眼 Using terms of endearment like honey or sweetheart from time to time is a small but important way to keep a marriage loving.使用母女情深是一个小而重要的方法来保持婚姻的爱。These terms make the other person feel loved and special. There are some other words that can help make your spouse feel special and aware of how much you love and appreciate him.这样会使对方感受到特殊的爱。还有一些其他的语言,可以帮助使你的伴侣感受到特别的爱，并意识到你到底有多喜欢和欣赏他。"Thank you." We would not never thank a friend or co-worker for helping us out.“谢谢你”，我们不会永远去感谢朋友或者同事吧。But sometimes we forget to thank the person who we love most: our spouse. All couples forget now and then to thank each other for all they do. But thanking each other is a good habit to fall into because gratitude is necessary for the growth of love.但是有时候，我们会忘记那个我们爱的人：另一半。所有的夫妇会忘记，过后再去谢谢那为他们付出的。但是感谢对方是表达出爱意的一个好习惯。Knowing that their actions are appreciated makes a couple more giving toward each other, and the more you give to each other the more your love will grow.他们知道自己的行动是对对方的一种欣赏。给得别人越多，你就会成长的越多。"Please." Please, like thank you, is easy to forget to say, but it too is very important in a relationship. Because it is another way of letting your partner know you don't take him for granted and that his time and effort count.“请~”就像“谢谢”一样，很容易忘记说。但是在一段关系里，非常中意。因为这是另外一种让你的伙伴不会认为他是无用或者是浪费时间和精力的方法。"You are great." Do you know that this sentence can make him feel good about himself all day? Now that you know how nice it makes him feel to be complimented, you should try to do it as often as you can.“你很棒！”你知道这句话可以让他兴奋一整天吗？你会看到他回感到很满意，所以应该尽力的去做到。As an added bonus, he will begin paying compliments to you more often. This is not surprising since, experts, say, compliments are a two-way street.另外，他也会给你很多赞美的话。这并不奇怪,因为专家说,赞美是一条双行道。So the more compliments you give, the more you get. Often couples will think nice things about each other but not verbalize their thoughts because they're just not in the habit of doing so. But when one of them starts, the other will pick up on the cue and begin doing the same.因此，你赞美的越多，你得到的也越多。经常夫妻会认为好东西对彼此但不是用言语表达他们的想法,因为他们只是不习惯这样做。但是，当开始的时候，会选择提示开始做同样的事。"I love you." in a new way a small variation such as "I love you more each day" can make a big difference in how you feel about each other."我爱你。”用另外一种方式：我爱你每一天可以让你有一个你如何对彼此的感觉影响很大的。When you say "I love you" the exact same way over and over, your spouse may start to discount it.当你用同样的方式，一遍一遍地对她说“我爱你”时，她会开始厌烦了。On the other hand, a fresh phrase can help keep the relationship fresh.另一方面，新颖的表达会带来不一样的新鲜感。For instance, you can express your love for him by saying "I'm so glad you're in my life." I'm sure he will be really impressed and touched, and you two will feel closer.例如，向他表达爱时你可以说“很高兴，我的生命里有你。”我相信他回被深深的打动，你们的关系会更近一步了。

56.年轻人，我想对你说......

Being told I would be expected to talk here, I inquired what sort of talk I ought to make. They said it should be something suitable to youth-something didactic, instructive, or something in the nature of good advice.获悉人们希望我在这里讲几句时，我就问他们我该讲些什 么。他们希望我讲些适合年轻人的东西——一些教诲性、有教 育意义的东西，或是一些好的建议这太好了！Very well. I have a few things in my mind which I have often longed to say for the instruction of the young;我倒是一直想 给年轻人提点建议呢，为人在年轻时期，for it is in one's tender early years that such things will best take root and be most enduring and most valuable. First, then. I will say to you my young friends-and I say it beseechingly, urgingly.好的建议极易在心 底扎根，并能终生受用。那么，首先，年轻朋友们——我要真 诚地告诫你们：Always obey your parents, when they are present. This is the best policy in the long run, because if you don't, they will make you.一定要听父母的话 长远来讲这是最聪明的做法，如果 你不听话，他们就会逼着你听话Most parents think they know better than you do, and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than you can by acting on your own better judgment.大多数父母认为他们知道得 比你们多，在这种情况下，与其基亍自己的判断行事，还不如 迎合他们的想法，这样你会收获更多。Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any, also to strangers, and sometimes to others. If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. That will be sufficient.如果你有上级的话，请尊重他们，对陌生人和他人也是如 此。如果某个人得罪了你，而你也不知道他是否是故意的，那就不要采用极端做法，而要等待时机，给他当头一棒，这就够 了If you shall find that he had not intended any offense, come out frankly and confess yourself in the wrong when you struck him; acknowledge it like a man and say you didn't mean to.如果发现他并非有意伤害你，那么，你就应该站出来，坦 白承认教训他的事；要像一个男子汉一样承认错误并说明自己 并非有意。还有就是，切勿使用暴力。Yes, always avoid violence; in this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined.在这个和平友好的年代， 暴力已经过时了。让我们谴责这些低俗的举止、粉碎暴力吧！Go to bed early, get up early- this is wise. Some authorities say get up with the sun; some say get up with one thing, others with another. But a lark is really the best thing to get up with.早睡早起——这是十分明智的。有些人主动起床，也有些 人被迫起床。当然在百灵鸟的歌声中起床是最惬意不过了。It gives you a splendid reputation with everybody to know that you get up with the lark; and if you get the right kind of lark, and work at him right, you can easily train him to get up at half past nine, every time-it's no trick at all.当 人人都知道你与百灵鸟同迎清晨，你便会备受称赞，如果你得 到一只中意的百灵鸟，并按自己的意愿训练它，让他九点半， 甚至是任何时候起床都不是件难事——当然，这并不是说要耍 诡计。Now as to the matter of lying, you want to be very careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught. Once caught, you can never again be in the eyes to the good and the pure, what you were before.现在，我们来谈谈说谎吧。要说谎，就得小心谨慎，否则 很容易穿帮。一旦被揭穿，别人就不再认为你是善良的和纯洁 的，他们眼中的你就不是从前的你了。Many a young person has injured himself permanently through a single clumsy and ill finished lie, the result of carelessness born of incomplete training. Some authorities hold that the young out not to lie at all.很多年轻人就因为一个| 笨拙或并不圆满的谎言永远地伤害了自己，原因在于他们不够 谨慎且缺乏训练。有些人认为，年轻人不能撒谎。That of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am right, that the young ought to be temperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them that confidence, elegance, and precision which alone can make the accomplishment graceful and profitable.当然，这有 些偏激。我不会这么偏激，而是始终相信自己是有道理的，我 认为，年轻人应适当运用这门伟大的艺术，通过训练和实践， 他们将变得自信、优雅和精确，而这些恰恰可以使他们完美出色地完成任务。Patience, diligence, painstaking attention to detail-these are requirements; these in time, will make the student perfect; upon these only, may he rely as the sure foundation for future eminence.耐心、勤奋和对细节的认真揣摩-都是年轻人必须具备的条件。随着时间的流逝，这些要素将会使你们揉 于完美，而你们也只有仰仗这些要素才能成就日后的辉煌。Think what tedious years of study, thought, practice, experience, went to the equipment of that peerless old master who was able to impose upon the whole world the lofty and sounding maxim that "Truth is mighty and will prevail the most majestic compound fracture of fact which any of woman born has yet achieved.想 想那位无可匹敌的大师吧,多年沉闷乏味的学习、思考、实践 和练习才使他得以在世人面前说出这样的经典语句一一 “真理 有着巨大的力量，并将战胜一切”——这是最伟大的悖论，是凡人所能达到的最高境界。For the history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sewn thick with evidences that a truth is not hard to kill, and that a lie well told is immortal. There is in Boston a monument of the man who discovered anesthesia; many people are aware, in these latter days, that that man didn't discover it at all, but stole the discovery from another man. Is this truth mighty, and will it prevail? Ah no, my hearers, the monument is made of hardy material, but the lie it tells will outlast it a million years.历史和个人的经历都深刻地表明* 真理易被推翻，但绝妙的谎言却永远颠扑不破。波士顿立有一 座纪念麻醉术发明者的纪念碑。但后来，很多人发现，这个人 根本不是麻醉术的发明者，他不过是窃取了他人的成果。真理 的力量真的很强大吗？它能战胜一切吗？哦，不，朋友们，那 座纪念碑是用很坚固的材料做成，但它所昭示的谎言将比纪念 碑本身还要久一百万年。An awkward, feeble, leaky lie is a thing which you ought to make it your unceasing study to avoid; such a lie as that has no more real permanence than an average truth. Why, you might as well tell the truth at once and be done with it. A feeble, stupid, preposterous lie will not live two years-except it be a slander upon somebody.笨拙、没有说服力和漏洞百出的谎言 是你应当通过不断学习去避免的，这样的谎言还不及一般真理 长久。为什么呢，你还是说出真相吧，现在就说。一个没有说 服力、可笑、荒谬的谎言不会存在两年——除非它是对某人的 诽谤。It is indestructible, then of course, but that is no merit of yours. A final word: begin your practice of this gracious and beautiful art early-begin now. If I had begun earlier, I could have learned how.当然，这样的谎言牢不可破，但这对你的名誉没有什么 f好处。一句话：尽早练习这门高尚而美丽的艺术吧——现在就 开始。要是我当年入门早，现在就已经学会了。Never handle firearms carelessly. The sorrow and suffering that have been caused through the innocent but heedless handling of firearms by the young! Only four days ago, right in the next farm house to the one where I am spending the summer, a grandmother, old and gray and sweet, one of the loveliest spirits in the land, was sitting at her work, when her young grandson crept in and got down an old, battered, rusty gun which had not been touched for many years and was supposed not to be loaded, and pointed it at her, laughing and threatening to shoot.切不要随便玩弄枪械。年轻人因为无知和不小心摆弄枪 械而造成痛苦和伤害的例子太多了！就在4天前，我避暑的 农舍隔壁住着一位满头银发、和蔼可亲的老奶奶，她是世界 上最可亲的老人家之一了。当时，她正坐在那儿干活。她的 小孙子蹑手蹑脚溜了进来，还拿着一管旧的、变了形的、绣 迹斑斑的枪，这支枪好多年没用了，大家都以为里边没装子弹。 孙子用枪指着她，笑着威胁她。In her fright she ran screaming and pleading toward the door on the other side of the room; but as she passed him he placed the gun almost against her very breast and pulled the trigger! He had supposed it was not loaded. And he was right-it wasn't.她十分惊恐。惊叫着跑开了, 并在门的另一侧求饶。但当她从他身边走过时，他用枪几乎 顶着她的胸膛，并且扣动了板机！他以为枪膛里没子弹。的 确是——枪里确实没子弹，So there wasn't any harm done. It is the only case of that kind I ever heard of. Therefore, just the same, don't you meddle with old unloaded firearms; they are the most deadly and unerring hings that have ever been created by man. You don't have to take any pains at all with them; you don't have to have a rest, you don't have to have any sights on the gun, you don't have to take aim, even.所以并没有造成什么伤害。这是 我听过的唯一一桩例外。因此，同样地，不要去碰没有装子 弹的枪。它们是人类制造出的最精确的夺命工具。不要在枪支上浪费精力，不要给枪装支架，不要装瞄准器，甚至不要 去瞄准。No, you just pick out a relative and bang away, and you are sure to get him. A youth who can't hit a cathedral at thirty yards with a Gatling gun in three quarters of an hour, can take up an old empty musket and bag his grandmother every time, at a hundred.不，你只要拿起一样类似的东西并且“砰砰”两下， 保证你会击中目标。^r?个在45分钟之内无法用加特林击中 30码远的教堂的年轻人，可能会用一支破旧的没装子弹的枪 在一百码处次次击中他的奶奶。Think what Waterloo would have been if one of the armies had been boys armed with old muskets supposed not to be loaded, and the other army had been composed of their female relations. The very thought of it make one shudder.想想看，如果滑铁卢战役中 的一方是拿着没装子弹的枪的孩子们，另一方是他们的女性 亲戚，结果会如何呢？只要想想，就会让人不寒而栗，There are many sorts of books; but good ones are the sort for the young to read. Remember that. They are a great, an inestimable, and unspeakable means of improvement. Therefore be careful in your selection, my young friends; be very careful; confine yourselves exclusively to Robertson's Sermons, Baxter's Saint's Rest, The Innocents Abroad, and works of that kind.书有各种各样的，但好书才适合年轻人阅读。请记住，好 书能让你不断完善自身，这种作用力强大，不可估量且难以名 状。因此，年轻的朋友们，请谨慎选择你们的读物，要十分谨 慎。你们应该专门读罗伯逊的《道德启示录》、巴克斯特的《圣 徒的安息》和《傻瓜出国记》等作品。But I have said enough. I hope you will treasure up the instructions which I have given you, and make them a guide to your feet and a light to your understanding. Build your character thoughtfully and painstakingly upon these precepts, and by and by, when you have got it built, you will be surprised and gratified to see how nicely and sharply it resembles everybody else's.我说得已经够多了。我希望你们能珍惜这些建议，让它们 成为你的向导，点燃你们思想的火花。按照这些建议去努力培 养自己的性格吧。慢悝地，一旦你塑造好了自己的性格，你将 惊喜而欣慰地发现，自己和他人是如此相似。

55.我为何而生，你又为何而生？

What I have lived for我为何而生Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong,have governed my life:the longing for love, the search for knowledge,and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.对爱情的渴望，对知识的追求，对人类苦难不可遏制的同情心，这三种纯洁而无比强烈的激情支配着我的一生。These passions, like great winds,这三种感情，就像阵阵狂风，have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course,over a great ocean of anguish,reaching to the very verge of despair.卷着我四处飘荡，走上艰难的旅程，越过痛苦的海洋，直抵绝望的边缘。I have sought love, first,because it brings enthusiasm-enthusiasm so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy.我寻求爱情，首先因为爱情给我带来激情，它如此强烈以致我经常愿意为了几小时的欢愉而牺牲生命中的其他一切。I have sought it, next,because it relieves loneliness-that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss.我寻求爱情，其次是因为爱情可以排解孤独一那是一颗震颤的心，就好比在世界的边缘，俯瞰那冰冷死寂、毫无生气的深渊。I have sought it, finally,because in the union of love I have seen,in a mystic miniature,the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined.我寻求爱情，最后是因为在爱情的结合中，我看到圣徒和诗人们所梦想的天堂景象的缩影，This is what I sought,and though it might seem too good for human life,this is what-at last-I have found.这正是我所追寻的人生境界。虽然它对一般的人类生活也许过于美好，但这正是我通过爱情所得到的最终发现。With equal passion I have sought knowledge.我以同样的热情寻求知识，I have wished to understand the hearts of men.我渴望了解人的心灵。I have wished to know why the stars shine.也渴望知道星光为何如此璀璨，And I have tried to comprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux.同时我还力图领悟毕达哥拉斯的力量，即数字驾驭一切不稳定的强大力量。A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.我在这方面略有成就，但不多。Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible,led upward toward the heavens.爱情和知识，尽其可能地把我引上天堂，But always pity brought me back to earth.可对人类苦难的同情经常把我带回现实世界。Echoes of cries of pain echoed in my heart.那些痛苦的呼喊经常在我内心深处回响，Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors,helpless old people a burden to their sons,and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be.饥饿中的孩子，受暴君压迫的人们，变成子女负担的孤苦无依的老人，以及全球性的孤独，贫穷和痛苦，变成了对人类生活理想的莫大讽刺。I long to alleviate this evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.我常常希望能减轻这些痛苦，但却无法做到，因此我自己也十分痛苦。This has been my life.这就是我的一生。I have found it worth living,and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.值得活着的一生，如果有机会能够再活一遍，我将欣然地接受。

54.我们身处的这个充满盲从者的世界（Bone）

53.一封写给低头族的信

I have 422 friends, yet I am lonely. I speak to all of them every day, yet none of them really know me.我有422个朋友，但我依旧孤独。我每天跟他们所有人说话，但他们没有一人真正了解我。The problem I have sits in the spaces between, looking into their eyes, or at a name on a screen.我的问题在于是要看着他们的双眼，还是屏幕上的名字。I took a step back, and opened my eyes, I looked around, and then realised that this media we call social, is anything but when we open our computers, and it's our doors we shut.我后退一步，睁开双眼，环顾四周，发现这个我们称作社交的媒体一点也不具备社交性，当我们打开电脑时，我们就关上了那道门。All this technology we have, it's just an illusion, community companionship, a sense of inclusion,我们所拥有的科技只是一种暗示，社群，友谊，包容的感觉，yet when you step away from this device of delusion, you awaken to see, a world of confusion.然而，当你离开这个充满幻想的设备，你会忽然惊觉面前的世界充满疑惑。A world where we're slaves to the technology we mastered, where our information gets sold by some rich greedy bastard.在这个世界，我们被我们精通的科技所奴役，资讯被某些富有贪婪的混蛋出卖。A world of self-interest, self-image, self-promotion, where we share all our best bits, but leave out the emotion.在这个世界，到处充斥着个人利益、个人形象、个人推广，我们全都分享我们最好的一面，但将情绪抛诸脑后。We are at our most happy with an experience we share, but is it the same if no one is there?我们乐于分享某次经历，但如果没人携伴，快乐是否依旧？Be there for you friends, and they'll be there too, but no one will be, if a group message will do.对你的朋友伸出援手，他们也会同等付出。但如果群组讯息可以做到的话，就没人会去做。We edit and exaggerate, we crave adulation, we pretend we don't notice the social isolation.我们编辑、夸大、渴望得到奉承。我们假装没有注意到社交孤立。We put our words into order, until our lives are glistening, we don't even know if anyone is listening.我们将我们的文字依序编排，将我们的生活点缀得闪闪发光。我们甚至不知道是否有任何人在倾听。Being alone isn't the problem, let me just emphasize, that if you read a book, paint a picture, or do some exercise, you are being productive, and present,孤独并不是个问题，让我再强调一下，如果你读本书、画幅画、或做些运动，你的生活是丰富多彩且活在当下的，not reserved or recluse, you're being awake and attentive, and putting your time to good use.不是沉默且孤僻的。你正清醒且全心投入，并有效利用你的时间。So when you're in public, and you start to feel alone, put your hands behind your head, and step away from the phone.所以当你处在公共场合，开始感到孤单的时候，就将你的双手放在脑后，远离手机。You don't need to stare at your menu, or at your contact list, just talk to one another, and learn to co-exist.你不需要盯著你的菜单，或是你的通讯录。只要跟彼此对话，学着共存。I can't stand to hear the silence, of a busy commuter train, when no one wants to talk through the fear of looking insane.我无法忍受听到繁忙的通勤火车上一声不响，没人想要开口，因为怕看起来像疯子。We're becoming unsocial, it no longer satisfies to engage with one another, and look into someone's eyes.我们正变得无法进行社会交流，与彼此交流、看著某人的双眼再也无法满足人们了。We're surrounded by children, who since they were born, watch us living like robots, and think it's the norm.我们被孩子们围绕，他们自出生后，就看着我们像机器人般生活，并以为这是种常态。It's not very likely you will make world's greatest dad, if you can't entertain a child without a using an iPad.你不大可能会成为世界上最好的爸爸，如果你没办法不用iPad就能取悦孩子的话。When I was a child, I would never be home, I'd be out with my friends, on our bikes we would roam.当我还是个孩子时，我从不待在家，我和我的朋友们外出，骑著我们的脚踏车闲晃。We'd ware holes in our trainers, and graze up our knees; we'd build our own clubhouse, high up in the trees.我会穿著破洞的球鞋，擦伤我的双膝。我们会高高地在树上筑起我们自己的俱乐部。Now the parks are so quiet, it gives me a chill to see no children outside and the swings hanging still.现在对公园是如此地宁静，让我不寒而栗，户外看不到孩子们，而秋千静止不动。There's no skipping or hopscotch, no church and no steeple, we're a generation of idiots, smart phones and dumb people.没有跳绳、没有跳房子游戏、不去教堂、没有教堂的尖塔。我们是一个充满白痴、智能手机、和愚蠢人们的一代人。So look up from your phone, shut down that display, take in your surroundings, and make the most of today.所以从你的手机抬起头来、关上屏幕。接纳你周遭的事物，把今天物尽其用。Just one real connection is all it can take, to show you the difference that being there can make.只要一次真正的接触，就足以告诉你亲临现场可以造成的不同体验。Be there in the moment, when she gives you the look, that you remember forever, as when love overtook.亲临现场，在她给你那眼神的那一刻，当爱情席卷而来时，你会永远铭记。The time you first hold her hand, or first kiss her lips, the time you first disagree, but still love her to bits.当你第一次牵她的手、或是第一次吻她的唇，你们第一次争执，但你还是爱她爱到一发不可收拾。The time you don't need to tell hundreds, about what you've just done, because you want to share the moment, with just this one.当你不需要去告诉几百人，你刚做了什么，因为你只想享受此刻，只和她一个人。The time you sell your computer, so you can buy a ring, for the girl of your dreams, who is now the real thing.当你卖掉你的电脑，这样可以为你的梦中情人买只戒指，此刻的她是如此真实。The time you want to start a family, and the moment when, you first hold your little girl, and get to fall in love again.当你想要成家了，还有你第一次抱著你的小女孩那一刻，让你感到再次坠入爱河。The time she keeps you up at night, and all you want is rest, and the time you wipe away the tears, as your baby flees the nest.当你想休息，她却整晚让你不得安宁时，还有在自己的宝贝离巢而去擦去泪水之时。The time your baby girl returns, with a boy for you to hold, and the time he calls you granddad, and makes you feel real old.当你的宝贝女儿回来，带着个男孩给你抱，还有当他叫你爷爷，让你感觉自己是真的老了。The time you take in all you've made, just by giving life attention, and how your glad you didn't waste it, by looking down at some invention.你记录下所有你曾做过的事情之时，只需通过重视生活来实现。你多么庆幸你没有将它浪费，由于光低头看著某些发明。The time you hold your wife's hand, and sit down beside her bed you tell her that you love her, and lay a kiss upon her head.你握著你妻子的手之时，坐在她的床边，你告诉她你爱她，并在她头上印下一个吻。She then whispers to you quietly, as her heart gives a final beat, that she's lucky she got stopped, by that lost boy in the street.接着当她的心脏跳动了最后一下时，她低声悄悄地告诉你她很幸运能被那在街头迷路的男孩给叫住。But none of these times ever happened, you never had any of this, When you're too busy looking down, you don't see the chances you miss.但这些时光从未发生过，你未曾体验过这其中之一。当你太过忙着低头看着手机，你不知道你与这些失之交臂。So look up from your phone, shut down those displays, we have a finite existence, a set number of days.所以从你的手机抬起头，关上那些屏幕。我们有寿数，一段固定的时间。Don't waste all our time getting caught in the net, as when the end comes, nothing's worse than regrets.别浪费你的人生，沉迷在网络中，当人生终点来临时，没有什么比悔恨更糟糕的。I am guilty too, of being part of this machine, this digital world, where we are heard but not seen.对于成为这台机器的一部分，我也深感罪恶。在这个数位世界里，我们被听见、但没有被看见。Where（这一段系统说是有敏感词汇，打不出来）Don't give in to a life where you follow the hype, give people your love, don't give them your like.不要让你的生活追随炒作，给人们你的爱，不要给他们你的「赞」。Disconnect from the need to be heard and defined. Go out into the world, leave distractions behind.与想要被听见、被定义的需求断绝关系。走出去融入世界，将令人分心的事物给抛在后头。Look up from your phone, shut down that display, stop watching this video, live life the real way.从你的手机抬起头看看，关掉那屏幕，别再看这部影片了，以真实的方式过生活吧。

52.假如我可以重新回到童年

If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “There are only two creatures,” syas a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids — the eagle and the snail.” If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begain early enough. I often hear grown up people say “ I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although I wished to do so” , and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth. If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.假如我又回到了童年，我做事要更有毅力，决不因为事情艰难或者麻烦而撒手不干，我们要光明，就得征服黑暗。毅力在效果上有时能同天才相比。俗话说：“能登上金字塔的生物，只有两种——鹰和蜗牛。”假如我又回到了童年，我就要养成专心致志的习惯；有事在手，就决不让任何东西让我分心。我要牢记：优秀的滑冰手从不试图同时滑向两个不同的方向。如果及早养成这种专心致志的习惯，它将成为我们生命的一部分。我常听成年人说：“虽然我希望能集中注意听牧师讲道或读书，但往往做不到。”而原因就是年轻时没有养成这种习惯。假如我现在能重新开始我的生命，我就要更注意记忆力的培养。我要采取一切可能的办法，并且在一切可能的场合，增强记忆力。要正确无误地记住一些东西，在开始阶段的确要作出一番小小的努力；但要不了多久，记忆力本身就会起作用，使记忆成为轻而易举的事，只需及早培养，记忆自会成为一种才能。If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage. “Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice,” syas a wise author. We too often borrow trouble, and anticipate that may never appear.” The fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear.” Dangers will arise in any career, but presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them. Be prepared for any fate, and there is no harm to be freared. If I were a boy again, I would look on the cheerful side. Life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, I smiles back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return. Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. “ who shuts love out ,in turn shall be shut out from love.” If I were a boy again, I would school myself to say no more often. I might write pages on the importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect, and decline doing an unworthy act because it is unworthy. If I were a boy again, I would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends, and indeed towards strangers as well. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable. Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, I would , if I were a boy again, I would still try harder to make others happy.假如我又回到了童年，我就要培养勇气。一位明智的作家曾说过：“世上没有东西比勇气更温文尔雅，也没有东西比懦怯更残酷无情。”我们常常过多地自寻烦恼，杞人忧天。“怕祸害比祸害本身更可怕。”凡事都有危险，但镇定沉着往往能克服最严重的危险。对一切祸福做好准备，那么就没有什么灾难可以害怕的了。假如我又回到了童年，我就要事事乐观。生活犹如一面镜子：你朝它笑，它也朝你笑；如果你双眉紧锁，向它投以怀疑的目光，它也将还以你同样的目光。内心的欢乐不仅温暖了欢乐者自己的心，也温暖了所有与之接触者的心。“谁拒爱于门外，也必将被爱拒诸门外。”假如我又回到了童年，我就要养成经常说“不”字的习惯。一个少年要能挺得起腰，拒绝做不应该做的事，就因为这事不值得做。我可以写上好几页谈谈早年培养这一点的重要性。假如我又回到了童年，我就要要求自己对伙伴和朋友更加礼貌，而且对陌生人也应如此。在坎坷的生活道路上，最细小的礼貌犹如在漫长的冬天为我们歌唱的小鸟，那歌声使冰天雪地的寒冬变得较易忍受。最后，假如我又回到了童年，我不会力图为自己谋幸福，好像这就是人生唯一的目的；与之相反，我要更努力为他人谋幸福。

51.每天抽出5分钟，享受美好生活

Five Minutes to Spare抽出五分钟No matter how busy you are,无论你有多忙you could spend five minutes,你都可以抽出五分钟来：To answer the telephone听一听电话To read the morning paper读一读早报To talk with a neighbor跟邻居谈一谈To dispute with the laundryman about a mistake跟洗衣工为一个错误争议一番To watch new furniture being unloaded next door看一看隔壁卸下来的新家具To chat with a salesman与推销员聊聊天To read a trivial letter阅读一封微不足道的信Or to write one或者写一封信To say a prayer for the suffering friend为受苦的朋友祈祷To stop and think of Gods daily gift of mercy停下来想想神的恩赐To remember the cross记住你彷徨的时候To make an act of faith, hope and love做一件充满信念、希望和爱的事情To whisper an “Our Father” or “Hail Mary” for someone in need对需要帮助的人默默祈祷To say a decade of the Rosary for the pour souls为那些失意的灵魂念无数遍《玫瑰经》To visit the little statue or picture on the mantle place and tell the Savior how much you love Him看看壁炉架上的小雕像或照片，告诉救世主你有多么爱他To make a spiritual communion进行一次思想交流Which is the better way to spend five minutes?哪种是更好的五分钟消遣方式呢？

50.汤唯,改写命运（那些给我勇气的美文）

Every second, we have the opportunity to make the next second greater than now.每一秒，我们都有机会让下一秒变得比现在更好。Because destiny isn't a matter of chance. It's a matter of choice.因为真正决定命运的不是运气，而是选择。So let go of what others want you to be.所以，放下世俗中别人对你的期望。Change is in all of us.改变在于我们的内心。And the only person your destiny to become, is the person you decide to be.所以你的命运在于你选择成为什么样的人。Change destiny.改写命运。

49.腾出点空间，储藏快乐

Make Room for Happiness 为快乐腾点空间If you want something new and different in your life, you must first make room for happiness by moving out the old.如果你想体验新鲜的东西，首先必须腾出空间。The question is: Where do you start to begin to make room for happiness?挪出旧的东西，为快乐腾点空间。问题是：你该从哪着手为快乐腾出空间？You may find the answer right here马上你就可以找到答案。Time 时间How do you spend your time? Is it wasted time, or refreshing time?你的时间是怎么度过的？你是在浪费时间还是在充分利用它？Does it take you toward your goals, or away from them? Are you consciously spending time, or just letting it happen?它让你更靠近目标还是让你更加远离目标呢？你是自觉安排时间还是只是顺其自然？Environment 环境What no longer is working for you in your environment?在你周围什么东西已经没有价值了？Are there unfinished projects that were important at one time, but no longer intrigue you?是否有曾经很吸引你，如今却不再能激起你兴趣且尚未完成的工作？When you look around, does your environment make you feel good? Make you smile?环视四周，环境是否让你感觉不错？让你微笑？Relationships 关系What relationships are no longer effective to your happiness?什么样的关系已经让你不再感到快乐呢？Do the people in your life support you? Are you proud to introduce them to others?生活中身边的人支持你吗？你会很骄傲地向别人介绍他们吗？Do you learn from them?你从他们那儿学到什么？Thinking 思考 Do you talk to yourself like your best friend?你是否像朋友一样与自己交谈呢？Or do you talk to yourself like the neighbor you despise?还是像和你讨厌的邻居那样谈话？Do your thoughts inspire and motivate you, or hold you back from your best self?你的想法会赋予你灵感、激励你还是阻止你做最好的自己？Work 工作 Do you feel fulfilled and happy about your work, whether that's a domestic engineer, or CEO?无论你是家庭保姆还是执行总裁，你能从工作中获得满足和幸福吗？or do you dread doing the work, and just count the minutes until time off?你是否对工作充满恐惧，并且只是熬时间等下班呢？Once you have made the room for success, adding what you really want will give you pleasure and fulfillment.一旦你为成功腾出了空间，并且加入你真正想要的，那便会给你带来快乐和满足感。If you try to add it on top of what you already have, it will become just another source of aggravation.如果你想在已经拥有的基础上再追求成功，它会变成另一种负担。First, you must set up your life to support success.首先，你必须为获取成功做好准备。This is Faith from Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, thank you for listening, goodbye.这里是Faith轻松电台，感谢您的收听，再见。

48.亲爱的，祝你生日快乐

Good day, and welcome to the world of today! The world has never been quite the same as it is on this day, and you never have been just the same person that you are today. I hope that the day is kind to you and that you're able to recognize and appreciate the kindness, and then pass it on to others!多么美好的一天啊，欢迎来到今天!这个世界从未像今天这样充满了新鲜，而你也从未像今天这样与往日与众不同。我希望今天会带给你美好，同时你也能够发现并珍惜这份美好，并把它传递给他人。Family is precious, with parents by our side, life has a beginning.家庭是宝贵的，有父母在我们身边，生活的旅程开始了。Love is eternal, hand in hand, life becomes everlasting.爱是永恒的，手牵着手，生活变得无止境。Sentiment is completion, with children laughing and playing, life becomes whole.感情是完完全全的，有了孩子嬉笑玩耍，生活变得完整。Friendship is sincere, with friends together, our life gets its color.友谊是真诚的，有挚友在身边，我们的生活多姿多彩。Every single day, there is feeling saved up at bottom of our heart, and it would brew up into a strong emotion on this special day.每一天，我们心中都在滋长着一份情感，在这个特殊的日子里，它会酝酿成一股强大的感情旋涡。You're listening to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I'm Faith. As the essence of happiness becomes more realizable at this time of life, I wish you a happy birthday and hope that you will have everlasting happiness in your life!您正在收听的是Faith轻松电台，我是Faith。当爱的本质在生命的这一刻变得更真切实际时，祝你生日快乐，一生永远幸福!

47.放下过去，轻松前行

Do you condemn yourself for things which you did--or failed to do--in the past? Everyone does this at some point. However, if you want to lead a successful and productive life, it is imperative that you release the past and not blame yourself for events which have already transpired and which cannot be changed.你是否为你曾经做过的事，或失败的事而对自己耿耿于怀?每个人都会在某种程度上有过这种经历。然而，如果你想要一种成功而积极的生活，学会释怀过去，不要为已经发生且无法改变的过去而责备自己，这一点是非常必要的。The successful person takes this approach: Learn from past mistakes and make adjustments in future behavior. The strategy of berating yourself for past conduct solves nothing and only serves to lower your self-esteem. You create a vicious cycle where negative experiences and negative feelings are reinforced, which leads to more negative outcomes and more negative feelings.大凡成功的人都会采取这种作法：从过去的错误中吸取经验教训，并为将来的行为作适当的调整。为过去的行为而责备自己的这种方式并不能解决任何问题，只能挫败你的自尊心。你因此而制造了一个恶性循环，消积的经历和感受并再次被强化，同时导致了更多的恶性结果和消积的情感。If you insist on dwelling in the past, I suggest that you focus on your past successes. Visualizing and thinking about past successes is an excellent way to build confidence and self-esteem. What you think about is what you become. Therefore, when you concentrate on your successes, you help to create future successes.如果你坚持沉湎于过去，我建议你多想想你过去的成功。回忆过去的成功是重建信心和自尊的很好方式。你所想象的也就是你会最终成为的。因此，当你集中精力思考成功时，你也正在创造将来的成功。When you find yourself starting to dwell on past negative experiences, immediately halt and remind yourself: "There is nothing I can do now which will change what happened. I learned a valuable lesson and will act in a more constructive manner next time." Regardless of what you have done--or failed to do--the only sane approach is to accept it and move forward.当你发现自己开始沉湎于过去的消积经历时，立即停止，并提醒自己：“我现在这么做并不能改变已经发生了的过去。我从过去中收获了宝贵的经验，并将会以更积极地态度去面对人生。”不管你曾做过什么，有过何失败，唯一理智的方式是接受你的过去，并积极前进。The successful individual does not waste precious mental energy dwelling on past events which cannot be changed. Instead, he or she uses past mistakes as learning experiences and springboards to future successes.做一个成功的人，就不要浪费宝贵的精力对无法改变的过去耿耿于怀。相反，我们应该视过去为一种学习经验，和迈向未来成功的跳板。

46.绝望时，听听自己的心

How often do we come to a place in life where we feel there is no hope, no purpose for going on, no anything to live for? Some of us come to this place often while others just visit once in a while. But I am sure, most of us have been there one time or another.曾几时我们也有过这样一种境况，心怀绝望，心灰意冷，心无寄托。有些人可能会经常遇到这种境况，有些人可能会偶尔光顾。但是我很肯定，我们中的大多数人都曾在生活的不同时期遭遇过这种境况。During such times, the pain is intense, the fear is beyond comprehension and the confusion is great. What do we do at such times? Where do we go? Who do we ask for help? Where do we turn?每当此刻，痛楚在加深，迷惑在增多，恐惧占据着心灵。此刻，我们该做些什么？我们将何去何从？我们将向谁求助？我们的方向在哪里？But there is always hope, always help if we can clear our heads, still our minds and listen to the deep calm voice that comes from somewhere deep within us. This voice has always been there and it will continue to be there. All we have to do is listen…但是我们的生活中总会有希望，总会有人帮助我们，只要我们清醒一下我们的头脑，平静一下我们的思续，倾听我们心灵深处的召唤。这种召唤此刻，将来一直都在那儿，我们所能做的就是去聆听……By being quiet within and listening to the guidance that comes from our soul, we will be led to take the right actions, meet the right people, ask the right questions and find the perfect solution to the problem which haunts us.静静的聆听来自心灵的指引，她会引导我们采取合适的行动，遇到合适的人，提出合适的问题，并为一直以来纠缠着我们的困扰找到完美的解决方案。All you have to do is try it for yourself. You'll be amazed how seemingly impossible problems disappear as the mists before the morning sun.你所要做的就是去尝试倾听你心灵深处的召唤。你会惊奇地发现，那些看似不可解决的问题在清晨的阳光普照前已经像薄雾般消失散尽。

45.创造属于自己的生活，然后活出精彩

Creating Your Own Life Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there; they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your roommate, neighbor, professor, long-lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger whom when you lock eyes with, you know that every moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.有时，当一些人进入你的生活时，你马上就会认识到他们注定是要在那儿的。他们的出现是由于某种目的：教育你，或者让你明白你是谁，或者让你知道你想成为什么样的人。你永远都不会知道那些人将会是谁——你的室友、邻居、教授、好久不见的朋友、爱人，甚至陌生人。当你仔细观察他们，你就会立刻知道他们对你的生活有了巨大的影响。Sometimes things happen to you and at the time they may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower or heart. Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or back luck.有时，会有一些事情发生在你身上，它们似乎很恐怖、痛苦、不公平，但在另一方面，你会发现，如果你没有克服这些困难，你永远都不会意识到自己所拥有的的潜能、力量、意志力和情感。所有发生的事情都有原因，没有什么事情是偶然发生的，没有什么事情是由好运或厄运造成的。The people you meet who affect your life, and the successes and downfalls you experience, create who you are; even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.你所遇到的人会影响你的生活，你所经历的成功与挫败使你成为现在这个样子。即使是不好的经历，你也可以从中汲取教义，哪些课程会非常痛苦，但同时却又是最重要的。Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. Hold your head up, tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself.让每一天都过得有价值，珍惜你活着每一刻，利用它们做一些你可以做的事情，因为，当这一刻过去了，你就永远都无法再把它经历一遍了。和你从未说过话的人聊一聊，实际上更多是聆听。放手去爱吧，然后解放自己，存志于高远。昂起你的头，告诉你自己你是一个非常有个性的人,相信你自己。You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.你可以决定你的生活是什么样子，创造属于你自己的生活，然后活出精彩！

44.清晨，为自己，为他人，许个心愿

The sun has just risen in the morning of another day. What can I wish this day may bring me?太阳刚刚升起,又是一个新的早晨。我希望新的一天带给我些什么呢？Nothing that shall make the world or others poorer, nothing at the expense of other men, but just those few things which in their coming do not stop me but touch me rather, as they pass and gather strength.我希望世界上所有人都更加富有,希望我们获得的一切都不会损害他人的利益,我希望有些东西到来时不会阻碍我前进,希望它们从我身边经过时只会带给我感动,能让我从中汲取力量。I wish that this day could bring me a few friends, who understand me, and yet remain my friends; I also wish that this day could bring me a job to do which has real value.我希望在新的一天里能结交一些灵犀相通的新朋友,同时也继续拥有老朋友；我还希望自己在新的一天里能做一份真正有意义的工作。I wish that this day could bring me a mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed, and I wish that this day could bring me an understanding heart.我希望自己在新的一天里能勇敢地去旅行,即使旅途没有那么闪耀的风景。我希望自己在新的一天里能更具同情心。I wish that this day could bring me a sight of the eternal hills, and the blue sea stretching to the horizon, and of something beautiful which the hands of men have made.我希望在新的一天能见到连绵的群山和一望无际的碧蓝大海,能见到人类用双手创造的美好事物。I wish that this day could bring me a sense of humor, and the power to laugh, a little leisure with nothing to do.我希望自己在新的一天更具幽默感,希望自己能开心地笑,希望能有一点闲暇,什么都不用做。And I crave for a few moments of quiet, silent meditation in the morning of this day.就在这个清晨,我渴望得到片刻的宁静,能静静地冥思。 I also wish that this day could bring me the patience to wait for the coming of these things, with the wisdom to know them when they come, and the wit not to change this morning wish of mine.我也希望自己能耐心地等待这一切心愿的实现,当这一切成真时,我希望自己能敏锐地感受到,我也希望自己足够明智,不至于改变今天清晨许下的心愿。