Think it over
好好想想
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments1 and narrower points of view;
今天大家拥有了更高层的楼宇与更宽阔的公路,但大家的性情却更为急躁,眼光也愈加狭隘;
We spend more,but enjoy less;
大家消耗的更多,享遭到的却更少;
We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;
大家的住房更大了,但大家的家庭却更小了;
We have more compromises,but less time;
大家妥协更多,时间更少;
We have more knowledge,but less judgment;
大家拥有了更多的常识,可判断力却更差了;
We have more medicines,but less health;
大家有了更多的药品,但健康情况却更不如意;
We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;
大家拥有些财富倍增,但其价值却降低了;
We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;
大家说的多了,爱的却少了,大家的仇恨也更多了;
We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
大家可以往返月球,但却很难迈出一步去亲近大家的左邻右舍;
We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;
大家可以征服外太空,却征服不了大家的内心;
We have highter income,but less morals;
大家的收入增加了,但大家的道德却少了;
These are times with more liberty,but less joy;
大家的年代愈加自由了,但大家拥有些快乐时光却愈加少;
We have much more food,but less nutrition;
大家有了更多的食物,但所能得到的营养却愈加少了;
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;
目前每一个家庭都可以有双份收入,但离婚的现象愈加多了;
These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;
目前的住房愈加精致,但大家也有了更多破碎的家庭;
Thats why I propose,that as of today;
这就是我为何要说,让大家从今天开始;
You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着,由于你生活的每一天都是那样特别;
Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
探寻更我的常识,多读一些书,坐在你家的前廊里,以赞美的见地去享受眼前的风景,不要带上任何功利的想法;
Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;
花多点时间和朋友与家人在一块,吃你爱吃的食物,去你想去的地方;
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;
生活是一串串的快乐时光;大家不止是为了存活而存活;
Use your crystal goblets2.Do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it.
举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水,你想用的时候就享用吧!
Remove from your vocabulary phrases likeone of these daysor someday;
从你的词语库中移去所谓的有那样一天或者某一天;
Lets write that letter we thought of writing one of these days!
曾计划有那样一天去写的信,就在今天吧!
Lets tell our families and friends how much we love them;
告诉家人和朋友,大家是多么地爱他们;
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与开心的事情;
Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;
每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那样特别;
And you dont know if it will be your last.
你无从了解这是不是最后刻。