> 闭上眼睛,细数你生命中最美丽的瞬间……
> 在寒冷的日子里接到远方朋友暖暖的问候;
> 读到一篇优美的诗歌,馨香绕怀久久不忘;
> 看到白浪银沙和地平线,第一次来到海边;
> 小雨点与莫扎特的音符一起跳跃在深院中;
> 走在街上,偶然的一景触动了深藏的希望;
> 还有,流星雨划过天际的弧线;
> 还有,夜场电影唤醒的灵感;
> ……
> 这是你的人生,它和四季一样有扬有落,然而当中的美从不逊色。
> 翻开这本书,它也成为了愕囊桓鏊布洌?
> 第一篇 A Grain of Sand 一粒沙子
> William Blake/威廉.布莱克
> To see a world in a grain of sand,
> 从一粒沙子看到一个世界,
> And a heaven in a wild fllower,
> 从一朵野花看到一个天堂,
> Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
> 把握在你手心里的就是无限,
> And eternity in an hour.
> 永恒也就消融于一个时辰。
> 第二篇 Love Your Life 热爱生活
> Henry David Thoreau/享利.大卫.梭罗
> However mean your life is,meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call
> it hard names.It is not so bad as you are.It looks poorest when you are
> richest.The fault-finder will find faults in paradise.Love your life,poor as
> it is.You may perhaps have some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hourss,even in a
> poor-house.The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house
> as brightly as from the rich man's abode;the snow melts before its door as
> early in the spring.I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly
> there,and have as cheering thoughts,as in a palace.The town's poor seem to
> me often to live the most independent lives of any.May be they are simply
> great enough to receive without misgiving.Most think that they are above
> being supported by the town;but it often happens that they are not above
> supporting themselves by dishonest means.which should be more
> disreputable.Cultivate poverty like a garden herb,like sage.Do not trouble
> yourself much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,Turn the
> old,return to them.Things do not change;we change.Sell your clothes and keep
> your thoughts.
> 不论你的生活如何卑*,你要面对它生活,不要躲避它,更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那样坏。你最富有的时候,倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。你要爱你的生活,尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫院里,你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上,像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮;在那门前,积雪同在早春融化。我只看到,一个从容的人,在哪里也像在皇宫中一样,生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。城镇中的穷人,我看,倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很伟大,所以受之无愧。大多数人以为他们是超然的,不*城镇来支援他们;可是事实上他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活,他们是毫不超脱的,毋宁是不体面的。视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧!不要找新的花样,无论是新的朋友或新的衣服,来麻烦你自己。找旧的,回到那里去。万物不变,是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉,但要保留你的思想。
> 第三篇 These Things Shall Never Die 这些美好不会消逝
> Charles Dickens/查尔斯.狄更斯
> The pure.the bright,the beautiful,
> 一切纯洁的,辉煌的,美丽的,
> That stirred our hearts in youth,
> 强烈地震撼着我们年轻的心灵的,
> The impulses to wordless prayer,
> 推动着我们做无言的祷告的,
> The dreams of love and truth;
> 让我们梦想着爱与真理的;
> The longing after something's lost,
> 在失去后为之感到珍惜的,
> The spirit's yearning cry,
> 使灵魂深切地呼喊着的,
> The striving after better hopes-
> 为了更美好的梦想而奋斗着的-
> These things can never die.
> 这些美好不会消逝。
> The timid hand stretched forth to aid
> 羞怯地伸出援助的手,
> A brother in his need,
> 在你的弟兄需要的时候,
> A kindly word in grief's dark hour
> 伤恸、困难的时候,一句亲切的话
> That proves a friend indeed ;
> 就足以证明朋友的真心;
> The plea for mercy softly breathed,
> 轻声地乞求怜悯,
> When justice threatens nigh,
> 在审判临近的时候,
> The sorrow of a contrite heart-
> 懊悔的心有一种伤感--
> These things shall never die.
> 这些美好不会消逝。
> Let nothing pass for every hand
> 在人间传递温情
> Must find some work to do ;
> 尽你所能地去做;
> Lose not a chance to waken love-
> 别错失去了唤醒爱的良机-----
> Be firm,and just ,and true;
> 人要坚定,正直,忠诚;
> So shall a light that cannot fade
> 因此上方照耀着你的那道光芒
> Beam on thee from on high.
> 就不会消失。
> And angel voices say to thee---
> 你将听到天使的声音在说-----
> These things shall never die.
> 这些美好不会消逝。
> 第四篇 Think it over……好 好想想……
> Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments
> and narrower points of
> view;
> 今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路,但是我们的性情却更为急躁,眼光也更加狭隘;
> We spend more,but enjoy less;
> 我们消耗的更多,享受到的却更少;
> We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;
> 我们的住房更大了,但我们的家庭却更小了;
> We have more compromises,but less time;
> 我们妥协更多,时间更少;
> We have more knowledge,but less judgment;
> 我们拥有了更多的知识,可判断力却更差了;
> We have more medicines,but less health;
> 我们有了更多的药品,但健康状况却更不如意;
> We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;
> 我们拥有的财富倍增,但其价值却减少了;
> We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;
> 我们说的多了,爱的却少了,我们的仇恨也更多了;
> We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our
> own street and meet our
> neighbors;
> 我们可以往返月球,但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍;
> We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;
> 我们可以征服外太空,却征服不了我们的内心;
> We have highter income,but less morals;
> 我们的收入增加了,但我们的道德却少了;
> These are times with more liberty,but less joy;
> 我们的时代更加自由了,但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少;
> We have much more food,but less nutrition;
> 我们有了更多的食物,但所能得到的营养却越来越少了;
> These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces
> increase;
> 现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入,但离婚的现象越来越多了;
> These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;
> 现在的住房越来越精致,但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭;
> That's why I propose,that as of today;
> 这就是我为什么要说,让我们从今天开始;
> You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you
> live is a SPECIAL CCASION.
> 不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着,因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别;
> Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view
> without paying attention to your needs;
> 寻找更我的知识,多读一些书,坐在你家的前廊里,以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景,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起,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;我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存;
> Use your crystal goblets.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 like"one of these days"or "someday";
> 从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”;
> Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
> 曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信,就在今天吧!
> Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;
> 告诉家人和朋友,我们是多么地爱他们;
> 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快乐的事情;
> Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;
> 每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别;
> And you don't know if it will beyour last.
> 你无从知道这是否最后刻。