became a searcher,wanting to find out who I was and what made me unique. My view of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist3 pressure to act in ways that I didn’t like any more,and I was delighted by who I really was. I came to feel much more sure that no one can ever take my place.
Each of us holds a unique place in the world. You are special,no matter what others say or what you may think. So forget about being replaced. You can’t be.
我成了一個探尋者,想要知道自己到底是誰,又是什麽讓我變得獨一無二.我的人生觀開始改變.我需要一個堅固的基礎來發展,我忍受住壓力,不再做自己不喜歡做的事.而且我為真實的我感到高興.漸漸地我越發肯定自己無可替代.
每個人在這個世界上都佔有一個獨一無二的位置.無論別人說什麽,你自己怎麽想,你都是特別的.所以,不要擔心自己會被取代,因為你永遠是惟一的.
Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. That's not up to the opportunity. That's up to you. It doesn't matter what "floor" the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it. 正如你需要空氣來呼吸,你也需要機遇來獲得成功.但是隻吸進機遇的新鮮空氣遠遠不夠.你必須好好利用機遇.這並不取決于機遇本身,而是由你自己決定.你在什麽時候得到機遇並不重要.重要的是你怎樣把握機遇.
The first snow came.
How beautiful it was, falling so silently, all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves1) of the dead!
All white save the river, that marked2) its course by a winding black line across the landscape3), and the leafless trees, that against the leaden4) sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacy5) of their branches!
第一場雪降臨了.
真美啊!整日整夜,悄無聲息地飄落,落在高山上,落在草地上,落在生者的房頂上,落在逝者的墳塋上!
萬物皆白,惟有河流蜿蜒成一條黑線穿過雪野,還有無葉的林木,襯映在鉛灰色的天空下,此刻更顯得枝椏交錯,儀態萬千.
What silence, too, came with the snow, and what seclusion6)! Every sound was muffled7); every noise changed to something soft and musical.
No more trampling8) hoofs9), no more rattling10) wheels!
Only the chiming11) of sleigh-bells12), beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children.
初雪飄落時,是何等的寧謐,何等的幽靜!萬籟俱寂,所有的噪音都化做柔和的音樂.
再也聽不見得得馬蹄聲,也聽不見嘎嘎車輪聲!
隻有雪橇的鈴聲如樂,似孩子們的心兒在歡快地躍動
In the entire world there's nobody like me. Since the beginning of time, there has never been another person like me. Nobody has my smile. Nobody has my eyes, my nose, my hair, my hands, or my voice.
I'm special.
大千世界,芸芸眾生,沒人與我相同.自創世伊始,從未有過像我一樣的人.沒人擁有和我一樣的笑容；沒人擁有和我一樣的眼睛、鼻子、頭發、雙手或聲音.
我就是我.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but one season in the tree's life. He told them that they cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are — and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life — can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.
If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall. Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
這位父親說他們答得都對,因為他們都隻看到了梨樹生命中的一個季節.他告訴他們：不應僅憑一個季節來判斷一棵樹,一段時間來看一個人；最後,到所有的季節都已終結時,才能衡量一個人的本質——以及他生命中的快樂、喜悅和愛.
如果你在寒冬時放棄,你將失去春之希望,夏之燦爛,秋之收獲.所以,不要讓一時的痛苦毀棄你所有其他的快樂.
Ignore the“yes, buts”for the time being. All I want you to do right now is open your mind to the possibility that the world is made up of a countless array of experiences from the very worst to the very best. As someone once said,“A mind is like a parachute20)—it works best when open.”And here is my promise: If you open your mind, you will enjoy a more abundant and fulfilling21)life.
從現在開始忘掉“是的,但是”.現在你做的就是認識到這樣一種可能性,即世界是由無數從最好到最壞的經歷組成的.正如有人曾說過的：“頭腦就像降落傘——在開啟的時候工作得最好.”我的承諾是：如果你能夠廣開思路,就會享受到更加豐富、更加充實的人生.
We’re always on the go10)trying to accomplish so much, aren’s we? Getting groceries, cleaning the house, mowing the lawn — there’s always something. It’s so easy to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how simple it can be to bring cheer to ourselves and others. Giving a smile away takes so little effort and time, let’s make sure that we’ve not the one that others have to pretend is wearing an invisible smile.
我們總是忙著去盡量完成更多的事,不是嗎?買東西,打掃屋子,割院子裏的草——總有些什麽事.這就使我們很容易在日常生活中忘記：給自己和別人帶來快樂是多麽簡單的事情.綻放微笑花費的精力與時間很少,讓我們確保自己不會成為這樣的人——別人總得假裝我們有看不見的笑容.
The motivation to succeed comes from the burning desire to achieve a purpose. Napoleon Hill wrote, “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.”
A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great results.
成功的行動來自于那燃燒著的想要達成目的的欲望.拿破崙?希爾寫道：“成功的意念能夠到達個人的構想與信念所能到達的任何地方.”
強烈的欲望是一切成功的起點,正如小火苗不能放出大量的熱一樣,一個微小的願望也不能促成偉大的成就.
I have been through the depths of poverty and sickness. When people ask me what has kept me going through the troubles that come to all of us, I always reply: "I stood yesterday. I can stand today. And I will not permit myself to think about what might happen tomorrow."
my time.
我曾經經歷貧窮和病痛的深淵!每每人們問起我,是什麽力量讓我克服這些人人都會面臨的困難,我總是這樣回答：“我熬得過昨天,就熬得過今天.而且我決不讓自己去考慮明天將會發生什麽.”
I have drunk the cup of life down to its very dregs7). They have only sipped the bubbles on top of it. I know things they will never know. I see things to which they are blind.
It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.
我品嘗了生命之杯的每一滴,包括那些渣滓,而她們僅僅隻是吮到了杯口的泡沫而已.我的所知、所見,她們永遠不會知曉,不會看到.
隻有被淚水洗過眼睛的女人們,才能有更寬廣的視野,這使她們能與整個世界的人們形同姐妹.
1. The angry is that taking the other’s mistake to punish oneself.
2. The hope of tomorrow lets us forget today’s pain.
3. Shining is not the sun's patent, you also may shine.
4. The only way to obtain happiness is that, cherish what you have got and forget what you haven’t got.
5. You may obtain the world with love; you also may lose the world with hate.
1. 生氣是拿別人做錯的事來懲罰自己.
2. 明天的希望,讓我們忘了今天的痛苦.
3. 發光並非太陽的專利,你也可以發光.
4. 獲致幸福的不二法門是珍視你所擁有的、遺忘你所沒有的.
5. 你可以用愛得到全世界,你也可以用恨失去全世界.
6. The true love should surmount the length of life, the width of mind and the depth of soul
7. The strength of love is big enough to cause the person to forget all, but actually as small which cannot hold just a sand of envy.
8. No matter when you start, the more importantly is that do not stop after started. No matter when you end, the more importantly is that do not regret after ended.
6. 真正的愛,應該超越生命的長度、心靈的寬度、靈魂的深度.
7. 愛的力量大到可以使人忘記一切,卻又小到連一粒嫉妒的沙石也不能容納.
8. 不論你在什麽時候開始,重要的是開始之後就不要停止.不論你在什麽時候結束,重要的是結束之後就不要悔恨.
9. Entertains the highest hope, for the greatest endeavor, make the worst plan.
10. The place which the ideal is in, the hell maybe a heaven. The place which hope is in, the pain may becomes happiness.
11. God never complains people’s ignorance while people actually complains the unfair of God.
12. The happy life should fill the anticipation, pleasantly surprise and grateful.
9. 抱最大的希望,為最大的努力,做最壞的打算.
10. 有理想在的地方,地獄就是天堂.有希望在的地方,痛苦也成歡樂.
11. 上帝從不埋怨人們的愚昧,人們卻埋怨上帝的不公平.
12. 美好的生命應該充滿期待、驚喜和感激.
What language is thine, O sea?
The language of eternal question. What language is thy answer, O sky?
"海水呀,你說的是什麽?" "是永恆的疑問." "天空呀,你回答的話是什麽?" "是永恆的沉默.
Thank the flame for its light, but do not forget the lamp holder standing in the shade with constancy of patience.
Tiny grass, your steps are small, but you possess the earth under your tread.
謝謝火焰給你光明,但是不要忘了那執燈的人,他是堅忍地站在黑暗當中呢.
小草呀,你的足步雖小,但是你擁有你足下的土地.
I think of other ages that floated upon the stream of life and love and death and are forgotten, and I feel the freedom of passing away.
我想起了浮泛在生與愛與死的川流上的許多別的時代,以及這些時代之被遺忘,我便感覺到離開塵世的自由了.