Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view.
今天我們擁有了更高層的樓閣以及更寬闊的公路,但是我們的性情卻更為急躁,眼光也更加狹隘.
We spend more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses, but smaller families. We have more compromises, but less time. We have more knowledge, but less judgement. We have more medicines, but less health.
我們消耗掉的更多了,享受到的卻變少了；我們擁有的住房更大了,但家庭成員卻變少了；我們妥協的更多了,但個人時間卻更少了；我們擁有的知識更多了,可判斷力卻更差了；我們擁有的藥品更多了,但健康狀況卻更不盡如人意了.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much.
我們的財富與日俱增,但其價值卻降低了；我們說的太多,卻愛的太少,厭惡也隨之變多了.
We reached the moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors. We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space.
我們可以往返月球,卻難以邁出一步去親近左鄰右舍；我們可以征服太空,卻攻克不了內心.
We have higher income, but less morals. These are times with more liberty, but less joy. With much more food, but less nutrition.
我們的收入增加了,但道德卻減少了；時代更加自由了,但快樂時光卻短暫了；我們可以享用的食物越來越多,但所能攝取的營養卻越來越少了.
These are days in which two salaries come home, but divorces increase. These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes.
現在,雙收入家庭越來越多,但離婚率卻大幅增長；住房越來越精緻,但破碎的家庭卻屢增不減.
That's why I propose that as of today - You do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a special occasion. Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to the needs. Spend more time with your family, eat your favorite food, visit the place you love. Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival.
所以我提議從今天開始-不要把東西預留到某一個特別時刻,因為你當下活著的每一天都那麼特別；學無止境,多讀一些書,坐在家門前,享受眼前的美景,無慾無求；多花些時間和家人在一起,吃你愛吃的食物,去你想去的地方.生活是一串串的快樂時光；不僅僅是為了生存.
Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume… Use it every time when you feel you want it. Take out from your vocabulary phrases like, "one of these days" and "someday" . Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
舉起你的水晶高腳杯吧!不要吝惜你最好的香水,你想用的時候就享用吧!從你的字典裡刪去"有那麼一天"或者"某一天"等詞語；曾打算"有那麼一天"要寫的信,就在今天寫了吧!
Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them. Never pass up a chance at adding laughter and joy to your life. Every day, hour, and minute is special, because you never know if it will be your last.
告訴我們的家人和朋友,我們是多麼地愛他們.不要放過任何可以為你的生活帶來歡笑與快樂的機會.每天、每時、每分鐘都那麼獨特,因為你無從知道這是否將是你人生的最後一刻.
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