Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.
不管有沒有準備好，總有一天一切都會結束。
There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours orminutes.
不再有日出，不再有白天，不再有小時或分鐘。
All the things you collected, whether treasured orforgotten, will pass to someone else.
你所收集的一切，無論是被珍藏的還是被遺忘的，都將傳給他人。
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel toirrelevance.
你的財富、名譽和暫時的權力將變得無關緊要。
It will not matter what you owned orwhat you were owed.
你所擁有的和你所虧欠的都不再重要。
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.
你的怨恨、不滿、挫敗和妒忌最終將消失。
So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do listswill all expire.
同樣的，你的希望、抱負、計劃和待辦事項也都將過期。
The wins and losses that once seemedso important will fade away.
曾經看起來如此重要的成功和失敗也將逐漸消失。
It won't matter where you came from, or on whatside of the tracks you lived.
你來自何方，住在窮人區還是富人區也都不重要了。
It won't matter whether you were beautiful orbrilliant.
你是漂亮還是聰明都不重要。
So what will matter?
那麼什麼才是重要的呢？
How will the value of your days be measured?
你有生之日的價值怎麼來衡量呢?
What will matter is not what you bought, but whatyou built; not what you got, but what you gave.重要的不是你買了什麼，而是你創造了什麼；不是你得到了什麼，而是你給予了什麼。
What will matter is not your success, but yoursignificance.
重要的不是你的成功，而是你存在的意義。
What will matter is not what you learned, but whatyou taught.
重要的不是你學到了什麼，而是你傳授了什麼。
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage and sacrifice that enriched, empowered Orencouraged others to emulate your example.
重要的是，你的每一個正直、富有同情、勇氣和犧牲精神的行為都會豐富他人、鼓勵他人以你為榜樣。
What will matter is not your competence, but yourcharacter.
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 when you'regone.
重要的不是你認識多少人，而是當你離開時，有多少人會悵然若失。
What will matter is not your memories, but thememories of those who loved you.
重要的不是你的回憶，而是那些愛你的人對你的回憶。
What will matter is how long you will beremembered, by whom and for what.
重要的是你會被銘記多久，被誰銘記，為什麼被銘記。
Living a life that matters doesn't happen byaccident.
有意義的生活並非偶然發生。
It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.
這無關境遇，而關於自己的選擇。
【歲月無痕，且行且珍惜（How times flies）】
