What Do Angels Look Like?
天使是什么样子？

They are—
天使就像—

Like the little old lady who returned your wallet yesterday.
那个昨天捡到钱包并把它交还给你的身材矮小的年老妇人。

Like the taxi driver who told you that your eyes light up the world when you smile.
那个告诉你当你微笑时你的双眸能照亮世界的出租车司机。

Like the small child who showed you the wonder in simple things.
那个将自己对细小事物的好奇心展现给你的小孩子。

Like the poor man who offered to share his lunch with you.
那个一贫如洗却仍然愿意将午餐分给你的穷人。

Like the rich man who showed you it really is all possible, if only you believe.
那个告诉你只要心存信仰一切皆有可能的富人。

Like the stranger who just happened to come along,when you had lost your way.
那个你迷路时碰巧走过来的陌生人。

Like the friend who touched your heart,when you didn’t think you had one left to touch.
那个你以为自己无法被触动时，拨动了你心弦的朋友。

Angels come in all sizes and shapes,all ages and skin types.
天使降临了，他们姿态万千，年龄无所不包，肤色无所不含。

Some with freckles, some with dimples,some with wrinkles, some without.
有的长满雀斑，有的嵌着酒窝，有的皱纹密布，有的面无瑕疵。

They come disguised as friends, enemies,teachers, students, lovers and fools.
他们可能装扮成你的朋友，敌人，老师，学生，恋人，甚或傻瓜。

They don’t take life too seriously,they travel light.
他们不把生活看得那么严肃，因而飞得很轻。

They leave no forwarding address,they ask for nothing in return.
他们不会留下转递地址，因为他们不求回报。

They wear sneakers with gossamer wings,they get a deal on dry cleaning.
他们的球鞋上缀着轻薄的羽翼，他们跟干洗店有约定。

They are hard to find when your eyes are closed,but they are everywhere you look when you choose to see.
闭上双眼，你很难发现他们。如果决定寻找，他们会在任何地方出现。

Your mind is your source of power
你的思想是你的力量之源

Your mind has the fantastic ability to transform your most intimate desires and wants into their physical counterparts and create brand new realities of your current life.
你的思想有一种奇特的力量，它能将你最私人的想法和需要转化为相应的实际行动并且为你当前的生活增添全新的内容。

It is an amazing wonder what your mind can conceive of and then using your belief and willpower to actually implement.
你的思想可以构想出令人惊讶的奇迹，然后运用你的信念和意志力来将其实现。

Are you skeptical? You should be because that is also an important part of your mind.
你是个喜欢怀疑的人吗?你应该这样因为怀疑精神也是你思想的一个重要部分。

It's the part which relates information to your current reality that determines what to believe and what not to believe.
这部分将信息与你目前的现实联系到一起，共同决定你应该相信什么或是不相信什么。

The problem with this mechanism is that it often gets in the way of itself and doesn't allow you to utilize your mind to its fullest.
这个机制存在一个问题，它总是自身相悖，因而导致你不能最大限度地运用自己的思想。

One of the most effective ways to use your mind for dream realization is to use the as if principle.
运用自己的思想来实现梦想最有效的途径之一就是使用假设法则。

Using the as if principle, you act as if you are the person you want to be.
使用假设法则时，你按照自己成为的那个人的思想方式来行动。

Act as though the things that you want to possess are already in your possession.
做事的时候，你要觉得你想要拥有的东西仿佛已经在自己的掌握之中。

What do you want to be?
你想成为什么人?
Do you want to be a doctor, lawyer, newscaster, Olympic athlete? Think, act, and feel like one.
医生，律师，新闻播报员还是奥运会运动员?想象，行动并且要觉得自己仿佛已经成为想做的人，
By being your goal, you'll be much closer to your goal because you are constantly in touch with your final objective.
通过成为自己的目标，你已距离自己的目标越来越近，因为你在不断接触自己的最终目标。

Be obsessed with your dream!
坚持自己的梦想吧！
You can be everything that you want to be.
你可以达成自己的任何愿望。
For this to be effective, you can't just act like you are what you want to be.
如果希望这个原则发挥作用，那仅仅是照着你想成为的那个人做还不够，
You have to actually take ACTION.
你要真正地采取行动。
Don't get so lost in this new reality that you forget to take action, because without action your new reality will remain a fantasy.
不要过分沉浸于新的现实之中而忘记采取行动。因为，如果没有真正的行动，你所预期的未来也只是幻想而已。
Do what needs to be done and do it today!
今日事今日毕。
Let your dreams motivate you to actualize your purpose in your existing reality not just in your head.
让你的梦想来激励你，真正实现自己的目标，而不是仅存在于脑海中。
It's often true we can do what we think we can't, if we change what's in our heads.
事实上，只要相信自己，我们往往都能完成我们认为自己不能完成的事情。
There's an old saying: Fortune favors the prepared mind. It's all in the mind!
有句古谚语说道:机会总是青睐有准备的头脑。一切都取决于你的想法。
A famous person once said, Whenever you think you can or you can't, you're right.
一位名人曾经说过:无论什么时候你认为自己能或是不能，你都是正确的。
If you think that you are not rich, then you are not.
如果你认为自己不富裕，那你确实不富裕。
You must recondition your thoughts and beliefs to be positive rather than negative.
你必须重新定位自己的想法和信仰，让它们变得积极，而不是变得更加消极。
Many times it is hard to think rich if everything around you truly is poor but that when visualization with a bit of imagination is required.
许多情况下，如果你的周围尽是贫穷之象，你也很难想象自己是富有的，这时我们就需要一点想象力。
Use your mind to expand the possibilities of your life into a new reality.
运用你的思想来尝试生活的多种可能性，最终将自己的想法变成现实。
There is no limit to what your mind can achieve by combining belief, willpower and action with positive thinking and a positive mindset in order to arrive at your dream destination.
将你的信仰，意志力，行动与为了达成最终梦想积极的想法和积极意向相结合，那么万事都难不倒你。

When I think how long I have lived
每当我想起自己年高寿长
I am struck by life’s injustice:
命运的不公让我愕然；
Others have lived much less
他人的生命何其短暂

Some have been given less than an hour of life.
一些人在出生短短时间后便告别尘寰。
I recall my childhood
我想起了我的童年
And the various stages of my growth.
和生命成长的各个阶段。
I have been blessed, indeed, beyond anything
我，事实上，受到了绝无仅有的
I expected or deserved!
我所期望的，和我值得的眷顾！
I think of the experiences that life has given me—happy ones that filled my heart,
我想起生命赋予我的种种经历—幸福的事儿充满我的心房，
Painful ones that helped me grow—
痛苦的事儿帮助我成长—
Of the discoveries I have made...
我思考，那些我的发现…
Of the persons I was privileged to meet...
那些我有幸遇到的人…
And of my talents and abilities,
我的才华与能力，
Of sight
视力，
And hearing,
听力，
Smell and taste and touch
嗅觉，味觉和触觉
And mind and will and memory
思想，意愿和记忆
And the limbs and organs of my body.
四肢及器官。
If I were to die today
如果我今天就要离去
I should certainly have had more than my fair share of life’s blessings.
当然，我已经受到自己不应该有的那份人生眷顾。
Whatever else life has in store for me is an added gift
不管未来的人数还有什么在等待着我，
Quite undeserved.
那都是一件额外的礼物。
Having accepted this, I make myself aware of the fact
我诚惶诚恐甚感不配拥有。
That I have another day of life to live and relish.
知道这个，我清楚了我要认真生活，体味生命中的另一天
I see myself go through the morning,
我要看着自己穿过清晨，
The afternoon,
走过下午，
And evening,
度过夜晚，
And accept my good luck gratefully.
感激地接收我的好运气。
I think of the person who to me is the dearest
我想到了哪个我生命中最重要的人
Of all who are alive today,
所以至今还健在的人们，
Of how he or she has enriched my life.
他或她让我的生命更加富丽斑斓。
Tomorrow I may lose her...
明天也许我就会失去她….
Such is life’s fragility.
生命就是如此脆弱。
And if I did, I should have no cause for complaint.
如果我真的失去了她，我也不应该有理由抱怨。
I have had her for so long,
我已经拥有她太长时间了，
God knows I have no right to her for a single hour.
上天知道，我无权再据她为己有，哪怕只有一小时。
Life has been unjust:
人生是不公正的；
I think of those who never had
我想起那些从未拥有过
The riches she has brought me.
如她给我带来的财富的人们。
I tell her this in fantasy
我似在幻梦中告诉她此事
And see what happens.
等待会发生什么。
I now become aware
我现在明白了
That she is here for yet another day
她还会在这儿度过另一天
And I am grateful.
我感激不尽。

In the pocket of an old ragged coat belonging to an elderly man in Chicago, a will was found, after his death.
在芝加哥一位辞世老人大衣的口袋里，人们发现了一份遗嘱。

It went like this:
遗嘱中写道:

I, Charles Lounsberry, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make and publish this my Last Will and Testament,in order, as justly as may be, to distribute my interests in the world among succeeding men.
我，查尔斯隆斯伯里，在心智清醒的状况下，写下这封遗嘱，以此尽量公正地把我的财产非配给后人。

That part of my interests which is known in law and recognized in the sheep-bound volumes as my property, being inconsiderable and of no account,I make no disposition of this in my Will.
对于法律所承认，写在羊皮卷宗上的我那点财产，在此不做赘述；

My right to live, being but a life estate, is not at my disposal,but, these things excepted, all else in the world I now proceed to devise and bequeath.
而我活着的权力为命运所拥有，也不为我支配。下面我要分配一下我的其他财产。

ITEM: I give to good fathers and mothers, in trust to their children, all good little words of praise and encouragement,and all quaint pet names and endearments; and I charge said parents to use them justly,but generously, as the deeds of their children shall require.
一，我要把给孩子们的赞扬和鼓励的话，所有奇异的昵称和爱语都交由他们出色的爸爸妈妈们；我要求爸爸妈妈们合理地使用它们，但不要吝啬，因为孩子们需要这些。

ITEM: I leave to children inclusively, but only for the term of their childhood, all and every,the flowers of the field, and the blossoms of the woods, with the right to play among them freely according to the custom of children,warning them at the same time against the thistles and the thorns.
二，我要给所有的孩子们，所有处在孩童时代的孩子们鲜花野草，给他们在田野和树林里随性自由玩耍的权利，但也提醒他们留下荆棘利刺。

And I devise to the children the banks of the brooks and the golden sands beneath the waters thereof,and the odors of the willows that dip therein, and the white clouds that float high over the giant trees.
我也留给了孩子们河岸，还有河水下面金光闪闪的沙子，河边柳树散发的清香，以及大树上面的蓝天白云。

And I leave the children the long, long days to be merry in a thousand ways,and the night and the moon and the train of the Milky Way to wonder at, but subject, nevertheless, to the rights hereinafter given to lovers.
我还留给了孩子们在无数个日子里能够快乐的一千种方式，还有能够让他们为之产生遐想的黑夜，月亮以及银河专列，但是，有些是给下文中的恋人的。

ITEM: I devise to boys jointly all the idle fields and commons where ball may be played,all pleasant waters where one may swim, all snow-clad hills where one may coast, and all streams and ponds where one may fish, or where,when grim winter comes, one may skate, to have and to hold the same for the period of their boyhood.
三，我留给男孩子们能打球的场地，能安全游泳的水域，能够滑雪的小山，能钓鱼的小溪和池塘，或者是寒冬来到后可以溜冰的地方，让这些伴随着他们度过少年时代。

And all meadows,with the clover-blossoms and butterflies thereof;the woods with their appurtenances: the squirrels and birds and echoes and strange noises;and all distant places, which may be visited, together with the adventures there to be found.
我还要给他们开满苜蓿花和飞舞着蝴蝶的草地；居住着松鼠，各种鸟类，以及发出种种怪声的树林；还要他们能够涉足和探险的远方。

And I give to said boys, each his own place at the fireside at night, with all pictures that may be seen in the burning wood,to enjoy without hindrance and without any encumbrance of care.
我也给这些孩子们每人一块夜晚坐在火炉旁的地方，让他们观看燃烧的木头中呈现的各种画面，让他们自由自在，不受束缚地享受快乐！

ITEM: To lovers, I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red roses by the wall,the bloom of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, and anything else they may desire to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love.
四，对于那些恋人们，我留给他们一个想象的世界，那里有他们需要的所有东西，比如天空中的繁星，墙边鲜艳的玫瑰，盛开的山楂花，甜蜜的乐曲，和他们想用来向恋人表达自己忠贞不渝的爱情的任何事物。

ITEM: To young men jointly, I devise and bequeath all boisterous inspiring sports of rivalry,and I give to them the disdain of weakness and undaunted confidence in their own strength.
五，对于年轻人，我留给他们所有激烈，具有启迪性的竞争运动，无惧弱点的品质和对自己力量的坚定信心。

Though they are rude, I leave them the powers to make lasting friendships, and of possessing companions,and to them exclusively I give all merry songs and brave choruses to sing with lusty voices.
尽管他们不那么知礼，我还是要留给他们维持常青友谊，结交伙伴的能力。我要把所有欢快的歌曲和气势磅礴的合唱留给他们，让他们用粗矿的喉咙歌唱。

ITEM: And to those who are no longer children, or youths, or lovers,I leave memory, and bequeath to them the volumes of the poems of Burns and Shakespeare, and of other poets,if there be any, to the end that they may live the old days over again, freely and fully without tithe or diminution.
六，对于那些不再是孩子，年轻人，或是恋人的，我留给他们回忆，还有彭斯，莎士比亚和其他诗人的诗，以便让他们重拾往日的岁月，真切丝毫不减地回味当初的感觉。

ITEM: To the loved ones with snowy crowns, I bequeath the happiness of old age,the love and gratitude of their children until they fall asleep.
七，对于那些满头白发的人，我留给他们晚年时的欢乐，以及孩子们对他们的爱和感恩，让这些一直伴随着他们进入梦乡。

Beloved,
亲爱的:

There are days when nothing seems right, when every shell you pick up on the winding shore is broken,when the silken treasure slips through your fingers too quickly, and when comforts are empty and the world is noisy.
总有这样的日子:一切似乎都不正常，你在弯弯曲曲的海滩上捡到的贝壳都是残缺不全的，珍贵的宝物从你指缝中一忽儿就溜走了，别人应该给的慰藉荡然无存，而整个世界喧闹不堪。

On those jagged edged days, when the wind is screaming for a reason only she understands.
在那些艰难的日子里，狂风莫名地呼啸，

And you find yourself all alone.
而你发现自只是孤身一人。

Turn your face to the sun.
面朝太阳吧。

There is goodness in the world that even the river of tears cannot erase.
因为人世间存在美善，即便是成河的泪水也无法将其冲掉。

There is love in the world that the numbed armies of fear can not destroy.
因为人世间存在着真爱，即便是冰冷的恐惧也不能将其摧毁。
Sometimes that goodness is everywhere apparent.
有时，那种美善处处可见，
It pours from the heart of every moment, from the light of every smile.
它来自每时每刻跳动的心，来自每一个微笑。
On those soft days, love hides in the eaves to drop like sweet honey on your forehead and sings her lilting lullabies in the arms of the winds.
在那些顺风顺水的日子里，甘甜如蜜的真爱由天而降，在和风的怀抱中唱着轻快的歌。
But on some days, Beloved. On days like today...
但是亲爱的，在有些日子里，比如今天…
We need to look, to see.
我们需要去留意，去观察。
So turn your face to the sun.
所以，面朝太阳吧。
Even when she is nowhere to be seen.
即便是在她躲了起来，不知所踪的时候。
Go inside yourself. Find a speck, a splinter of beauty to be grateful for.
审视自己，找到一处可以让你感激的美丽瑕疵吧。
Yes, the day has worn you.
是的，生活让你疲惫不堪。
And Yes,our mistakes have been so many.
是的，我们的失误是如此之多。
But say Thank you anyway.
但不管怎样，说声谢谢吧。
Take account of all that is in your possession.
善待你所拥有的一切，
A mind. A heart. A body.
思想，心灵，还有身体。
A life that breathes, even if for just one more day.
还有能够呼吸的每一天，即便是还有最后一天。
Now count the eyes that have smiled at you on your wild journey,
数数在你流浪的旅途中对你微笑的眼睛，
the hands that have held you tenderly,
温柔地扶着你的大手，
the ears that have listened,
倾听你心声的耳朵，
the prayers that have been made on your behalf.
还有为你祈祷的声音。
And whisper your Thank you again.
然后，再次说声谢谢吧。
Count the sky that has watched you grow with His painted eyes,
数数那用五彩斑斓的眼睛注视这你成长的蓝天，
The heaving waves that find their echo in the tides of your breathing,
随着你呼吸的节奏而激荡回响的起伏的波浪，
The little birds that have sung you their songs,
还有献给你歌声的鸟儿，
The stars which have been a lamp to your path,
照亮你路途
and are your rightful inheritance.
而又属于你的星星。

Count unexpected laughter,
数数未曾期待的笑声，
Count undeserved grace,
数数不期而至的礼遇，
Count Passion and Love and Dreams yet to be born,
数数你拥有的激情和爱，还有将要萌生的梦想。
And bow your head and say thank you,
然后，低下头，说声谢谢吧。
Now count the lives who still need your light,
现在，数数需要你给予光明的生命，
The hungry, the sick, the helpless,
那些饥饿，生病，无助的人们。
Count the children who will die today
数数今天就要离开这个世界的孩子们。
and imagine if with the breath of your body
想想只要你一息尚存，
you could help just one.
你能帮助他们，哪怕就一个。
Turn your face to the sun,
面朝太阳吧，
And know yourself as a child of the light.
你要知道你是光明之子。
You are the Goodness that cannot be extinguished,
你就是拿不会消之的美善，
The love that burns through the darkest night.
那燃烧在漆黑之夜的爱。
And perhaps,
或许，
In turning
在转身的一瞬，
You will see what I have seen,
你会看到我所看到的那一面，
that this day where everything seemed wrong,
看起来一切都不正常的日子
was not your curse,
并不是我对你的发难，
It was your gift,
其实是生活给你的馈赠，
Your chance...
是你的机遇。
To find inside yourself a forgotten thank you,
去你的内心寻找那个被你忘记的谢谢，
To smile in the face of the grim suppressors,
去微笑着面对充满挫折的生活，
To stand in the heart of the glowering darkness
从弥漫的黑暗中站起来，
and turn your face to the sun.
面朝太阳吧。

In all one's lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of.
人生在世，和“自己”相处最多，打交道最多，但是往往悟不透“自己”。

When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach; luck and opportunities will come your way and you are overjoyed that they constitute part of your worth.
人生走上坡路时，往往把自己估计过高，似乎一切所求的东西都能垂手可得，甚至把运气和机遇也看做自己身价的一部分而喜不自胜。

When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself, mistaking difficulties and adversities for your own incompetence. It's likely that you think it wise for yourself to know our place and stay aloof from worldly wearing a mask of cowardice, behind which the flow of sap in your life will be retarded.
人在不得意时，又往往把自己估计过低，把困难和不利也看做自己的无能，以至把安分守己，与世无争误认为有自知之明，而实际上往往被怯懦的面具窒息了自己鲜活的生命。

To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself and be a sober realist -- aware of both one's strength and shortage. You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be fully realezed.
透自己，就是正确认识自己，也就是说要做一个冷静的现实主义者，既知道自己的优势，也知道自己的不足。我们可以憧憬人生，但期望值不能过高。因为在现实中，理想总是会打折扣的。

You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts. That's to way so long as you have a perfect knowledge of yourself there won't be difficulties you can't overcome, nor obstacles you can't surmount.
悟可以迎接挑战。但是必须清楚自己努力的方向。也就是说，人一旦有了自知之明，也就没有什么克服不了的困难，没有什么过不去的难关。

To get a thorough understanding of oneself needs selfappreciation. Whether you liken yourself to a towering tree or a blade of grass, whether you think you are a high mountain or a small stone, you represent a state of nature that has its own raison detre.
要悟透自己就要欣赏自己。无论你是一棵参天大树，还是一棵小草，无论你成为一座巍峨的高山，还是一块小小的石头，都是一种天然，都有自己存在的价值。

If you earnestly admire yourself you'll have a real sense of self-appreciation, which will give you confidence. As soon as you gain full confidence in yourself you'll be enabled to fight and overcome any adversity.
只要你认真地欣赏自己，你就会拥有一个真正的自我。只有自我欣赏才会有信心，一旦拥有了信心也就拥有了抵御一切逆境的动力。

To get a thorough understanding of oneself also requires doing oneself a favor when it's needed. In time of anger, do yourself a favor by giving vent to it in a quiet place so that you won't be hurt by its flames; in time of sadness, do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep or taking some tonic. Show yourself loving concern about your health and daily life. As you are aware, what a person physically has is but a human body that's vulnerable when exposed to the elements. So if you fall ill, it's up to you to take a good care of yourself. Unless you know perfectly well when and how to do yourself a favor, you won't be confident and ready enough to resist the attack of illness.
要悟透自己，就要心疼自己。在气愤时心疼一下自己，找个僻静处散散心，宣泄宣泄，不要让那些无名之火伤身；忧伤时，要心疼一下自己，找个三五好友，诉说诉说，让感情的阴天变晴；劳累时，你要心疼一下自己，为自己来一番问寒问暖，要明白人所拥有的不过是一个血肉之躯，经不住太多的风力霜剑；有病时，你要心疼一下自己，惟有对自己的心疼，才是战胜疾病的信心和力量。

To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to get a full control of one's life. Then one will find one's life full of color and flavor.
悟透了自己，才能把握住自己，你生活才会有滋有味！

How wonderful are islands! Islands in space, like this one I have come to, ringed about by miles of water, linked by on bridges, no cables, no telephones.
岛屿是多么奇妙啊！它处在一望无际之中，四周海水围绕， 没有桥梁相通，没有电缆相连，更无电话可打。

An lsland from the world and the world's life. Islands is time, like this short vacation of mine.
我来的小岛就是 这样一个地方，它远离尘世，不见喧嚣。小岛是时间的孤岛，就 像我的这次短期假期。
The past and the future are cut off: only the present remains.
在这里，过去和未来都被隔断，只有现时 依然存在。
One lives like a child or a saint in the immediacy of here and now.
一个人，或是像个孩子：或是像个圣人，现在便实 实在在地在这里活着。
Every day, every act, is an island, washed by time and space, and has an island's completion.
每一天、每一个动作其实都是一个小岛，经受着时间和空间的冲刷，像小岛一样完美。
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People, too, become like islands in such an atmosphere, self-contained, whole and serene; respecting other people's solitude, not intruding on their shores, standing back in revernce before the miracle of another individual.
人在这种环境下也变成了小岛，独立自主，完整安详，尊重他人的孤独，不践踏他 人的海岸半步，毕恭毕敬地在他人的奇迹面前靠后站。

"No man is an island," said John Donne. I feel we are all islands--in a common sea.
“没有人 会是小岛。”约翰?多恩说过。我却认为每个人都是公共海域的 小岛。
We are all, in the last analysis, alone.
归根结底，我们都是孤独的。

And this basic state of solitude is not something we have any choice about.
这种孤独的基本状态由不得 我们选择。
It is , as the poet Rilke says, "not something that one can take or leave".
奥地利诗人里尔克曾经说道：“由不得我们带走或是 放弃。”

We are solitary. We may delude ourselves and act as though this were not so, yes, even to begin by assuming it."Naturally," he goes on to say,"we will turn giddy."
虽然身心孤独，但是我们都欺骗自己，假装事实并非如 此。里尔克还说，“我们很自然就会弄得头晕目眩。”

We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family, friends, and movies should fail, there is still the radio or television to fill up the void.
今天的人们都非常害怕孤独，所以极力避免它。当与家人 和朋友相处或是看电影都无法消除孤独的时候，我们就用听广播 和看电视来填补空白。

Women, who used to complain of loneliness, need never be alone any more.
女人们曾经埋怨孤独，现在想孤独也办不 到。
We can do our housework with soap-opera heroes at our side. Even day-dreaming was more creative than this; it demanded something of oneself and it fed the inner life.
她们可以一边做家务一边看肥皂剧。做白日梦都显得更有创 造力，它需要人们具有一些东西，而且能够丰富内心生活。

Now instead of planting our solitude with our dream bolssoms, we choke the space with continuous music, chatter and companionship to which we do not even listen.
我们 本该用白曰梦的似锦繁花来种下一片孤独，但却用连续不断的音 乐、喋喋不休、吵嚷的同伴来把孤独的空间堵死。
It is simply there to fill the vacuum. When the noise stops there is no inner music to take its place. We must relearn to be alone.
这其实仅仅是 _个填补空缺的问题，一旦暄闹消失，便不再有内心的音乐来填 补空缺。我们要重新学会孤独。

Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error ultimately leading to wisdom.
人类的成长是一个经历,试验和最终失败而引向智慧的过程。
Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action, you can never quite be certaion how the situation will turn out.
每次你选择相信自己,开始采取行动时,你绝不会知道这个情况会如何。
Sometimes you are victorious, and sometimes you become disillusioned.
又是你是胜者，但是有时你又会幻灭。
The failed experiments, however, are no less valuable than the experiments that ultimately prove successful; in fact, you usually learn more from your perceived "failures" than you do from your perceived "success".
然而，失败的经历远远高于成功，事实上，你从失败里学到的比在成功里学到的更多。
If you have made what you perceive to be a mistake or failed to live up to your own expectations, you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence and the part of you that is the alleged wrong-doer.
如果你自责犯了一个错误或辜负了自己的期望，你将很可能在你成功和失败之间竖起一道障碍。
However, perceiving past actions as mistakes implies guilt and blame, and it is not possible to learn anything meaning while you are engaged in blaming.
然而,为过去的行为内疚、自责都是错误的，当你在忙着自责的时候，它不会让你学到什么。
Therefore, forgiveness is required when you are harshly judging yourself. Forgiveness is the act of erasing an emotional debt. There are four kinds of forgiveness.
因此，当你苛刻要求自己的时候，你需要原谅你自己。宽恕是一种消除情感负担的行为，有四种宽恕：
The first is beginner forgiveness for yourself.
第一：从原谅自己开始。
The second of forgiveness is beginner forgiveness for another.
第二：原谅别人
The third kind of forgiveness is advanced forgiveness of yourself. This is for serious transgressions, the ones you carry with deep shame when you do soimething that violates your own values and ethics, you create a chasm between your standards and your actual behavior.
第三：再次原谅自己，这是最重要的，是随时记住的,当你深深地感到羞耻,违反了自己的价值观和伦理之间的鸿沟时，这是你自己的标准,你的实际行为。
In such a case, you need to work very hard at forgiving youeself for these deeds so that yo call close this chasm and realign with the best part of yourself.
在这种情况下，
This does not mean that you should rush to forgive yourselfor not feel regret or remorse; but wallowing in these feelings for a protracted period of time is not healthy, and punishing yourself excessively will only creats a bigger gap between you and your ethics.
这并不意味着你应该急于原谅自己而不感到后悔或自责，但是很长一段时间总沉溺于这些感觉是没有意义的，惩罚自己过度只会给你和你的道德制造更大的隔阂。
The last and perhaps most difficult one is the advanced forgiveness of another.
最后，比较难得就是再次原谅被人。
At some time of our life, you may have been severely wronged or hurt by another person to such a degree that forgiveness seems impossible.
有时候在我的生活中，你可能受到另一个人的严重伤害，似乎是不可原谅的。
However, harboring resentment and revenge fantasies only keeps you trapped in victim hood. Under such a circumstance, you should force yourself to see the bigger picture, by so doing, you will be able to shift the focus away from the anger and resentment.
然而，怀著怨恨和复仇幻想只让你一直成为受害者。通过这样做你必须强迫自己看到更大的图景,你可以转移你的注意力,不至于沉溺于怒火和仇恨之中。
It is only through forgiveness that you can erase wrongdoing and clean the memory. when you can finally release the situation, you may come to see it as a necessary part of your growth.
只有通过宽恕,你才能忘却过错,清理那些不堪的记忆。当你终于可以释放时,你会认为这是你成长的一个必要的部分。

A great life doesn't happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your life to be.?
非凡的人生不是无根之木，无源之水。它需要合理分配自己的时间、精力、心思，为实现自 己的生活目标而努力。
Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure, and start setting up your life to support success and ease.
走出忧虑和失败，全身心地迎接成功和安逸。

A great life is the result of using the 24/7 you get in a creative and thoughtful way, instead of just what comes next. Customize these " secrets" to fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today!
不要得过且过，创造性 地好好利用生命中的分分秒秒吧！让我们从今天开始，根据下面的“秘诀”和自身情况，创 建属于自己的非凡人生。

1. S—Simplify. A great life is the result of simplifying your life. People often misinterpret what simplify means. It's not a way to remove work from your life.
1、化繁为简。非凡的人生源于简单的生活。人们往往误解了简单的含义，即不参加工作。

When you focus on simplifying your life, you free up energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here. In order to create a great life, you will have to make room for it in yours first.
当生活真正简化，你就会有时间和精力从事喜欢的工作，并为之奋斗。创建非凡的人生，首 先要有自己的空间。

2. E—Effort. A great life is the result of your best effort. Creating a great life requires that you make some adjustments. It may mean reevaluating how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way.
2、不懈努力。非凡的人生源于个人的苦心经营。
It may mean looking for new ways to spend your energy that coincide with your particular definition of a great life. Life will reward your best effort.
这可能需要重新分配时间，或调整理财方 式：用新的方式把精力投向能引领非凡人生的地方去。有付出就会有回报。

3. C—Create Priorities. A great life is the result of creating priorities. It's easy to spend your days just responding to the next thing that gets your attention, instead of intentionally using the time, energy and money you have in a way that's important to you. Focus on removing the obstacles that get in the way of you making sure you are honoring your priorities.
3、分清主次。非凡的人生源于分清主次。不要被琐碎的事所吸引，而撇开重要之事，不然， 时间、精力和金钱便会浪费。要想达到目的，就要善于梳理头绪，扫清障碍，分清轻重缓急。

4. R—Reserves. A great life is the result of having reserves—reserves of things, time, space, energy, money. With reserves, you acquire far more than you need-not 6 months living expenses, but 5 years worth; not 15 minutes of free time, 1 day. Reserves are important because they reduce the fear of consequences, and that allows you to make decisions based on what you really want instead of what the fear decides for you.
4、有备无患。非凡的人生源于懂得储存--储存物品、时间、空间、精力和金钱。那样，获 得就会远远多于所期望的--就会得到五年的生活费，而不是六个月的；一整天的闲暇时间， 而不是 15 分钟。储存能减少顾虑，从而使决定不受限制，思想不会犹豫。

5. E—Eliminate distractions. A great life is the result of eliminating distractions. Up to 75% of your mental energy can be tied up in things that draining and distracting you. Eliminating distractions can be a difficult concept to many people, since they haven't really considered that there is another way to live. Look around at someone's life you admire. What do they do that you would like to incorporate into your own life ? Ask them how they did it. Find ways to free up mental energy for things that are more important to you.
5、专心致志。非凡的人生源于专注。做事三心二意，会耗费一个人 75%以上的精力。很多 人不知道如何清除杂念，因为他们从未想过换种方式生活。看看周围那些令你羡慕的人的生 活吧！看自己能从他们身上学到些什么？向他们请教，寻求专注的方式，把精力集中到真正 重要的事情上。

6. T—Thoughts. A great life is the result of controlling your thoughts so that you accept and allow for the possibility that it actually can happen to you! belief in the outcome will directly dictate how successful you are. Motivated people have specific goals and look for ways to achieve them. Believing there is a solution to the same old problems you encounter year after year is vitally important creating a life that you love.
6、坚定信念。非凡的人生源于信心十足。信心直接决定胜负成败。有动力的人目标明确， 并会想尽一切办法去实现。生活中会反复遇到很多问题，相信这些问题终会解决，是创造美 好生活的关键。

7. S—Start. A great life is the result of starting. There's the old saying everyone's familiar with “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” In order to even move from the couch to the refrigerator, you have to start. There’s no better time to start than today. Don't wait for a raise, or until the kids get older or the weather is better. Today, right now, is the right day to start to take a step in the direction of your heart's desires. It's what you do TODAY that will make a difference in your life tomorrow.
7、立刻行动。非凡人生源于行动。有句大家熟悉的古谚，“千里之行始于足下”。即使再小 的事情，诸如从沙发走到冰箱前，也需要亲自行动。从今天开始行动吧，不要再找借口，说 等涨工资了，等孩子长大了，或者等天气好了再说吧。从今天开始，去努力实现心中的梦想， 这是最好的时机。只有这样，才能开创美好的明天。

The tides advance; the tides recede. Winter goes and summer comes. summer wanes and the cold increases. The sun rises; the sun sets. The moon is full; the moon is black. The birds arrive; the birds depart. Flowers bloom; flowers fade. Seeds are sown; harvests are reaped. all nature is a circle of moods and I am a part of nature and so, like the tides, my moods will rise; my moods will fall.
潮起潮落，冬去春来，夏末秋至，日出日落，月圆月缺，雁来雁往，花飞花谢，草长瓜熟，自然界万物都在循环往复的变化中，我也不例外，情绪会时好时坏。

Today l will be master of my emotions.
今天我学会控制情绪。
It is one of nature's tricks, little understood, that each day I awaken with moods that have changed from yesterday.
这是大自然的玩笑，很少有人窥破天机。每天我醒来时，不再有1日日的心情。

Yesterday's joy will become today's sadness; yet today's sadness will grow into tomorrow's joy. Inside me is a wheel, constantly tuning from sadness to joy, from exultation to depression, from happiness to melancholy.
昨日的快乐变成今天的哀愁，今天的悲伤又转为明日的喜悦。我心中像一只轮子不停地转着，由乐而悲，由悲而喜，由喜而忧。

Like the flowers, today's full bloom of joy will fade and wither into despondency, yet I will remember that as today's dead flower carries the seed of tomorrow's bloom so, too, does today's sadness carry the seed of tomorrow's joy.
这就好比花儿的变化，今天枯败的花儿蕴藏着明天新生的种子，今夭的悲伤也预示着明天的快乐。
And how will I master these emotions so that each day will be productive? For unless my mood is right the day will be a failure.
我怎样才能控制情绪，以使每天卓有成效呢？除非我心平气和，否则迎来的又将是失败的一天。
Trees and plants depend on the weather to flourish but I make my own weather, yea I transport it with me.
花草树木，随着气候的变化而生长，但是我为自己创造天气。
If I bring rain and gloom and darkness and pessimism to my customers then they will react with rain and gloom and darkness and pessimism and they will purchase naught.
我要学会用自己的心灵弥补气候的不足。如果我为顾客带来风雨、忧郁、黑暗和悲观，那么他们也会报之于风雨、忧郁、黑暗和悲观，而他们什么也不会买。
If I bring joy and enthusiasm and brightness and laughter to my customers they will react with joy and enthusiasm and brightness and laughter and my weather will produce a harvest of sales and a granary of gold for me.
相反的，如果我们为顾客献上欢乐、喜悦、光明和笑声，他们也会报之以欢乐、喜悦、光明和笑声，我就能获得销售上的丰收，赚取成仓的金币。
And how will I master my emotions so that every day is a happy day, and a productive one?
我怎样才能控制情绪，让每天充满幸福和欢乐？
I will learn this secret of the ages: Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.
我要学会这个千古秘诀：弱者任思绪控制行为，强者让行控制思绪。
Each day, when I awaken, I will follow this plan of battle before I am captured by the forces of sadness, self-pity and failure-
每天醒来当我被悲伤、自怜、失败的情绪包围时，我就这样与之对抗：

If I feel depressed I will sing.
沮丧时，我引吭高歌。
If I feel sad I will laugh.
悲伤时，我开怀大笑。
If I feel ill I will double my labor.
病痛时，我加倍工作。
If I feel fear I will plunge ahead.
恐惧时，我勇往直前。
If I feel inferior I will wear new garments.
自卑时，我换上新装。
If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice.
不安时，我提高嗓声。
If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come.
穷困潦倒时，我想象未来的富有。
If I feel incompetent I will remember past success.
力不从心时，我回想过去的成功。
If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals.
自轻自贱时，我想想自己的目标。
Henceforth, I will know that only those with inferior ability can always be at their best, and I am not inferior.
从今往后，我明白了，只有低能者才会江郎才尽，我并非低能者，我必须不断对抗那限些企图摧垮我的力量。
There will be days When I must IN THE WORLD constantly struggle against forces which would tear me down.
失望与悲伤一眼就会被识破，而其它许多敌人是不易觉察的。

Those such as despair and sadness are simple to recognize but there are others which approach with a smile and the hand of friendship and they can also destroy me. Against them, too, I must never relinquish control:
它们往往面带微笑，却随时可能将我们摧垮。对它们，我们永远不能放松警惕。
If I become overconfident I will recall my failures.
自高自大时，我要追寻失败的记忆。
If I overindulge I will think of past hungers.
纵情得意时，我要记得挨饿的日子。
If I feel complacency I will remember my competition.
洋洋得意时，我要想想竞争的对手。
If I enj oy moments of greatness I will remember moments of shame.
沾沾自喜时，不要忘了那忍辱的时刻。
If I feel all-powerful I will try to stop the wind.
自以为是时，看看自己能否让步驻步。
If I attain great wealth I will remember one unfed mouth.
腰缠万贯时，想想那些食不果腹的人。
If I become overly proud I will remember a moment of weakness.
骄傲自满时，要想到自己怯懦的时候。
If I feel my skill is unmatched I will look at the stars.
不可一世时，让我抬头，仰望群星。

Consider YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you.
诫想一下……你！一个空前绝后的你，不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。
You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe.
你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。
Wow !Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion...
哇！想想吧，你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆里挑一的。
You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!
在无穷无尽的宇宙中，你是举世无双的！！！

You're amazing! You're awesome! And by the way, TAG, you're it.As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so.
你是了不起的！你是卓越的！没错，就是你。你已经是了不起的，是卓越的，你还可以更卓越更了不起。
Beautiful young people are the whimsey of nature,but beautiful old people are true works of art.
美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想，而美丽的老人却是艺术的杰作。
But you don't become "beautiful" just by virtue of the aging process.
但你不会因为年龄的渐长就自然而然地变得“美丽”。
Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life.
真正的美丽源于生命里的学习、成长和热爱。
That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you.
这就是生命的芝术。你可以只听天由命，慢慢地学，有时候或许会很痛苦。
Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers.
又或许你可以选择加速自己的成长，故意地挥霍生活及其提供的一切。
You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today.
你就是手握今日之刷描绘自己未来的艺术家。
Paint a Masterpiece.God gives every bird its food, but he doesn't throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, it's truly up to you.
画出一幅杰作吧！上帝给了鸟儿食物，但他没有将食物扔到它们的巢里。不管你想要去哪里，不管你想要做什么，真正做决定的还是你自己。