"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me.It is the most requested column I've ever written.
“为了庆祝我的年长,我曾经写了生活教导我的45条人生经验,是我写过的最受欢迎的栏目。”
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good..
生活是不公平的,但仍是好的。
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
当你迟疑时,继续向前走一小步。
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
生命短暂,不值得浪费时间憎恶他人。
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
你的工作在你病的时候不会照顾你,你的朋友和父母会关心你,与他们保持联系。
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
每个月付清你的信用卡账单。
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
你不需要赢每次的争论,同意异议。
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
与他人同哭泣,这样比单独哭泣更快恢复。
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
可以对上帝生气,他能受得起。
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
从第一份薪水开始为退休积攒。
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
在巧克力面前,拒绝是徒劳的。
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
与你的过去讲和,这样它不会来干扰你的当今。
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
可以在你的孩子面前哭泣。
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
不要和他人比较生活。你并不知道他们的人生路又是如何。
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
若人际关系不得不是秘密,那么你不应该涉入。
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
任何事情眨眼瞬息万变,但不要担心,上帝从不眨眼。
16. Take a deep breath It calms the mind.
做深呼吸,这样能够平静你的心怀。
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
摒弃任何无用的、丑陋的或者苦毒的事情。
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
任何无法杀了你的事情,总能使你更加坚强。
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
要有一个幸福的童年,从来不要因为太晚而错过。但人生的第二个童年只取决于你自己。
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
当你追求人生之爱的时候,不要用放弃作为答案。
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
点香烛,用上好的床单,穿别致的内衣。不要为特别的场合留着。今天正是特别的日子。
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
做好充足的准备,然后顺其自然。
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
可以现在就古怪,不要等待年老了才去穿紫色的衣服。
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
最重要的性器官是脑袋。
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
无人主管你的幸福,唯有你自己。
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words :'In five years, will this matter?'
用这样的话框上你目前所谓的灾难:“五年以后,这重要吗?”
27. Always choose life..
总是去选择生命。。。
28. Forgive everyone everything.
宽恕每个人每件事。
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
别人如何看你,与你无关。
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
光阴能够治愈几乎每件事,给光阴时间。
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
无论境况好坏,都会改变的。
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
不要把自己太当真。没有人如此看你。
33. Believe in miracles.
相信奇迹。
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
上帝爱你是因为他是上帝,不是因为你做了或没做什么事情。
35. Don't audit life.. Show up and make the most of it now.
不要审查人生。。。显示你的人生并尽量利用它。
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
渐渐年老战胜了它的对立面 - 年轻而逝。
37. Your children get only one childhood.
你的孩子只有一个童年。
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
人生的最后真正有意义的是你曾经爱过的。
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
每天都到户外走走。处处都有神迹等着你去发现。
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
若我们将问题堆放一起,再看别人的问题的时候,我们会将我们的问题收回。
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
嫉妒是浪费时间。你已经有了你所需要的。
42. The best is yet to come...
最好的尚未来临。
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
无论你感觉如何,起床,打扮一新,露面。
44. Yield.
退让。
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
生活没有打着蝴蝶结,但它仍是礼物。