【赫临译笔】何为重要 - 心云驛站

不论你准备好与否，有一天一切都会结束。再不会有日出，也不会有时光。你所收藏的一切，无论是视若珍宝还是已被遗忘，都会易手。

你的财富，名誉和一时的权力都会皱缩，变得无关紧要。你拥有什么，别人欠你什么，都变得不再重要。

你的所有嫌隙，积怨，懊恼和妒忌都会最终化为乌有。

因此，你的希望，计划，要做的事情都会失效。你曾经认为非常重要的所得和所失都会逐渐暗淡。

你来自何方，你的生命轨迹如何，都将不再重要。

你的美丽和光芒四射都将不再重要。你的性别，肤色，种族都将变得无关紧要。

那什么才重要？你的生命价值用什么来衡量呢？

重要的不是你买了什么，而是你造了什么，不是你得到了什么，而是你给予了什么。

重要的不是你的成功，而是你的影响。

重要的不是你学了什么，而是你教了什么。

重要的是你的诚实正直，你的同情心，你的勇气，你的牺牲，你的所有充实生活，增加自主权或鼓励别人以你为榜样的一言一行。

重要的不是你的能力，而是你的性格。

重要的不是你认识多少人，而是在你离去后有多少人会感到永久的损失。

重要的不是你的记忆，而是记忆中那些爱你的人。

重要的是人们会怀念你多久，是谁为了什么在怀念你。

它不靠环境因素，靠的是自己的选择。

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.

So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived.

It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Your gender, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant.

So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success, but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage and sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence, but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.

What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.

It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

丛中笑发表于 2013-10-20 18:39
请选择生而重要的人生吧。

ヮ成熟、羙° 发表于 2013-10-20 20:32
荷叶会的。