生命中的五個球
每個人的生命中都有五個球:工作、家庭、健康、友誼和心靈,有時為了其中一個球,我們不得不捨棄別的球。
本文是可口可樂前任總裁布萊恩?戴森-(Brian Dyson)在美國喬治亞理工學院(GeorgiaTech)第172屆畢業典禮上的一篇演講詞,講到工作與生活中其他事物的關係。在他看來,工作就像橡皮球,失去還能獲得;而家庭、健康、友誼和心靈則像是玻璃球,一旦損壞則無可挽回。因此,最重要的是要保持幾者的平衡。
Imagine life as a game in which you arejugglingsome five balls in the air. You name them—work, family, health, friends and spirit and you』re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it willbounceback.
想像生命是一場不停拋擲五個球於空中的遊戲。你把這五個球分別稱為工作、家庭、健康、友誼和心靈,而且你正儘力讓每一個球都不要落地。很快你就明白,工作是一個橡皮球。如果它掉落到地上,還會彈回來。
But the other four balls—family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will beirrevocablyscuffed, marked,nicked,damaged or evenshattered. They will never be the same. You must understandthat andstrive forbalance in your life. How?
但是,剩下的四個球——家庭、健康、友誼和心靈是用玻璃做成的。任何一個掉落地上,它都會無可挽回地留下擦痕、傷疤、缺口,受到損壞,甚至碎落一地。它們將永遠不會跟以前一樣。你必須了解這個道理,並且致力於保持生命中的平衡。但要怎麼才做得到呢?
Don』tundermineyour worth bycomparingyourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
別拿自己和他人比較,這隻會降低了你自身的價值。正因為人各有異,我們每一個人才如此特別。
Don』t set your goals by what other peopledeemimportant. Only you know what is best for you.
不要把別人認為重要的東西當作你的目標。只有你才知道什麼最適合你。
Don』ttake for grantedthe things that are closest to your heart.Clingto them as they would be your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
不要將最貼近你的心的人和事視為理所當然的存在。將他們視為你的生命,緊緊擁抱他們,因為,如果沒有他們,你的人生將失去意義。
Don』t let your lifeslipthrough your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living yourlife one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.
別總在依戀過去或是寄望未來,讓你的生命從指縫間溜走。每次只要把一天過好,你就活出了生命中的每一天。
Don』t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
當你還能給予的時候別輕言放棄。只要你不放棄,就總可能存在轉機。
Don』t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is thisfragilethread thatbindsus each together.
別害怕承認你並非完美。正是因為不夠完美的脆弱的細絲,我們才綁在了一起。
Don』t be afraid toencounterrisks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
別害怕遇到風險。正是在冒險的過程中,我們才學會了勇敢。
Don』t shut love out of your life by saying it』s impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
不要說不可能找到愛並因此把愛關閉在你的生命之外。最迅速得到愛的方法就是付出你的愛;而最快速失去愛的方法就是緊緊地把愛抓在手裡不放;維持愛的最好方式就是給愛一雙翅膀。
Don』t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you』ve been, but also where you are going.
不要匆忙地度過你的一生,那匆忙不僅讓你忘了曾經-到過哪裡,也會讓你忘了你要去哪裡。
Don』t forget that a person』s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
不要忘記,一個人的情感上的最高需求是感知到別人的賞識。
Don』t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
不要害怕學習。知識沒有重量,它是可以隨意攜帶的珍寶。
Don』t use time or words carelessly. Neither can beretrieved.
不要蹉跎歲月,也不要口無遮攔,因為光陰和話語兩者都是一放便收不回來。
Life is not a race, but a journey to besavoredeach step of the way.
生命不是一場賽跑,而是每走一步都需要細細體味的旅程。
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift: That』s why we call it The Present.
昨天已是歷史,明天還是未知,而今天則是上天的恩賜:因此,我們才稱今天為「禮物/現在」(The Present)。
辭彙注釋
juggle/"d??gl/ vt.耍弄
bounce/ba?ns/ v.(球)跳起,彈回
irrevocably/?"rev?k?bl?/ a.不能挽回地
scuff/sk?f/ vi.磨損
nick/n?k/ vt.刻痕於
shatter/"??t?/ vt.使粉碎,使破碎
strive/stra?v/ vi.(for)努力,奮鬥
undermine/?nd?"ma?n/ vt.破壞
compare/k?m"pe?/ v.(with)(與……)比起來
deem/di?m/ vt.認為,視為
take... for granted視……為理所當然
cling/kl??/ vi.(to)緊握不放
slip/sl?p/ v.滑落
fragile/"fr?d?a?l/ a.易碎的,易損壞的
bind/ba?nd/ v.捆綁
encounter/?n"ka?nt?/ vt.遭遇,遇到
retrieve/r?"tri?v/ vt.尋回,取回
savor/"se?v?/ v.品嘗,欣賞
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