1、Interview GodInterview God采访上帝Come in, God said to me, so, you would like to interview Me?“进来”，上帝 对我说，“你想采访我?”If you have the time, I said.“是的，如果您有时间的話。” 我说。He smiled through His beard and said: My time is called eternity and is enough to do everything; what questions do you have in mind to ask me?上
2、帝 微笑了，笑容通过他的胡须绽开，说：“我时间的名字叫永恒，足足可以做任何事情。你心里有什麽问题想问我?”None that are new to you. Whats the one thing that surprises you most about mankind?“对您来说是没有新鲜的提问的。人类让您感到最惊奇的事情是什麽呢?”He answered: That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again. That they lose t
3、heir health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health. That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future. That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they never had never lived.上帝 回答
4、道：“人类在做孩子的时候感到无聊，盼望着长大，长大后又向往着返回童年；他们浪费自己的健康去赢得个人的财富，然后又浪费自己的财富去重建自身的健康；他们焦虑地憧憬未来，忘记了眼前的生活，活得既不是为了现在也不是为了将来；他们活得似乎永远不会死，他们死得也好像从来没活过”His hands took mine and we were silent. After a long period, I said, May I ask you another question?上帝 握着我的手，我们一阵沉默。过了好长一段时间，我说：“我可以再问您一个问题吗?”He replied with a smile.上
5、帝用微笑回答了我。As a Father, what would you ask your children to do for the new year?“作为天父，在新的一年里您会要求您的子民做什么?”To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved.“去学习人不能强迫别人爱自己，能做的是让自己接受爱；To learn that it takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy i
6、t.去了解信誉需要多年的努力去建立，但几秒钟就可以毁掉；To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives, but who they have in their lives.去懂得最有价值的不是他们生活中拥有的东西，而是他们生活里的人；To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. There will be others better or worse than they are.去学会把自己和别人攀比是不好的，比上不足比
7、下总是有余；To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.去学知富有的人不是他的财产最多，而是他对生活的要求最少；To learn that they should control their attitudes, otherwise their attitudes will control them.去学会应该端正他们的态度，否则他们的态度会控制他们；To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profoun
8、d wounds in persons we love, and that it takes many years to heal them.去了解深深地伤害我们所爱的人只需要几秒钟，然而要愈合这个伤口需要许多年；To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.去通过宽恕的行为学习饶恕。To learn that there are persons that love them dearly, but simply do not know how to show their feelings.去明白有很多人关爱着他们，只是这些人不懂得如何表达自己的情
9、感；To learn that money can buy everything but happiness.去了解钱可以买万物，就是买不到幸福；To learn that while at times they may be entitled to be upset, that does not give them the right to upset those around them.去懂得在某些时候他们有资格愤怒，但愤怒本身没有给他们权力让身边的人不安；To learn that great dreams do not require great wings, but a landin
10、g gear to achieve.去学习伟大的梦想不需要有伟大的翅膀，有落地的齿轮才能使梦想成真；To learn that true friends are scarce, he/she who has found one has found a true treasure.去了解真正的朋友非常稀罕，找到了的人找到了真正的财富；To learn that they are masters of what they keep to themselves and slaves of what they say.去懂得自己是守住的言语的主人、脱口的奴隶；To learn that they sh
11、all reap what they plant; if they plant gossip they will harvest intrigues, if they plant love they will harvest happiness.去懂得种什么收什么，如果散播流言蜚语他们就收获钩心斗角，如果种植爱心他们就收获欢乐；To learn that true happiness is not to achieve their goals but to learn to be satisfied with what they already achieved.去学会真正的幸福不是实现自己的
12、目标，而是满足于所达到的成就；To learn that happiness is a decision. They decide to be happy with what they are and have, or die from envy and jealousy of what they lack.去得知幸福是一种决定，他们决定为自己是谁自己有什么快乐地活，或为自己所没有的东西羡慕妒嫉地死；To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different.去明白两个人看同样的
13、事情会看到完全不同的东西；To learn that those who are honest with themselves without considering the consequences go far in life.去学到那些能诚实地面对自己、不担心后果的人，人生之路能走得很远； To learn that even though they may think they have nothing to give, when a friend cries with them, they find the strength to appease the pain.去了解尽管有时可能
14、认为自己无能为力，但是当一位朋友同他们一起挥泪的时候，他们能找到生活的勇气去抚平伤痛；To learn that by trying to hold on to love ones, they very quickly push them away; and by letting go of those they love, they will be side by side forever.去懂得试图抓住所爱的人，所爱的人会推开你；给所爱的人以自由，他们会永远在你的左右。Marriage Dons Need ScorecardWhen I came home for the holidays
15、 my sophomore year of college, I thought I knew everything. I was on this big female independence kick. One evening, my mom and I were wrapping presents, and I told her that when I got married, my husband was going to help clean, do laundry, cook, the whole bit. Then I asked her if she ever got tire
16、d of doing the laundry and dishes. She calmly told me it did not bother her. This was difficult for me to believe. I began to give her a lecture about this being the 90s,and equality between the sexes.Mom listened patiently. Then after setting the ribbon aside, she looked me square in the eyes. Some
17、day, dear, you will understand.This only irritated me more. I didnt understand one bit. And so I demanded more of an explanation. Mom smiled, and began to explain:In a marriage, there are some things you like to do and some things you dont. So, together, you figure out what little things you are wil
18、ling to do for each other. You share the responsibilities. I really dont mind doing the laundry. Sure, it takes some time, but it is something I do for your dad. On the other hand, I do not like to pump gas. The smell of the fumes bothers me. And I dont like to stand out in the freezing cold. So, yo
19、ur dad always puts gas in my car. Your dad grocery shops, and I cook. Your dad mows the grass, and I clean. I could go on and on.You see, my mother continued, in marriage, there is no scorecard. You do little things for each other to make the others life easier. If you think of it as helping the per
20、son you love, you dont become annoyed with doing the laundry or cooking, or any task, because youre doing it out of love.Over the years, I have often reflected on what my mom said. She has a great perspective on marriage. I like how my mom and dad take care of each other. How to Use Your Eyes I have
21、 often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.我常常想，如果每个人在刚成年时的某个时候能失明或失聪几天，这或许是件大好事。黑暗将使他更深刻地感受景象，而寂静将教会他领略声
22、音的欢乐。Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had observed. Nothing in particular, she replied. I might have been incredulous had I not been accus
23、tomed to such responses, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little.我不时考问我的有视力的朋友，以了解他们所见的情况。最近有一个极好的朋友来看我，她是在林中溜达了好一会才回来的，我问她观察到了些什么。“没有什么特别的东西。”她回答说。要不是我对类似的反应已习以为常的话，我是会感到难以置信的。我之所以不觉为奇，是因为我早已得出结论：有视力者所见甚少。 How was it possible, I asked myself, to walk for an hour through the woods
24、 and see nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough shaggy bark of a pine. In spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully
25、 in search of a bud, the first sign of awakening Nature after her winters sleep. I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me. Occasionally, if I am very fortunate, I place my hand gently in a s
26、mall tree and feel the happy quiver of a bird in full song. ! am delighted to have cool waters of a brook rush through my open fingers. To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. To me the pageant of seasons is a thrilling and unending dr
27、ama, the action of which streams through my finger tips.我问自己，在林中溜达了一个小时而竟没有看到什么值得注意的东西，这怎么可能呢?我这个看不见东西的人，仅凭触摸就发现千百种使我感兴趣的东西。我感觉到叶片的精致的对称。我用手爱抚着光滑的白桦树皮，或是粗糙的松树皮。春天里，我满怀希望地触摸树枝，冀求找着一颗幼芽大自然经过冬日沉睡重又苏醒的最早的征兆。我摸着花朵的可爱的天鹅绒般的质地，并发现它的花瓣一圈圈叠合得那么巧妙，于是我领略到了某种大自然的神奇。偶尔，如果我十分幸运的话，我把手轻轻搭在一棵小树上，能感到一只小鸟儿尽情歌唱的欢愉的颤动。我
28、非常高兴让清凉的溪水流过我的张开的手指。对我来说，那厚密的松针层或茂盛松软的绿茵地比豪华的波斯地毯更惬意。对我来说，四季的奇瑰变幻犹如一出动人心弦的永不落幕的话剧，它的情节似水般徐徐从我指尖流过。 At times my heart cries out with longing to see all these things. If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight. Yet, those who have eyes apparently see
29、little. The panorama of color and action fill the world is taken for granted. It is human, perhaps, to appreciate little that which we have and to long for that which we have not, but it is a great pity that in the world of light and the gift of sight is used only as mere convenience rather that as
30、a means of adding fullness to life.我的心时时在呼号，渴望见到所有这一切。如果我单靠触摸就能获得如许乐趣，那么通过视觉又将能领略到多少美景呀。可是，那些双目完好的人显然所见甚少。大干世界中的五光十色的千姿百态被认为是理所当然的。对已获得的不以为意，而对未获得的却引颈企盼，这一点或许是人类的特性，可是，非常遗憾，在光明的世界里，天赋的视力只被当成一种单纯的方便，而不是一种使生活臻于完美的手段。 If I were the president of a university I should establish a compulsory course in How
31、 to Use Your Eyes. The professor would try to show his pupils how they could add joy to their lives by really seeing what passes unnoticed before them. He would try to awake their dormant and sluggish faculties.如果我是大学校长，我就要开设一门必修课：“如何使用你们的眼睛”。教授应尽力向学生说明，如何做到真正看见那些从他们面前不知不觉溜掉的东西，从而为自己的生活增添快乐。他将尽力唤醒他们
32、那些昏睡懒散的感官。Worrying Only Gives You Wrinkles（皱纹）Do you remember as a child being afraid of the bulky （体积大的，容量大的）man or monsters（怪物妖怪） at night?But now that youre an adult（成人） you know better than to be afraid of things that dont exist,right?Its amazing how we adults still have fears in worrys about things that are not real.Like the man who said,dont tell me worrying doesnt help. Almost all the things I worry about never happen to me. Th
