1. 45 lessons in life
人生教我的 45 堂课
作者: Regina Brett , 90 歲
美國俄亥俄州,克里夫蘭, Plain Dealer 城
2. 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
人生是不公平,但還是好得很
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
懷疑的時候,朝著未來踏出一小步
3. 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
人生太短,短到來不及浪費時間去恨任何人
4. Your job won‘t take care of you when you are sick.
Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
生病的時候, 的工作不你 會照顧 ; 的朋友和父母你 你 會。
與他們保持聯繫
4. 5. Pay off your credit cards every
month.
個月每 付清 的信用你 卡
6. You don't have to win every argument.
Agree to disagree.
不需要 一次都 。同意 不同意的你 每 吵赢 你
5. 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than
crying alone.
找人一起哭,比獨自啜泣更加療癒
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
對上帝生氣没有關係, 受得了祂
6. 9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
退休存款從 的第一你 張薪水單開始
10. When it comes to chocolate,
resistance is futile.
講到巧克力,抗拒只是徒勞無功
7. 11. Make peace with your past so it won‘t
screw up the present.
與 的你 過去和解,别讓它 的搞砸你 當下
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
讓 的孩子看到 哭没有你 你 關係
8. 13. Don't compare your life to others.
You have no idea what their journey is all
about.
拿自己的人生别 與他人比較, 根本不清楚你
他們的人生是怎麼一回事
14. If a relationship has to be a
secret, you shouldn‘t be in it.
如果一段親密關係要 摸摸偷偷
, 根本不你 應該 入涉
9. 15. Everything can change in the blink of an
eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
一 眼的功夫什眨 麼都會變,但是别擔心:
上帝從來不 眼眨
16. Take a deep breath.
It calms the mind.
深吸一口氣,它會安定你
的大腦
10. 17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful,
beautiful or joyful.
掉没用的,不美的,或不喜丢 歡的東西
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does
make you stronger.
没讓 死的事情,真的你 會讓 更你 堅强
11. 19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the
second one is up to you and no one else.
重拾快樂童年永不嫌 ,但晚 這第二次只能靠 自己你
20. When it comes to going after what you love
in life, don‘t take no for an answer.
當事情關乎 的生命所你 愛,不要把不當答案
12. 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy
lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
點蠟燭,用好的床單,穿上炫麗的内衣。不要等特殊場合才
用,今天就是特 的一天别
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
準備要周全,然後随遇而安
13. 23. Be eccentric now.
Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
現在就離經叛道,不要等一把年紀了才
開始穿上紫色
24. The most important sex organ
is the brain.
最重要的性器官是 的你 腦袋
14. 25. No one is in charge of your happiness
but you.
除了 ,没有人能主宰 的快你 你 樂
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words
''In five years, will this matter?".
用一句話概括 所有的不幸,你 並把它表框起來:“五
年後,這還重要嗎?”
16. 29. What other people think of you
is none of your business...
人怎别 麼看 ,根本不你 關 的事…你
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time,
time.
時間會痊癒 一件事, 自己每 给 時間,時間
17. 31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
無論情况多好或多壞,它都會變的
32.Don‘t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
不要對自己太過認真,没有人會這樣做的
18. 33. Believe in miracles.
相信奇跡
34. God loves you because of who God is, not
because of anything you did or didn't do.
上帝愛 是因你 為 是上帝,不是因祂 為 做了什你
麼或是没做什麼
19. 35. Don't audit life. Show up and
make the most of it now.
不要謹慎地審視人生。現在就呈
現出 最大的光你 環
36. Growing old beats the alternative
— dying young.
變老了是勝利,它打敗了 一另 種選项
項— 死得早
20. 37. Your children get only one childhood.
的孩子只有一你 個童年
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
真正最重要的是你愛過
21. 39. Get outside every day.
Miracles are waiting everywhere.
天都出每 門。奇跡在四處等著你
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and
saw everyone else‘s, we’d grab ours back.
如果我們把自己的問題堆成一堆,然後看看
其他人的,我們會把我們的檢回來
22. 41. Envy is a waste of time.
You already have all you need.
忌 人是浪妒别 費時間。
已你 經擁有 所需要的一切你
42. The best is yet to come.
相信最好的即將來臨
23. 43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show
up.
不管 感你 覺如何,起床,穿好和呈現
44. Yield.
善待 個人每
45. Life isn‘t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.
人生最終不會被打上蝴蝶 ,但它仍然是一结 份禮物
24. It's estimated 93% won't forward this. If you are one of the
7% who will, forward this with the title '7%'.
I'm in the 7%. Remember that I will always share my spoon
with you!
Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves.
據估計, 93% 的人不會轉發這個郵件。
如果 是那你 7% 的人,請用“我在那 7% 裡面”作標題,
將它轉發出去。
說明你會認真對待 的人生,我就在那你 7% 裡面。
朋友是我們為自己選擇的家庭成員。