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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. 无论是否准备好，人生总会走到尽头。再没有日出，没有白天，没有小时和分钟。你收集的一切，不管被你珍惜还是遗忘，都将属于别人。 Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed. 你的财富、名望和暂时的权力也都将与你无关。你拥有和亏欠的也不再重要。 Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear. 你的怨恨、憎恶、挫折和妒忌会最终消散。 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. 而你的希望、抱负、计划以及日程表也将全部终止。曾经看重的成败得失随之消失。 It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived. 你的出身和社会地位都不重要了。 It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Your gender, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant. 你从前是否漂亮、聪明都不重要了，你的性别、肤色、种族也无关紧要。 So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? 那什么才重要呢？你一生的价值如何计算呢？ What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave. 重要的不是你买了什么，而是你建造了什么；不是你得到了什么，而是你给予了什么。 What will matter is not your success, but your significance. 重要的不是你的成功，而是你人生的意义。 What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught. 重要的不是你学到了什么，而是你传授了什么。 What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage and sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example. 重要的是正直、富于同情心、充满勇气和富于牺牲精神的行为，并以此鼓舞他人追随你的榜样。 What will matter is not your competence, but your character. 重要的不是你的能力，而是你的品格。 What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone. 重要的不是你认识多少人，而是在你离开后，多少人会长久地怀念你。 What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what. 重要的是你会被什么人，因为什么事，记得多久。 Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. 度过有意义的一生并不是偶然的运气。 It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. 它不由环境决定，而是你的选择。 Choose to live a life that matters. 选择有意义的人生吧！ -END- 文 | 双语悦读编辑组 图 | 优美图 摘自掌阅书城《如花的托斯卡纳》 夜晚，静静地感受身边的小幸福， 在忙碌了一天后让身心得到放松。 这本书可以帮助我们以感恩的积极心态，面对那些阴雨连绵、没有鲜花和掌声的生命时光。通过平凡小事挖掘普通人的精神力量与人性之美，彰显爱心、希望、鼓励和信念。 也 许 你 还 喜 欢 关注掌阅订阅号 每天都有精彩内容
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