However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not as bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The faultfinder will find faults even in paradise. 不论你的生活如何卑微,你都得面对与度过；不要逃避，也莫 以恶言相加。生活不像你认为的那般坏。当你富甲天下之时，生活却显得贫瘠乏味。即使在天堂，吹毛求疵之人也能挑出缺点。 Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poor house. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man''s abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. 即使生活贫穷，你也该热爱生活，因为就是在贫济院， 你也有自己快乐、激动与光荣的岁月。夕阳照在贫济院窗上的 反光与富人宅第上的一样夺目；其门前的积雪同样是在早春融化。 I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace. The town''s poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any. 我只是看到，一个心绪宁静的人就算居住在贫济院,生活起 来也会心满意足，思想愉悦，如同生活在皇宫中一样。在我看来,城镇中的贫民大凡过着最为无拘无束的生活。 Maybe they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving. Most think that they are above being supported by the town; but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means, which should be more disreputable. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. 或许他们只 是超乎寻常，不然岂会毫无疑惧地接受这一切。大多数人认为 自己超凡脱俗而无须依赖城镇的资助，然而情况往往是，他们谋 生靠的是不正当的手段,这更会让他们声名扫地。如圣人一般， 视贫穷如园中的花草去慢慢地耕耘吧。 Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old, return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. 不要自找麻烦地去追求新花样——衣服也好，朋友也好。翻开故往，回归故往。万物未变，我们在变。你的衣装可以卖掉，但要保留你的思想。
Today before you think of saying an unkind word, think of someone who can''t speak. 如今，在你出言不逊前，想想那些身患哑疾的人吧。 Before you complain about the taste of your food, think of someone who has nothing to eat. 在抱怨事物不够美味前，想想那些还在忍饥挨饿的人们吧。 Before you complain about your husband or wife, think of someone who''s crying out to God for a companion. 在抱怨婚姻对象不尽如意时，想想那些还在为找不到对象而愁苦的人吧。 Today before you complain about life, think of someone who went too early to heaven. 在为生活的种种深感郁闷前，想想那些早已离开人世的人吧。 Before you complain about your children, think of someone who desires children but they''re barren. 在为孩子不听话而气恼前，想想那些不能生育而渴求孩子的人吧。 Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn''t clean or sweep, think of the people who are living in the streets. 在为房子没人清洁打扫而发牢骚前，想想那些无家可归的人吧。 Before whining about the distance you drive, think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet. 在抱怨行车旅途太长前，想想那些要走相同距离的徒步者吧。 And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job. 在你感到疲惫，厌烦工作前，想想那些失业工人和残疾人以及渴望有一份你这样的工作的人吧。 But before you think of pointing your finger or condemning another, remember that not one of us is without sin and we all answer to one maker. 在指责他人前，想想吧，人都不是完美的，我们都对上帝尽责。 And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down, put a smile on your face and thank God you''re alive and still around. 当消极思维让你深感沮丧时，微笑吧，并感谢上帝赐予你生命。 Life is a gift, enjoy it, celebrate it, and fulfill it... 生活是一份礼物，享受它，庆祝它，充实它。 And while you want to give love to someone today, love someone with what you do and the words you say. 当你要向某人表达爱意，用你的言行去爱吧。 Love is not meant to be kept locked inside of us and hidden, so give it away'' Give love to someone today!'' 爱并非要深藏于心底，表达出来吧，“现在就去爱！” |
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