人生哲理美文51:A Letter to Beloved Son ( II ) 給愛(ài)子的信（2 )
給愛(ài)子的信(2 )
Life isn’t a Competition
生命不是一場(chǎng)競(jìng)賽
Life isn’t a competition. It's a journey. If you spend that journey always trying to impress others, to outdo others, you’re wasting your journey. Instead, learn to enjoy the journey. Make it a journey of Happiness, of constant learning, of continual improvement, of love.
生命并不是一場(chǎng)競(jìng)賽，而是一段旅程。如果你在途中一直都試圖給他人留下深刻印 象，超過(guò)別人，那你就浪費(fèi)了這段旅程。與之相反，學(xué)會(huì)享受它，讓之成為快樂(lè)之旅、永恒 的學(xué)習(xí)之旅、持久的進(jìn)步之旅以及愛(ài)之旅。
Find your passion, and pursue it doggedly. Don’t settle for a job that pays the bills. Life is too short to waste on a job you hate.
找到你的激情，堅(jiān)持不懈地追求它。別讓自己被一個(gè)還債的工作所累。生命太短暫了，更不可將之浪費(fèi)在你所厭惡的工作上。
Love Should Be Your Rule
愛(ài)應(yīng)該成為你的生活準(zhǔn)則
If there’s a single word you should live your life by, it should be this： Love. It might sound corny, I know... but trust me, there’s no better rule in life.
如果讓一個(gè)詞成為你的生活支撐的話，那它應(yīng)該是愛(ài)。也許這聽(tīng)起來(lái)像是老生常談， 我也清楚……但是請(qǐng)信任我，再?zèng)]有更好的生活準(zhǔn)則了。
Live your life by the rule of love. Love your spouse, your children, your parents, your friends, with all of your heart. Give to them what they need, and show them not cruelty nor disapproval nor coldness nor disappointment, but only love. Open your soul to them.
用愛(ài)支撐你的生命。愛(ài)你的妻子、你的孩子、你的父母親、你的朋友，全心全意地去愛(ài)。 給予他們他們所需要的，不要流露出任何殘忍、不贊同、冷漠或者失望，而只是愛(ài)。向他們敞開(kāi)靈魂。
Love not only your loved ones, but your neighbors... your coworkers... strangers... your brothers and sisters in humanity. Offer anyone you meet a smile, a kind word, a kind gesture, a helping hand.
不僅僅愛(ài)你深愛(ài)的人，也要愛(ài)你的鄰居......你的同事……甚至陌生人......他們是你廣義上的兄弟姐妹。給你遇到的任何一個(gè)人一個(gè)微笑，一句善語(yǔ)。一個(gè)友好的姿勢(shì)，一只援助之手。
Love not only neighbors and strangers...but your enemy. The person who is crudest to you, who has been unkind to you... love him. He is a tortured soul, and most in need of your love.
不僅僅愛(ài)鄰居和陌生人……也要愛(ài)你的敵人。對(duì)最殘酷對(duì)待你的人，對(duì)曾經(jīng)對(duì)你不善的人……愛(ài)他。他是一個(gè)備受折磨的靈魂，最需要你的愛(ài)。
And most of all, love yourself. While others may criticize you, learn not to be so hard on yourself, to think that you’re ugly or dumb or unworthy of love... but to think instead that you are a wonderful human being, worthy of happiness and love... and learn to love yourself for who you are.
最重要的是愛(ài)你自己。當(dāng)別人批評(píng)你時(shí)，學(xué)著不要苛責(zé)自己，去認(rèn)為自己丑、笨或者不值得去愛(ài)......而要想著自己是一個(gè)很完美的人,值得擁有幸福和真愛(ài)......并學(xué)會(huì)愛(ài)原本的自己。
