人生給我上的33節課

人生給我上的33節課

人生給我上的33節課 The 33 Lessons Life Taught Me (網錄摘錄)
本文作者Regina Brett是美國俄亥俄州克里夫蘭報紙 THE PLAIN DEALER 的專欄作家

她說：“為了慶祝自己漸漸老去, 我曾寫了“人生?我上的45節?”。這是我平生最受歡迎的一篇專欄。這個星期我的里程表將翻轉至50 ，故在此更新 ”
She said, “ To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons
life taught me.  It is the most-requested column I've ever written.
My odometer rolls over to 50 this week, so here's an update” 。按:
VCW將原文50節課裁為33節。

01 人生不是公平的，但還算是好的- Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
02 如果有所懷疑，你只管邁出了一小步 - When in doubt, just take the next small step.
03人生苦短短到來不及浪費時間去恨任何人- Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
04 你?必要每次吵架都要贏 。不妨同意你們之間存有不同的意見 。
      - You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
05 和你的過去和解，它就不會搗亂你的現在了。
      Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
06 不要拿自己的人生和別人比較。你根本不知道別人的生活是怎樣過 。
        - Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what
their journey is all about.
07 一眨眼的功夫什麼都會變化，不過別擔心，上帝從來不眨眼。
        - Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't
worry; God never blinks.
08 深吸一口氣 ，會平靜你的心- Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
09 把無用的、醜陋的、 令人不高興的東西通通扔掉 。
      - Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
10 凡殺不了你的肯定會使你變得更堅強 。
      - Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
11 再次得到童年的快樂永遠不嫌晚，但是第二次得到只能靠自己，不能靠別人。
      - It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second
one is up to you and no one else.
12 點上蠟燭用最好的被單穿上最好的睡衣，不要等到特殊的場合才用。今天就是好日子
      Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.
Don't save it for a special
      occasion. Today is special.
13 做好充分的准備，然後就順其自然 - Overprepare, then go with the flow.
14 現在就擺脫傳? , 不要等到老了才穿紫色的衣服。
- Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
15 遇到倒霉的事可以問自己這樣一句話：五年以後 , 這還重要嗎？”
  Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years,
will this matter?"
16 原諒每一個人,每一件事- Forgive everyone everything.
17 別人怎麼想， 與你無關- What other people think of you is none of your business.
18 時間能癒合幾乎任何傷口，但要給時間以時間
- Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
19 相信奇跡會出現- Believe in miracles
20 上帝愛你因為他是上帝，不是因為你做了什麼，或者沒做什麼。
- God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you
did or didn't do.
21 不要總是回顧人生。現在就去表現，並盡量發揮。
-    Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
22 老朽不堪總比英年早逝好。
- Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
23 每一天都出門，奇跡在四處等著呢 。
- Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
24 如果我們把問題都堆在一起，看完了別人的，我們必會把自己的撿回來。
- If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd
grab ours back.
25 忌妒是浪費時間。你已經擁有你所需要的一 切 。
  - Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
26 最好的尚在後頭- The best is yet to come.
27 不管你感覺如何，起床、盛裝、好好表現 。
- No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
28 學會讓步 - Yield.
29 閱讀詩篇。它涵蓋了每種情感- Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
30 人生苦短，又何必長期悲憫。要不過?充實的生活，要不奄奄一息。
    - Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get
busy dying.
31 當涉及到追求你所熱愛的人生，不要接受否定的答覆
  - When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no
for an answer.
32 如果你不要求, 你就得不?  - If you don't ask, you don't get.
33 人生並沒有被繫上蝴蝶結，但它仍然是一份禮物。
- Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.  (曾有田  James Tseng)