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[这个贴子最后由琴悦画音在 2003/07/15 06:56pm 第 1 次编辑]
与上帝的对话
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I dreamed I had an
INTERVIEW WITH GOD
我梦到我和上帝见面
"So you would like to interview me?"GOD asked.
“为何你想来见我”上帝说。
"If you have the time,"I said.
“如果你有时间的话”我说。
GOD smiled.
上帝笑了
"My time is eternity...
“我的时间是足够的……
...what questions do you
have in mind for me?"
……你要问我对我重要的问题吗？”
"What surprises you most
about humankind?"
“关于人类，有多惊奇的事发生？”
GOD answered.
上帝问我
"That they get bored with childhood,
“他们在孩童时期有多么无聊，
they rush to grow up,
他们很快的成长，
and then long to be children again."
然后很长时期后成为少年。
"That they lose their health
to make money...
他们失去了健康，而去**……
and then lose their money
to restore their health"
然后又失去金钱，而去恢复健康”
"That by thinking anxiously
about the future,
“为了将来而忧虑一切，
they forget the present,
他们忘记了现在，
such that they live in
neither the present
nor the future."
如此的生活，即不在现在，也不为将来。”
"That they live as if
they will never die,
如此的生活好象永远不会消亡
and die as though
they had never lived."
死而好象从没有生命
GOD's hand took mine
上帝摸着我的手
and we were silent for awhile.
我们静了一会儿。
and then I asked,
然后我问，
"As a parent,
what are some of life's lessons
you want your children to learn?"
“作为家长，在生活中要让孩子们如何学习生活这门课程？”
"To learn they cannot make anyone love them.
“学会他们不使任何人喜欢。
All they can do is let themselves be loved."
他们全能做是他们学会自爱的。”
"To learn that it is not good
to compare themselves to others."
“去学比别人是不好的
"To learn to fogive
by practicing forgiveness."
学会奉贤，学会宽恕”
"To learn that it only takes
a few seconds to open profound wounds
in those they love,
“学会在爱海中只要点点时间消除深刻的伤害，
and it can take many years
to heal them."
过了几年之后治愈他们。”
"To learn that a rich person
is not one who has the most,
“学会做最富贵的人，
but is one who needs the least."
但是起码有一个人必须拥有。”
"To learn that there are
people who love them dearly,
“学会做人去给别人深深地爱，
but simply do not yet konw how
to express or show their fellings."
但是要简单就要首先让他们感觉到。”
"To learn that two people
can look at the same thing
“学会让两个人与他们一样
and see it differently."
显示给他们与众不同的地方。”
"To learn that it is not enough
that they forgive one another,
“学会奉贤足够的给其他人，
but they must also
forgive themselves."
但是他们首先要奉贤给他们自己。”
"Thank you for your time,"
I said humbly.
“感谢你的时间”我谦恭地地说
"Is there anything else
you'd like your children to know?"
“有什么对孩子们知道更好的吗？”
GOD smiled and said...
上帝微笑着说……
"Just know that I am here."
"Always."
“只要知道我在这里。”
“永远在这里。”
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