人生哲理美文51:A Letter to Beloved Son ( II ) 给爱子的信（2 )

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给爱子的信(2 )

Life isn’t a Competition

生命不是一场竞赛

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.

生命并不是一场竞赛，而是一段旅程。如果你在途中一直都试图给他人留下深刻印 象，超过别人，那你就浪费了这段旅程。与之相反，学会享受它，让之成为快乐之旅、永恒 的学习之旅、持久的进步之旅以及爱之旅。

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，坚持不懈地追求它。别让自己被一个还债的工作所累。生命太短暂了，更不可将之浪费在你所厌恶的工作上。

Love Should Be Your Rule

爱应该成为你的生活准则

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.

如果让一个词成为你的生活支撑的话，那它应该是爱。也许这听起来像是老生常谈， 我也清楚……但是请信任我，再没有更好的生活准则了。

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.

用爱支撑你的生命。爱你的妻子、你的孩子、你的父母亲、你的朋友，全心全意地去爱。 给予他们他们所需要的，不要流露出任何残忍、不赞同、冷漠或者失望，而只是爱。向他们敞开灵魂。

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.

不仅仅爱你深爱的人，也要爱你的邻居......你的同事……甚至陌生人......他们是你广义上的兄弟姐妹。给你遇到的任何一个人一个微笑，一句善语。一个友好的姿势，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.

不仅仅爱邻居和陌生人……也要爱你的敌人。对最残酷对待你的人，对曾经对你不善的人……爱他。他是一个备受折磨的灵魂，最需要你的爱。

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.

最重要的是爱你自己。当别人批评你时，学着不要苛责自己，去认为自己丑、笨或者不值得去爱......而要想着自己是一个很完美的人,值得拥有幸福和真爱......并学会爱原本的自己。