St. Louise de Marillac: Animator of the Confraternities of Charity
What Will Matter (人生價值所在)
1. What Will Matter 人生價值所在 by Michael Josephson Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
2. Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end . 不管 準備好了沒, 總有 到盡頭的一天 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
3. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. 到 時 不再有 晨昏晝夜,沒有分秒 , All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. 你所有的事物,無論珍藏的或己遺忘的,終將留給別人。 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
4. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. 你的財富、名望和一時的權力將萎縮到無足輕重, It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed. 無論你欠人或被欠的都將 一筆勾銷 。 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
5. Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear. 你的怨恨 、憤怒、挫折和忌妒 最後都會消失殆盡 , So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire. 同樣的,你的希望、抱負、計畫和執行細節都將 期滿失效 。 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
6. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away. 一度看來相當重要的輸贏將褪隱遠離, It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived, at the end. 你從何而來,或你先前的足跡到了哪裡,到頭來己不再重要。 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
7. It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant 無論你曾經美麗或聰明都不要緊, Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant. 甚至你的性別和膚色也沒有關係。 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
8. So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? 那麼究竟什麼才是 值得重視 的呢?你存在時 的價值 將如何被衡量? What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; 重要的將不是你所購置的,而在於你構築了什麼; not what you got, but what you gave. 不是你所獲得的,而是你曾付出了哪些。 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
9. What will matter is not your success, but your significance. 重要的不在於你的成功,而是你的重要性, What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught. 不是你學到哪些,而是你傳授了什麼。 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
10. What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example. 重要的是你一切正直、悲憫、或犧牲的作為 ,所 滋潤 、 扶持或 鼔舞的其他人,都能跟你看齊 。 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
11. What will matter is not your competence, but your character. 重要的將不是你的能力,而是你的品格, What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone. 不是你認識多少人,而是你走後能讓多少人追思逾恆。 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
12. What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of those who loved you. 重要的不是你的回憶,而是愛你的人心裡的記憶。 What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what 重要的 是你能 讓人記得多久、 是 哪些 人 、 理由又在哪裡 。 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
13. Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. 活在有意義的人生當中絕非偶然, It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. 也和環境無關,而是出自你的選擇。 Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09
14. While you meet something beautiful, the first thing you should do is to share it with your friends anywhere. So that these beautiful things will be able to spread out literally around the world . THE END Choose to live life with matters. 盼你能挑個活得有意義的人生 ! Chinese translation: roctober 10/22/09