[美文欣賞]

Think it Over

Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;

We spend more,but enjoy less;

We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;

We have more compromises,but less time;

We have more knowledge,but less judgment;

We have more medicines,but less health;

We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;

We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;

We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;

We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;

We have highter income,but less morals;

These are times with more liberty,but less joy;

We have much more food,but less nutrition;

These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;

These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;

That's why I propose,that as of today;

You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.

Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;

Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;

Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;

Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it.

Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";

Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!

Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;

Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;

Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;

And you don't know if it will be your last.

[參考譯文]

今天我們擁有了更高層的樓宇以及更寬闊的公路，但是我們的性情卻更為急躁，眼光也更加狹隘;

我們消耗的更多，享受到的卻更少;

我們的住房更大了，但我們的家庭卻更小了;

我們妥協更多，時間更少;

我們擁有了更多的知識，可判斷力卻更差了;

我們有了更多的藥品，但健康狀況卻更不如意;

我們擁有的財富倍增，但其價值卻減少了;

我們說的多了，愛的卻少了，我們的仇恨也更多了;

我們可以往返月球，但卻難以邁出一步去親近我們的左鄰右舍;

我們可以征服外太空，卻征服不了我們的內心;