美文
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 e 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.
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(xié)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(nèi)心; 我們的收入增加了,但我們的道德卻少了; 我們的時代更加自由了,但我們擁有的快樂時光卻越來越少; 我們有了更多的食物,但所能得到的營養(yǎng)卻越來越少了; 現(xiàn)在每個家庭都可以有雙份收入,但離婚的現(xiàn)象越來越多了; 現(xiàn)在的住房越來越精致,但我們也有了更多破碎的家庭; 這就是我為什么要說,讓我們從今天開始; 不要將你的東西為了某一個特別的時刻而預(yù)留著,因?yàn)槟闵畹拿恳惶於际悄敲刺貏e; 尋找更我的知識,多讀一些書,坐在你家的前廊里,以贊美的眼光去享受眼前的風(fēng)景,不要帶上任何功利的想法; 花多點(diǎn)時間和朋友與家人在一起,吃你愛吃的食物,去你想去的地方; 生活是一串串的快樂時光;我們不僅僅是為了生存而生存; 舉起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝嗇灑上你最好的香水,你想用的時候就享用吧! 從你的詞匯庫中移去所謂的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”; 曾打算“有那么一天”去寫的信,就在今天吧! 告訴家人和朋友,我們是多么地愛他們; 不要延遲任何可以給你的生活帶來歡笑與快樂的事情; 每一天、每一小時、每一分鐘都是那么特別; 你無從知道這是否最后刻。