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珍惜当下，因为失去总是猝不及防It was anniversary and Ria (Wife) was waiting for her husband to show up. After some years of marriage things changed between them. Once cute couple who couldnt live without each other now had turned bit bitter.这是一个周年纪念日，利亚在等着她丈夫的出现。结婚几年后他们相处之间有了些许变化。当年如胶似漆的小情侣如今也遇到了些困难。They were now fighting over every little things, both didnt like changes came into their marriage.他们现在经常因为鸡毛蒜皮的小事争吵，但两个人都不希望他们的婚姻出现什么变故Wife was waiting to see if Manoj (Husband) remembered that it was their wedding anniversary. As the door bell rang she ran toward door and open it with a smile and bunch of flowers to greet her husband. Both started to celebrate. They wanted to make up for fights. They planned to for champagne, light music.妻子正在等着马努基（丈夫）看他是否还记得他们的结婚纪念日。门铃响起时她跑向门口，手捧鲜花微笑地开门迎接她的丈夫。两个人开始庆祝。想以此来弥补那些争吵。他们准备好的香槟和轻音乐。Suddenly the phone in the bedroom rang.突然卧室的xx响了。Ria went to pick it up. On call there was a man who said, “Hello maam I am calling from the police station. Is this Mr. Manoj Kumar number?”利亚去接了起来。一个男人在xx中说：“夫人您好，我是警察局的，这是马努基库玛先生的号码吗？”She replied, “Yes it is!”她回答说：“是的！”“I am sorry mam but there has been an accident and man died. We got this number from his wallet. Can you please e and identify body?” man replied.“对不起夫人，很遗憾地告诉您，刚刚发生了一场车祸有一个人死了。我们从他的钱包中找到了这个号码。能请您过来辨认一下尸体吗？”男人回答说。Ria was shocked! “But my husband is with me here.!”, she replied.利亚震惊了！“但是我的丈夫现在就在我旁边啊！”她回答说。“Sorry maam but the incident took place in afternoon while he was getting off bus.” Man replied. Ria was about to lose her conscience. “How could this happen?”, She thought to herself.“对不起夫人，意外是下午在他下公交车时发生的。”利亚就要失去意识。“怎么可能呢？”她心中想着。She had read stories about souls returning to meet their loved ones after their death before it leaves.! Her heart sank. In fear she ran towards other room to look for her husband. But he was not there.她曾经读过关于人死后灵魂会在消失之前回来和他们爱的人道别这样的故事。她的心咯噔一下。她惊恐地跑向其他房间寻找她的丈夫。但是他并不在。She said to herself “Its true! He left me forever. Oh God I can die to have another chance to mend for every fight they had. I lost my chance forever.” She fell on floor in pain.“这是真的！”她自言自语道，“他永远地离开我了。我的上帝啊，我可以以死去弥补之前所有的争吵。我永远没机会了。”她痛苦地跌倒在地。Suddenly there was noise from bathroom, door opened and Manoj came out and said, “Darling, I forgot to tell you today my wallet was stolen.”突然盥洗室里传来声音，门开了，马努基走出来说：“亲爱的，我忘告诉你了，今天我钱包被偷了。”Life Might not Give you Second chance. Never waste any Moment while you Still have Chance. Value People and Relations in life. Have a Wonderful Life with No Regrets. Because we know No one have Promised Tomorrow. Live today and Enjoy every Moment of Life.生活可能不会给你第二次机会。不要在你还有机会的时候虚度任何一秒。珍惜生活中的人和牵挂。过一次无怨无悔的人生。因为谁都不知道明天会发生什么。活在当下，珍惜生命中的每一刻吧。善意，很有可能是你最好的投资To pay for his education, a poor boy used to sell goods from door to door. One day, the young boy found he was really hungry but had no money to buy any food. He decided to ask for something to eat when he knocked on the front door of the next house.为了支付学费，一个穷小子挨家挨户地卖东西。一天，穷小子觉得饿极了却没钱买任何吃的。当他敲响下一栋楼的第一扇门的时候，他决定要点吃的。A beautiful young woman opened the door, and the boy lost his nerve. He simply asked for a drink of water, too embarrassed to ask for food. The young woman brought him a glass of milk, which the boy greedily drank.一个漂亮女孩开了门，穷小子没了勇气。他只是要了点水，要吃的太让他难堪了。女孩给了他一杯牛奶，男孩儿贪婪地喝完了。The boy asked her how much he owed, but she simply smiled and said her mother had taught her to be kind to others and never expect anything in return.男孩儿问这需要多少钱，女孩微笑着说妈妈告诉她要与人为善，不求任何回报。The young boy left the womans home with a full tummy and a heart full of renewed strength to push on with his education and continue working hard. Just when he was ready to quit, the woman had instilled in him newfound faith and fortitude.男孩儿带着饱饱的肚子和重新充满力量的心离开了女孩家，并继续坚持为了上学努力工作。就在他想要放弃的时候，女孩儿给了他重新开始的信心和勇气。Years later, in a big city, renowned surgeon Dr. Howard Kelly was called to consult on a woman who was suffering from a rare disease. When the woman told him the name of the small town where she lived, Dr. Kelly felt a faint memory arise in his mind, and then suddenly recognition dawned on him. She was the woman who had given him the glass of milk many years ago.几年后，在一个大城市里，著名的外科医生，霍尔德凯里医生被叫来商议一个身患罕见病的女人的治疗方案。当女人告诉他她生活过的小镇的名字的时候，凯里医生脑中浮现了一段模糊的记忆，然后一下子明白了。这个女人就是许多年前给他牛奶的那个女孩儿。The doctor went on to provide the woman with the very best care and made sure she received special attention. In fact, it was his skills as a doctor that saved her life.医生一直给女人最好的照顾而且保证了她得到特殊的关照。事实上，作为医生挽救她的生命是他的本能。After a long and difficult hospitalization, the woman was finally ready for discharge home. The woman was worried it would take her years to settle her account with the hospital. Her serious illness and long hospital stay had produced a substantial bill. However, when she received the bill, she found that Dr. Kelly had paid the entire bill himself and written a small note for her.经过很久很艰难的住院治疗，女人终于可以出院了。她很担心自己可能要花许多年去还清这笔医药费。她的病重程度和长期住院治疗一定是一笔大数目的账单。然而，当她拿到账单时，她发现凯里医生为她支付了全部医药费而且给她留了一个小纸条。The note simply stated: Paid in full with a glass of milk.纸条上只写了一句话：这是一杯牛奶的价钱。最伟大的爱是不求回报又不留痕迹The Mother With One Eye只有一只眼睛的母亲My mother had only one eye. When I was growing up, I hated her for it. I hated the uninvited attention it got me at school. I hated how the other children stared at her and looked away in disgust. My mother worked two jobs to provide for the family, but I was just embarrassed by her and didnt want to be seen with her.我妈妈只有一只眼睛。在我成长的过程中，我非常讨厌这样的她。我讨厌在学校受到的不请自来的关注的眼神。我讨厌别的孩子盯着她然后厌恶地转过头去。为了支撑这个家，我妈妈要做两份工作，但我却只觉得她令我很尴尬，不想被看到和她在一起。Every time my mother came to visit me at school, I wanted her to disappear. I felt a surge of hatred towards the woman who made me the laughing stock of the school. In a moment of extreme anger, I even once told my mother I wanted her to die. I was pletely unconcerned about her feelings.每次妈妈来学校看我，我都希望她消失。我非常憎恨这个让我在学校里成为笑柄的女人。在极度愤怒之下，我甚至曾经对妈妈说希望她死了算了。我完全不关心她的感受。As I grew up, I did whatever was in my power to distance myself from my mother. I studied hard and got a job overseas so I wouldnt have to meet her. I got married and started raising a family of my own. I got busy with my job and family and with providing a fortable life for my beloved children. I didnt even think about my mother anymore.随着我慢慢长大，我一直尽一切所能去远离我的母亲。为了出国工作我努力学习，这样就可以再也不见到她。我结婚了建立了自己的家庭。我忙于工作，家庭，为我爱的孩子提供舒适的生活。我甚至不再去想我的妈妈了。Out of the blue, my mother came to visit one day. Her one-eyed face scared my young children and they started crying. I was angry at my mother for showing up unannounced and I forbid her to ever return to my home and new family life. I yelled and screamed, but my mother quietly apologized and left without saying another word.突然有一天，妈妈来看我。她的一只眼睛吓哭了我年幼的孩子。对于我母亲的突然造访我非常生气，我禁止她永远不要来我家，接触我现在的家庭生活。我尖声叫喊着，但是母亲安静地道了歉，没有再多说一句话。An invitation to a high school reunion took me back to my hometown after decades. I could not resist driving past my childhood home and stopping by the old shack. My neighbors told me my mother had passed away and left a letter for me.几十年后受高中聚会的邀请我回到了我的故乡。我忍不住开车路过儿时的家，在一幢老屋门口停了下来。邻居们告诉我，母亲已经去世了，留下了一封信给我。My dear child:“我亲爱的孩子：I must begin by apologizing for visiting your home unannounced and frightening your beautiful children. I am also deeply sorry that I was such an embarrassment and source of humiliation to you when you were growing up.在开头我必须为突然出现在你家并吓坏了你的可爱的孩子们而道歉。在你成长过程中我是如此令你尴尬，让你受辱，对此我也深深地自责。I have learned that you may be ing back to town for your reunion. I may no longer be there when you e, and I think it is time to tell you an incident that happened when you were a young child. You see, my dear child, you were involved in an accident and lost one eye. I was devastated at the thought of my beloved child growing up with only one eye. I wanted you to see the beautiful world in all its glory, so I gave you my eye.我得知你会在聚会的时候回来，但那时候我可能已经不在了，我想是时候该告诉你，在你小小时候发生过一场意外。你知道的，我亲爱的孩子，你在那场事故中失去了一只眼睛。我无法接受和想象自己亲爱的孩子只能拥有一只眼睛。我想让你骄傲地看看这个美丽的世界，所以我把我的眼睛给了你。My dear child, I always have and always will love you from the bottom of my heart. I have never regretted my decision to give you my eye, and I am at peace that I was able to give you the ability to enjoy a plete life.我亲爱的孩子，我真心爱你，无论从前还是未来。我从没后悔把眼睛给了你，让你能够享受完整的生命，我死而无憾。Your loving mother.爱你的妈妈。”不要等着幸福到来，幸福是条路！Too many people think of happiness as the ultimate goal of life. But, if youre waiting for happiness to arrive then its likely that it never will!有太多人把幸福当作人生的终极目标，但如果你只是等待幸福来敲门，幸福可能永远都不会到来！Youre always wanting something more, always looking forward to a time when youll be “happy”. And, if you fall into this trap, youll never reach that goal. Happiness should not be your lifes goal, it should be your life! The only time to be happy is right now! Its state of mind, not a set of acplishments or the accumulation of material things. You must accept that life will always have challenges and things will not always go your way你总是期待得到更多，总是期待着你变“幸福”的那一刻。然而，如果你陷入这种思维陷阱，那你永远也达不到这个目的。幸福不该是生活的目标，它应该是生活本身！幸福唯一该存在的时刻，就是每时每刻的现在！它是一种心态，而不是一连串的成就，或者物质财富的积累。你必须要接受的是：生活中总会有挑战，事情不会总朝着你期望的方向发展。Instead of feeling disappointed when things dont work out the way youd hoped, feel grateful for the experience. Instead of dreaming of a brighter, happier, richer tomorrow, make today as wonderful as you can.事情的发展不如你所愿时不要沮丧，你要对拥有这次体验心存感激。不要幻想着明天会更美好、更幸福、更富有，要尽可能精彩地过好今天。Happiness is a conscious decision and that I can make it right now. Thinking of the future and having aspirations is essential to leading a happy and fulfilled life. The trick is not to let thoughts of the future overshadow your enjoyment of the present and the appreciation of the things and people you have in your life right now!幸福是我此刻就能做出的有意识的决定。思考未来、胸怀大志是幸福美满生活的基础，关键在于不要让对未来的思考掩盖当下的快乐和对现在生活中人和事的感激！There is no way to happiness: happiness is the way!没有通往幸福的路：幸福本身就是一条路！Stop waiting for happiness to arrive and simply decide to be happy! Its not some great goal or destination, its a journey and a way of life.不要再等着幸福登门了，你需要做的仅仅是决定幸福地活着！这不是什么伟大的目的目标，只是生命的旅程和道路。别把过去的失败当成未来的常态As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.当一名男子经过象群的时候，他突然停了下来。这群庞大生物被一根系在他们前腿的小绳子拴住了，他对此十分困惑。没有锁链，没有笼子。显然，任何时候大象们都可以挣脱束缚，然而，由于某种原因，她们并没有挣脱。He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, its enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”他看到附近的训练员，问道，为什么这些动物只是站在那儿，却不尝试逃脱。“咳，”训练员说，“在它们很小的时候，我们用同样尺寸的绳子拴着它们，那个时候，这条绳子足够拴住它们了。随着它们渐渐长大，它们习惯性地认为自己无法挣脱。它们以为这条绳子依然可以束缚住自己，所以它们从不会尝试挣脱。”The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldnt, they were stuck right where they were.这名男子十分惊讶。这些动物本来随时都可以挣脱束缚，然而因为它们认为自己无法挣脱，所以它们就被困在了那里。Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?就像这些大象，我们之中有多少人在生活中固守着一个观念，自己办不到某件事情，只是因为曾经失败过一次？Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.失败是学习的一部分，生活中，我们永远都不应该放弃努力。愿得一人心，白首不分离One warm evening many years ago犹记得多年前，那个让人暖心的夜晚After spending nearly every waking minute with Angel for eight straight days, I knew that I had to tell her just one thing. So late at night, just before she fell asleep, I whispered it in her ear. She smiled the kind of smile that makes me smile back and she said, “When Im seventy-five and I think about my life and what it was like to be young, I hope that I can remember this very moment.”整整8天除了睡着其余的时间我都陪着安吉尔，酝酿已久，我想我一定要告诉她一件事。于是这天夜里，就在她刚刚睡下，我便在她耳边轻声说起来，说完她就笑了，是那种希望得到我回应的笑，接着说道：“真希望我老到75岁的时候，开始回忆，这一刻须臾会变成永恒。”A few seconds later she closed her eyes and fell asleep. The room was peaceful almost silent. All I could hear was the soft purr of her breathing. I stayed awake thinking about the time wed spent together and all the choices in our lives that made this moment possible. And at some point, I realized that it didnt matter what wed done or where wed gone. Nor did the future hold any significance.很快她就闭上眼睛睡着了，整个房间祥和安静，甚至有些寂静。耳畔起伏着安吉尔轻柔的呼吸声，我清醒的回忆我们共度的这些美好时光，是冥冥之中的选择成就了我们在一起的时刻。我们做过什么，去过哪里都不重要，甚至未来也不重要。All that mattered was the serenity of the moment.眼下最重要的就是此刻的和谐安宁。Just being with her and breathing with her.只要能与她同呼吸共命运，便别无所求。The moral: We must not allow the clock, the calendar, and external pressures to rule our lives and blind us to the fact that each individual moment of our lives is a beautiful mystery and a miracle especially those moments we spend in the presence of a loved one.启示：时间、日常事务、以及其他的外部压力都不能左右和束缚我们的生活，因为每个人，尤其是与心爱之人一起度过的美好时光，才是我们生命中最让人心驰神往，美妙动人的追寻。