朗读|《理想生活》今天才是一份礼物-双语阅读

Your Most Ideal Day

理想生活

What is your most ideal day? Do you know exactly how you want to live your life for the next five days, five weeks, five months or five years? When was the last best day of your life? When is the next?

你心目当中最理想的一天是什么样子的呢?又是否想好了未来的五天、五周、五个月甚至五年要如何度过?你最近过得最美好的一天是在什么时候?下一次的美好又会是什么时候?

The best day of our lives is today. The past is no longer here. We cannot enjoy it any longer. To dwell on the past is to waste the opportunity to enjoy the present. The future is a promise, a time that will not come because what we have is only today. When tomorrow comes, it will not be tomorrow any more; it becomes your today. You cannot enjoy tomorrow unless you know how to enjoy your today. If you are to live thirty more years, you are going to experience 10,950 todays. But every day that passes without your notice is a day cut off from your life. Your life is a day shorter every new day.

生命中最美好的一天莫过于今天。过往不复存在，我们再不能享受昔日时光。沉湎于过去等于浪费乐享当下的机会。未来是一个承诺，是一段没有尽头、不会到来的日子，因为我们所能拥有的只有今天。当明天到来，它便不再是明天，而是属于你的今天。唯有内心清楚今天该如何度过，方能享受明天。倘若再活三十余载，就相当于拥有了10,950个今天。但若是你不去注意它，任其流逝，那么你就浪费掉了它。新的一天来临，意味着你的生命又少了一天。

Each day is a decision to live. Today is a gift; this is why it is called the "present". How you use this day is up to you. At each new day, you decide whether to unwrap that gift, or let it stay in the corner and spoil. Each day is a decision to live your ideal life.

每过一天，都是对生活的一次选择。今天是一份礼物(gift)，这也是何以称之为“礼物(present)”的原因。如何利用今天，取决于你：是拆开礼物，还是将礼物丢在角落，任其坏掉——这是你每天都要面临的抉择，而每一天所做的抉择都是为了让自己过上自己想要的生活。