我也承认我们工作与生活之间存在着问题,我想说的是,平衡工作与生活的概念从来就没什么用处,因为它太有局限性了。
I also acknowledge that we have a work-life problem, but I'm arguing that the concept of balance has never been helpful, because it's too limiting.
这些时光让我有机会进行自省和面对我内心的感觉,提醒我生活中什么是重要的。
These times give me the opportunity to search my heart and confront feelings I may have. This time reminds me of what is important in my life.
十年之前,当我离开家乡开始自己的生活,我开始想知道我是谁,我想要什么。
When I left my hometown and started to live my own life ten years ago, I started to wonder who I am and what I want.
对于孩子来说,我最大的愿望是他们将充满热情的生活。而不是仅仅满足于他们应该做什么或者生活对于他们来说很难选择。
One of my hopes for my children is that they'll live a passionate life, not settling for less just because they're told they should or because the alternative seems too hard.
“我想看到大家,我想记得什么是她的生活。”Yao说。
"I wanted to see everybody - I wanted to remember what was her life," Yao said.
(事实上,我经常听到的唯一的噪音就是鸟叫声或者是猫咪调皮的打闹声,不要问为什么),但我曾经生活在纽约市,而且在过去的十年里,我每年都回去那拜访我的家人好几趟,所以我非常清楚那里被汽车的嘈杂声,救护车的呼叫声,慌张的脚步,还有数小时的堵车包围着的感觉。
Don’t ask.) But I’ve lived in NYC and have been visiting my family there several times a year for over a decade.
“我知道我是谁以及我想要什么样的生活,而且毫无疑问地知道孩子不适合那种关系,”她说。
"I know who I am and what I want in life, and know without a doubt children do not fit into that equation," she said.
“山达基的一个核心观念就是:没有什么事是真实的,除非你在自己的生活中发现它是真实的,”她告诉我。
"A core concept in Scientology is: 'Something isn't true unless you find it true in your own life,'" she told me.
有时的确如此。但是,我所关心的事情是没有时间限制的,是无论我们生活在什么时代都值得关心的。
But what I am concerned about are the things that are timeless, regardless of the age we live in.
如果我们是守中主义者,我们会说,问题是,我的生活内容是什么,即下一年的内容,接下来十年的内容是什么?
If we are neutralists, we're going to say, the question is, what would the contents of my life have been, for the next year,? Ten years, whatever?
我尝试不止一次向他解释什么是脱水鸡肉,以及它被送上过月球。但是他的生活与你我的太不相同,因此他完全不能理解我说的事。
I tried to explain to him what it was and that it had been to the moon, but his life is so different from mine or yours that he had no context in which he could understand what I was saying.
为了知道过着一种消极为主的生活是种什么样的感觉,我现在觉得,我有了真正欣赏那些积极事物的角度。
To know what it is like to live a negative-focused life, I now feel like I have the perspective to really appreciate those things that are positive.
她愤怒地说,“我长什么样子,我是谁,我的生活由我做主……这和你一点关系也没有,从来没有!”
What I look like, who I am, the life I lead... those don't have a goddamn thing to do with you and they never did!
当我们面对真实生活中的问题时候,通常第一个问题是:我看到的是什么?
When facing problems in real-life situations, the first question is always, ‘What am I looking at?
我问妈妈,为什么我们生活得那么简朴,当时完全没有意识到,对于一个带着两个儿子的单身母亲而言回答这个问题是多么痛苦。
I asked my mother why we lived with such modest means, unaware of how painful it must have been for a single parent with two young boys to field such questions.
但是我认为这是一个千载难逢的机会,让你认真思考你的生活中什么是重要的,并剔除那些不要紧的东西。
But I think it's a golden opportunity to really think about what is important in your life, and weed out the things that don't really matter.
我的观点是,我们应该考虑一下自己想生活在什么样的社会中,并且要实现这样的社会我们需要什么样的限制和规范。
My view is that we should think about what kind of society we want to live in and then work out what we need to do in terms of limitations and regulations to achieve it.
“约翰,”我问道,“先不提对方得了什么病,就光说这38年,你是怎么跟一个人和美地生活过来的?
“John,” I ask.“How do you stick together with someone through 38 years – not to mention the sickness?
“约翰,”我问道,“先不提对方得了什么病,就光说这38年,你是怎么跟一个人和美地生活过来的?
“John, ” I ask. “How do you stick together with someone through 38 years – not to mention the sickness?
这可能是我为什么会过上漂泊的生活,以及为什么这么轻易就被顾问的职业吸引住的原因,做顾问可以尽可能多的去旅游。
This is probably why I will rent for the rest of my working life, and why I gravitated easily towards being a consultant who could potentially travel a lot.
我不确切记得他是什么时候进入我生活中的,他就是始终在我生活中存在着。我的祖父是世界上最了不起的人。
I don't remember exactly when he came into my life.He was just always here.My grandfather was the most incredible person in the world.
“如果当时我没上大学的话,我应该会去纽约,”他回忆着,默默想着如果他选择了那条路的话,那他的生活,甚至是我们的生活,会是什么样子。
“I think I might have headed to New Yorkif I didn’t go to college, ” he recalled, musing on how different his world—and perhaps all of ours—might have been if he had chosen that path.
我们是一个简单,诚实的家庭,我们并不想去伤害任何人,我们从来没这样想过,这只是我们生活的方式,我不知道为什么别人会这样对待我们。
We are simple, honest family, we're not out to harm anyone, we never, this is just our way of life and why people are unfriendly on it, I don't know.
因为他之前声称加税是他打劫的原因,我就开始想他是做什么工作,他需要缴多少税,生活对他有多艰难。
Since he claimed the rise in taxes as the reason for looting, I begin to wonder what job he does, how much tax he pays, how hard life must be for him.
现在在我的生活中,当我感受到决心和勇气的那一刻,我突然意识到,曾经我能那么清晰的听到恐惧的声音,听着它告诉我什么是应该做的,而如今那声音却变小了。
Now in my life when I reach a moment of decision or courage, I recognize so clearly the voice of fear telling me what I should do to become less.
我知道我所面对的问题是什么,最终我决定去好好的反思一下:我是一个讨厌一层不变的人,我喜欢新鲜面孔和体验不同的生活------但是要我在做自己所感兴趣的事的同时也做到事事有点不太可能。
I understood this problem, and finally decided to reason with myself: I’m a fan of variety who loves dynamic people and a dynamic lifestyle—but it’s impossible to do everything and be good at it all.
我认为庆祝这一行为本身是非常重要的,因为它帮助我们记住什么是重要的,什么给我们的生活带来了快乐,它丰富了我们的生活。
I think this act of celebration is important, because it helps us to remember what's important, and brings joy into our lives.
所以,我掩藏了真实的自己,把自己封闭起来,从来没有花时间去思考生活中什么是我热爱的。
So I put myself in a closet, locked the door and had never taken the time to discover what it was that I loved about myself and life.
所以,我掩藏了真实的自己,把自己封闭起来,从来没有花时间去思考生活中什么是我热爱的。
So I put myself in a closet, locked the door and had never taken the time to discover what it was that I loved about myself and life.
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