美文赏析：记住我们呢为什么做某事

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Remembering why we are doing something

, Y' F  ]! Y- H1 M记住我们为什么做某事
9 J4 z6 W1 c4 t1 z, D# z3 vSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
8 D7 x) ?+ O8 L! J9 E! A  c7 j你曾有过这种经历吗？
( U! G. H9 G8 e* R0 rI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 F9 h0 |7 R* e( H! N+ P我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
% c/ R( ^5 O; ^: {( S) P5 ?I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
( l4 C* Y4 z+ P7 T7 ?& [我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
然后，在选择合适的地方后，还没有谈论什么特别的东西的时候。
" T2 O  @0 X1 R% ]; TWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
( l& s$ D7 I1 U6 s1 G哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
, F" ^) M$ P; M& @. a7 x+ G6 C# I这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
但我在谈论一个更深层次的问题，而且更为重要，那就是为什么？
! U7 ]  H# p5 t! i5 w( C& LAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
) @% x6 p2 `+ ?* V! p8 _在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
2 T7 U: Y2 |8 h/ t) `1 vFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
) ]- R. J9 N5 b% P7 L" g3 m对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
0 H, E9 ~, t! }2 k) C( y4 SIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
0 ^. d3 n4 y3 C  t为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
  A% ?1 o2 |4 V0 S" C7 a+ n) ^( ^为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& [% W) Z" Q' k5 p$ M; b( bWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
+ z9 R8 h5 q6 H! \( Y8 j% V8 jIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
如果我们迷失在做什么，在生命中，在每天的存在，那么我们不能说为什么。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
; S; z/ W/ M3 v8 [+ n( G我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 a  d1 I. _1 z" I: ?5 U我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
7 Z2 y# k: t5 Z3 F6 `9 y2 @问为什么没什么问题。
3 `" l1 p5 `8 A) L! B* R6 x0 aIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
, j3 D. ?: k: u7 `' g事实上，我认为有时候它会很健康的帮助我们珍惜所拥有的及正在做的事情。
Talk about it.
- |) l% H% Q3 K" {# H' \谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
' R/ v  ?( x5 q它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
7 Z4 U8 j5 \! V7 LHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
' W! B. {9 C& w* gDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
9 o- l- {4 a0 k你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
! `0 R" S* ?8 z+ N/ u% e3 s0 F5 NWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？