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
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  o" u+ r$ h8 q5 I3 ]记住我们为什么做某事
3 `& `9 K8 w& B: RSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
2 P! |: |% Z& k有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
% E+ Q+ ?7 ^4 D7 @Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
. h8 I6 n1 A1 s/ GI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
. ?$ U" @# X" R- g: c1 ?我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
! \5 R( X, T& Q4 A8 x# b- f2 |4 YAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
# `% |( r& J2 e8 \3 M( n9 p9 B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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
- ]& J& P  L! D( u8 j8 l# YI guess that counts too.
: L- C7 z6 r+ Z  y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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
% b" u# v4 m; d  eIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
6 [* f, ~1 d: q/ P$ r, UWhy did I start to learn a language?
  d+ Z: j' \" s8 U: a, H为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 T* D2 ?! V  Y) F4 S9 J; z& O  XWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
If 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.
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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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
: ^+ J8 I1 m9 b  \% R% ]$ D9 vWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
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.
问为什么没什么问题。
" u4 g  I0 u, B- i) d, [- P- U+ zIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
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.
谈论下面的话题：
* W$ S+ [9 B, @4 a" uIs 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？
0 v. t) H6 @8 V4 I* W" P% C+ l) nIs it a kind of distant memory?
, m3 v& z0 x, v1 ]& X% Z1 L3 A它是一种遥远的记忆？
# D! v! V9 ~0 X2 E0 H9 QDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ e0 Q: B2 S5 q/ x% W2 QHow 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？
* ~# x8 n+ s/ I( l7 VDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
2 E( s+ B# k" b6 e8 `What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
+ c/ t- p- \- W+ p+ O; X% S2 f  A# r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?
2 u  p6 A, ^1 [5 |8 Y+ ?你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？