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

; K' _( m5 r8 \% q9 L! c8 v  E记住我们为什么做某事
: J& _% \* {4 xSometimes 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。
9 s! x! ^: D( A& Z0 Q2 o/ GHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 }! z+ ^% v" l7 c) J: jI'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。
: ]  ~8 u$ ~7 Z; g5 b# D  BI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
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。
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。
0 G2 c! r0 S+ B1 Y9 c1 z- D8 ^I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
& [$ G9 A2 C6 _0 g9 s9 |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？
' O" x6 R0 c& {3 c2 VAt 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。
" |1 I$ n$ _; q. j8 h: u8 BFor 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。
5 y$ m! b) D  Y7 X7 @It'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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
" I% L6 R9 [, O; r0 LWhy my friend was this person?
1 c6 ~) e2 y3 [$ M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.
$ {7 [( G& n# ~  Z, W3 m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.
% w4 G: I4 P/ y) a% a我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) h; i% j; b. L8 `* \# W, r& b  {Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
5 y- \8 P& T( d* j  s+ NWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 L& b" Q7 i$ AWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
4 f: `' ?; ^6 D0 c2 M+ e我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
8 E7 {  D: C$ Y. `' M9 o# B- PThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
# X+ B$ z" p) u5 W* L4 _! |问为什么没什么问题。
In 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.
7 e6 a  E% @, F" Z( b: C谈论下面的话题：
- ~4 B5 x" A# [  ^Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* W6 H, [6 u* I你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
$ c2 ?2 w% E1 E- UIs it a kind of distant memory?
( ]" n5 B6 x7 ?* F0 {% b7 t" P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……
  M1 b5 [2 M3 m. ^How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
/ a3 Q2 R3 K/ h你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 Q- b  D' P  F( x9 A2 UDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" `$ c2 h: P  D; h" N9 D你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
: ^% [- U: g/ nWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
& i* y! `' S! Z4 p. k% Q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？