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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$ X# Z/ d, R. C/ {9 Z# T. i( y记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" _; x. b4 \) N2 y' V  ~有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 z2 m6 e3 |9 s1 Z6 j. LI'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。
. \6 y: Y) Q( S" @2 g. z9 [I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
/ ]. z9 X+ u4 _, b, B. \2 |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.
2 e6 {0 d4 {& y& F2 g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。
  d3 O% M9 [! J. \That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
7 k' I" k1 X1 f: {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？
- ]( s( I2 M2 N4 `% OAt 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。
  ]$ z& K4 D4 w0 [1 oFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
, G' J8 w" y6 |+ Q+ G* F对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
! }4 c; [! G6 p% e* n8 {6 xIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
+ W/ i$ E+ x" `, E. K; X" W# p总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
- V0 V4 V! S0 v5 ]; U* m$ R为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
, B  q4 p1 G8 V* e' d" P# W" \) l为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
# N6 P1 e. E+ \/ Z2 ]( G3 F) @Why my friend was this person?
- H5 L# N- E+ w# U3 T+ J* ]为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
" [' Q- l( S! x; {- k! {1 I7 h: w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.
, f  u: s" A6 z$ C$ l; @  I& }我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 y4 d+ v& O, d$ ^# D# ^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。
( p* n1 A. y) k2 gWe 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。
8 K+ H! V. N& |4 H/ vThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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。
) K9 {+ \/ T  h6 JTalk about it.
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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
! I( n* d' G% J  M' tDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: w8 ]( J( Z5 W" p# @4 K- A" Y% bHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' G- \: w. p, b) N5 x5 A/ _; T1 C你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
" E" b7 x! Y( @! p. n$ g# kDo you write memos?
7 k/ I* M$ |! j  \8 V( ^你写备忘录吗？
$ S5 L8 ~7 C2 H; m2 H# IDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 X+ d0 x2 C% `3 |% [还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
& H4 P: M, f8 p: q8 e+ UWhat 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？