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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记住我们为什么做某事
! o5 o& P( V2 zSometimes 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。
$ R$ H# M' \" z+ y( F8 W6 }8 vHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 y! }* {/ h2 |" p9 U$ vI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) l1 J' Q1 G9 l+ n; l8 R我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
$ n& L9 [3 j% x, F8 e' q5 ]I 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.
) J, K8 n" u8 K2 `+ [( H9 p7 \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.
" T5 V. `% `" w% t# ?( X- x% _) \这是一个记忆问题。
- u% q- V' d  BI guess that counts too.
# T4 g' C9 c% q我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
/ @) {4 c$ Z# u4 P4 K: i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。
( g. P2 Z' J- PFor 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。
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？
, R/ X4 I7 M, U. t5 LWhy 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？
9 ~$ x% b  d- nIf 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.
& g2 B4 q& W( A2 q. W7 h1 m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.
& H' W" O9 |1 S% ]# F/ M: z否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
) Z8 D5 d  Z6 L/ U/ g9 N# G$ d' p3 b( S我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
" B  [; H0 \4 o# k0 {我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
1 n0 Z6 f( U2 T- _( h% f1 cThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
* f7 d2 j" S8 }% Z3 w( X% q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。
0 n, j6 L+ B! i8 E, W+ `3 ~Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 x' W' A$ Z9 P你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
; O9 h" {! c8 C! T2 Q& O; |. d0 oIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
+ J0 A6 s0 o5 j6 I) j9 FDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 Q; V9 z- F% M8 F. Z2 B你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
2 m* z6 Z6 p( U0 QDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
, H) Y) n  p; B, B  WDoes 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？
% R+ a( c$ i. f) O7 I4 a& yWhat 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？