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

记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes 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。
* ^- ]+ E1 X% ]- c7 s  g2 rHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
, h! N: \3 |4 [! f% S! QI 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。
7 X  X1 c* y: }6 ~Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
2 M9 O/ c9 k1 p* o: j4 k" R& {) S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。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
, Z% a% m1 l6 v' h( V0 P" v% VBut 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.
* m; s/ i$ m9 Z5 q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。
* s! I. M8 l# u, ]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?
% ?; I6 ]8 J  T( x为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
5 g* I- m9 _8 ^+ \1 P; j为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
" I, q* D6 j  }, N. r+ P为什么我的朋友是这个人？
3 B4 M- {1 g0 MWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
) m/ \7 o" ~. Y( d7 VIf 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.
" l6 q9 N9 q5 R. E3 C0 l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。
7 N1 R* D. j4 q2 m  fWe 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。
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。
2 b# j9 a: ~/ Q3 dTalk about it.
0 F6 W$ V; w5 ~( ?7 c谈论下面的话题：
+ F- `; s5 o( u9 n  _( ]Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 u9 A) }0 Q8 S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？
' E8 i. v  I" K9 ]: jDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
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？
Do you write memos?
9 R2 j( j7 L5 B2 X0 a你写备忘录吗？
: G" y6 ]0 O4 P. u6 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
( @, E/ j2 p* |, P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？