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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
3 Q$ B" u" N1 a7 [3 l1 Q+ b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？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
8 n' ~. L1 t2 @# V& w, h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.
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。
  z1 \# z3 u# o0 \Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
' I8 l0 b+ M1 t: `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。
* t& U" `5 Y- I& l9 QI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
- K% h' ?- W' Z1 k* ZBut 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。
2 g" O, y" g8 _: ]For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
3 j* @+ e6 i' E1 W2 i1 i; E0 f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?
( X, ^* H. l( U$ R! M6 P' f9 ^- i" [为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- s5 }4 R" e9 a5 u6 VWhy did I join this club?
: s7 a+ q0 \3 x8 ~. z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.
  B, k3 z7 \$ I( M我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 n. R) Q* |! L/ I! Y! W' _9 ]! a. lOr 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.
: J7 a( f+ b" J: O. r- n# z1 p% u我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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.
5 o9 i2 Z: N. e* t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：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 V# \: h7 W# f" l. m9 F5 \" v; }9 X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？
4 L( Y" Z& J/ [+ I+ Q) DDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 C3 a% p3 L( y$ B- R' E& I- AHow 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？
8 O! T1 |/ E5 U6 W8 sDoes 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?
- k+ t( p' F( G# q, 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?
' \+ f3 |( X7 m- q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？