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
' }& b) T# ~- F  a, G- o: F6 DSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
+ S0 ]5 E, N  C! ?" z5 e) z有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
0 D3 w  c: u# F% f8 f你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
! ?$ e' \( N' g3 X+ k/ {4 Y1 L我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
) @, T1 @- x8 e' d2 o+ f4 oI 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.
$ t% C  h  S& y' [$ a9 v8 \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。
2 y) X+ B. j1 a. xBut 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.
- n) w3 |! U$ C. S" R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.
0 E# ^! M% c# x) F* {对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
+ h' U! i2 u% r( W7 AIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
+ Z2 u! |. Y. |) P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？
3 ~* L  O2 Y3 h# @Why did I join this club?
4 [3 U$ }& ?8 Z* n+ H* {为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
5 B; e7 B. C! y2 B2 P0 H# A, P9 s为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
- d: T4 R7 w+ [6 cIf 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。
; g; {" N0 b; k' p! n) iI think we need indeed remind us of why.
$ ~' c* ^/ C: B5 {我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
% E+ U$ s8 J1 `: zOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
3 o, ^* y/ d- G" y4 ~否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. s1 P) L% w" G0 C# E) VWe stop starting. We quit the club.
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。
! V/ ]# N/ P& I6 Q- QThere'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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
4 n0 ~3 h1 [, ?% H$ P, G( {8 |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？
5 ~$ A( P: m$ v+ `$ c% eDid 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?
$ F) f2 w  r/ ^5 D5 y你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& F& B) Z/ s. @$ ~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?
1 K6 P5 W( J* J. \& W& F* h9 L# i还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
# S" m3 I& ^7 b+ I7 D& k2 {' eWhat 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？