美文赏析：记住我们呢为什么做某事

2452790809

Remembering why we are doing something

% z# v/ R0 D2 w1 s记住我们为什么做某事
$ @. Y. {5 B% A' m; A0 g' q; Y2 tSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
3 O! S/ ~" H0 Z; d有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
0 o/ E. c4 v' W; @1 p2 }* t  lHave you ever done that?
, \9 ^9 o8 S3 P/ K* D2 q. L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。
1 O+ z6 s' m2 b& \I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
* [  C8 f* l- z% L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。
) x' v. _5 F2 j) ^# _/ Q/ \Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
3 b2 D5 C* i8 e2 k  e, @: V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。
  V* h3 U6 J8 T5 TI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
' e: d5 P! T+ Q0 A0 q6 ^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？
! N3 O8 z; e  O% W% BAt 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。
) ~+ w2 V: P4 P' O8 e, ^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。
( T* e# b' o! s! m" W) GIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
! F& a. ^6 u# O/ @6 i总是可以问问自己为什么。
& W- G  k3 j& V8 D$ ^% P) JWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
& j" `$ d, Z( k4 t& j- D% o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？
, g7 ~* U8 s# q5 c- d8 k5 M" A4 \% JWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
! {# k; F) T! vIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
5 p) c1 E8 e) z( j. [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。
7 {" _% p! J) rI think we need indeed remind us of why.
) d1 C6 R. s' \) Q我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  C5 e! l* q- ^1 s  uOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
- ?6 {4 ^& x6 N  x9 b. C3 F: H% H; x否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
% |1 b6 e, Y$ D6 U, B我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' e6 T2 J  O9 N0 E* _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。
3 A# q( u- l7 ?There's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 [( G; w  {- |' I问为什么没什么问题。
- U; t4 |2 z: S3 p" PIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
, C7 h, o. d) G" q# w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.
$ ]! P3 Q1 u/ c& z; e9 U% \5 X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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 t  v9 {6 f9 W4 u1 n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?
% Q$ b) E  J; r你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; ]5 h* H: e0 ]1 T6 f$ q) Y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?
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?
) }4 H( Q. c6 ]* k+ O你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？