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
. N1 y3 x  `8 V+ Y' f/ jSometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ N: C9 _: N: fI'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。
* ~' [0 V9 P% V$ s/ O: S) HI 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.
# O* |; }* F" R* Y( R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.
8 O5 f. U, P( u+ D" M" @这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
6 Y! f9 ^9 n: ^6 c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。
7 i9 ~) r4 z- zFor 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。
- O* t! E  H6 L/ CIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
3 T/ B* k. D+ g, RWhy 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?
: O  p. j- n- [* N  q9 e) U5 z+ p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？
9 m0 w2 ~! r2 Y  L$ C* ]2 ?Why did I get married?
; A4 L# C0 `, l5 ]为什么我要结婚？
) n4 Y! b1 R6 H4 K0 V6 \7 d# z/ wIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
0 y) k' {! ]. A1 O5 U% ?( ^$ H7 L, `! E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。
1 a7 J: B9 N4 l, o. M" u) MOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
3 F( x/ H2 z, `7 A* d4 U! C否则很难完成我们所开始的。
- T0 H: J2 F; P  W" ?. YWe stop starting. We quit the club.
, j$ g; `5 a7 S- [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.
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：
2 d5 |" H5 K# l& _; ^; TIs 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？
" H$ D) E1 A* m! x+ S0 i# @# SIs it a kind of distant memory?
5 }: G: q, t- S2 M- Z4 v& D它是一种遥远的记忆？
9 i9 a* C1 ~+ |' l: a# W( D$ CDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
1 X* u! O- B4 x: [( t你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
* u: _7 N( e" B) r3 }你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
# k. @5 ?. }1 tDo you write memos?
9 Q) C! T: e3 n' N' p6 F你写备忘录吗？
Does 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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
1 C6 L3 A5 C" [! XWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
) V/ F  c; e' ^0 Y. Z% E0 e7 w( |你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？