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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
3 ~" }8 B* F" e" t# N* o4 h! K- TI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
& P7 N! Q' i! C, a* S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。
9 A3 s! F& f6 [# _0 {And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
' _+ M( u% `' {. v9 ?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.
& Z% p- G" _" G; N哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
5 D$ K+ m3 u# [$ e' M5 B  J" ]这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
7 Z" P! O7 D7 a我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
$ }8 k2 ?0 y# W: C" h$ t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.
. L! s7 w( Z% R  g+ S. m2 U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.
7 O6 U( J6 \7 C; C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。
( q" h9 d& ]! G" F8 _Why 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
& b# \/ }7 i" L为什么我的朋友是这个人？
% _* W: }% L; jWhy did I get married?
  }) g9 p0 F$ u$ j5 K  D# J9 j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.
* l8 x7 F) B1 r7 m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。
- F" h* h* |3 ^& h2 V" T! uI think we need indeed remind us of why.
# D- \% y' E# W% f2 o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.
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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 y6 y4 W. H; U: u( |我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
9 p- x  d& E4 w: Y7 ?8 }9 cThere'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.
: U* Q5 M  k- p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.
3 p9 }# Q* t1 Q# p. j8 I; g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？
* ~, h( L( W+ a4 Z) mIs it a kind of distant memory?
" s- ?8 o7 j' E. a, ^2 m它是一种遥远的记忆？
" V! x5 E. F4 _! `, [Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
- h& L4 T/ F" X5 P2 [How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
: S) J, C' N! Q: X8 ]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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 O1 i  ]5 m) T4 {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?
! {5 @2 Y0 R, [: j( m0 y还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 @9 N# ~  O5 k6 cWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: m5 [; i+ u5 A. T) H你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？