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
+ t- s7 D. @2 X6 V, W7 D. TSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
8 e5 B" h9 q# L' K: C有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
- |3 O" `! l8 Q( [; ]) IHave 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.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
$ x# y5 n3 m& _* ?. mI 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。
3 ]: B4 b  k& h+ qAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
: \7 i  d+ N9 u* r; x* Y: K  p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。
8 j% j+ h/ Q. o- }$ K0 F: EThat's a memory problem.
. D5 ]" I; ~- W/ E; O. Q' e这是一个记忆问题。
& U& W- ]* Y# O0 dI guess that counts too.
/ _+ L+ z( N# z3 @1 F9 ^我想那很重要。
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？
5 w  r/ z6 J$ TAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
3 \, |5 Z# l3 a. e& m2 J( _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.
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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
: v8 D0 u( u) Z* n( v# J- W8 x8 o为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
- r2 E' q$ ~# i& Z' L为什么我的朋友是这个人？
' Z8 C% `' O" C; ~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.
8 x% f* h1 F7 s2 y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。
; J- c) _9 y* A0 F' A" j( w8 uWe 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.
$ J0 N: `9 q8 Q& {# m& Z9 e5 X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.
. Q4 e! S# G% p0 o/ m问为什么没什么问题。
$ h& S& p$ c% x( u4 H3 b& |% Y8 o7 Z; ?In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
2 o0 h+ f! {) A" N4 N% p6 O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.
  o3 x% ^5 R6 q* D' X! Y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？
6 P5 M& n4 i+ M. dDid 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?
8 V. F5 y* X9 }3 W8 q  Z1 d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?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
: L# V3 H1 G! X- h4 IWhat 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？
, c. P  u) G9 W( DWhat 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？