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
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! ?% G$ y! E( Q) e% k8 }+ a2 X记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# ~1 j% D+ a: Q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？
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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
. ~- j" \8 f- O8 A我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
* w: Q! S' S) r1 b- X9 j5 oAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
" `+ L% x% X! ]4 b. N; C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。
& ]2 a0 |/ ?. E# ZWell, 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。
' Z% S- O7 w) QThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
$ H. t' [  F" s& d* f/ w2 C& PI guess that counts too.
, R8 S5 C) ?' I; d% c5 u我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
" H2 E7 T) [2 G) N4 c3 r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？
* |) C+ s/ o0 N; WAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
* G$ L% |/ H9 t+ {1 M- t8 b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。
6 C; \8 e8 Y. d3 Q# {- C3 d0 r$ v" HWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
. I. z( D1 X( O$ tWhy did I join this club?
% T9 j, h8 `$ z" q2 ?( e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？
5 W/ s" ?! K) L$ V5 @6 UWhy 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。
0 C- N. \* Y* r# l8 L4 FI think we need indeed remind us of why.
6 d( j- R5 T8 {; e, i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。
+ ?- c( p: F8 f% u0 dWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
  Z% G8 d, m! V+ h" SWe 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.
0 S+ L" ?3 a" K/ ]* E% [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.
$ d& ^8 E( m9 ^$ m0 S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：
! A0 c8 z4 X9 V5 S$ h# r+ S4 wIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
" @6 L1 Q! Y1 S* o* m你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
9 H0 j' `2 P# ~" @( jIs it a kind of distant memory?
' _* `# u% Q, l9 Y它是一种遥远的记忆？
! a9 L0 r  _& u* z; eDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
) r% V' D; C4 R  U你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ l5 W* {" Z$ `) o1 ]How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 i5 x- H7 Y8 q+ K4 s* B( G你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. V8 Z% `  P# Q. XDo you write memos?
0 T6 k9 r, W, U2 V+ \你写备忘录吗？
9 p# q) K! z! z2 P9 H& qDoes 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？
; [3 R  Y) k4 X4 ^; ?$ y* e% @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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？