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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记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 P7 n1 ?/ e! h6 G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.
6 u* b1 L3 b! @" ]+ @3 o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.
8 I6 k; d  ^6 K0 n0 E; m$ E' K我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
2 N. Q9 u5 a. R% c1 `! MAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
1 K( d1 |! T/ x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。
) K* K$ w6 C: o! Z& VWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
& P& c& o4 u2 v- y2 x* T% z哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
8 p! i# m/ x6 F: t( d) Z' u- |That's a memory problem.
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?
5 I! _2 E/ {, 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？
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。
( F" |5 h0 O5 B! `; gFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
4 O: m  o" V) y& z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。
5 u/ K$ J1 m+ X  G" LWhy did I start to learn a language?
0 e- ?! W% ?1 n: {为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
9 p4 m8 D- }, Q6 B+ C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？
Why did I get married?
/ |5 l. E% m) R. }3 b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.
* [/ x: B8 ~) m, b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。
, A2 J1 Q" A) l# g3 q! F" rWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
2 B% G8 G8 C4 N# s' j1 S& W3 NWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 L) F8 E8 k. }: E# y/ y* b4 f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.
; n& {& P: f' K5 H: D8 u6 C1 F问为什么没什么问题。
/ Z+ ~- u3 @, ~. N( F+ _0 SIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
( C7 m1 M& M; x1 V' x+ h% v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 ]! o! ?0 o. S1 c# b# b) OIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
0 ~1 q- o, G& [% o4 r$ @: I) n' J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?
$ z% P" J/ r' |4 [$ ^它是一种遥远的记忆？
+ I  @! U$ u& t) O' I3 `Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 e2 g* @+ j  I" J$ s, H1 k你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& r# e+ f+ Z, C' D& F" zHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ G. e( E2 L' M& G你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
: n/ e7 O; v* f& ?& [What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
% k: e. ?8 x! d) W3 g8 u: }2 I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 @( E  V  k  A+ z+ I4 T3 _8 n4 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？