英语听力每日五分钟（美文篇）24

024 Live Your Life For Yourself

A man that we all know and love, Dr. Seuss had this amazing quote. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those that mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind. Simple and powerful. Be who you want to be. Say what you want to say. Wear what you want to wear. Talk how you want to talk. Be your full 100% authentic self. 

我们都知道苏斯博士，我们很爱戴他。他有一句名言，做你自己，说出你的感受，因为那些对此感到介意的人，并不重要，而那些重要的人，不会介意。这句话，简短有力。做你想做的自己。想说什么就说什么，想穿什么就穿什么，想怎么说就怎么说。做最真实的自己。

And by doing so, you will identify the people that you want in your life. People that encouraged you to be yourself, the people that encouraged you to love yourself and to grow. Those are the people that you want in your inner circle. And those that truly love you, they're gonna show themselves in your life because those are the people that are encouraging you to be yourself. They're encouraging you to love yourself. They're encouraging you to grow and become a better version of yourself. Those are the kind of people that you want in your life. 

这样做，你就会发现那些你真正想留在生命里的人。那些鼓励你做自己的人，那些鼓励你爱自己的人，那些鼓励你成长的人，那些你想要一直牵挂的人。镇长爱你的人，他们会自然而然地在你的生命里出现，因为他们就是那些鼓励你做自己的人。他们鼓励你，好好爱自己。他们鼓励你，去成长，变成更好的自己。你想让这样的人留在你的生命里。

Be who you are. Be who you want to be. Say what you want to say. Dress how you want to dress. Talk how you want to talk. Be your full 100% authentic self. And what does that mean if you do that? That means that you love yourself. You love yourself enough to be you. One of the most important lessons that I've learned in personal development is that every single thing in this world, every single thing in this world, is a reflection of what you feel on the inside. 

做最真实的自己，成为自己想成为的人，说自己想说的话，穿自己想穿的衣服，用自己喜欢的方式说话，忠于自己。这意味着什么呢？这意味着，你爱自己。你很爱自己，所以你才能做自己。在个人成长方面，我学到的最宝贵的经验就是，这世上每件事，都反映了我们内心的感受。

When you look at yourself in the mirror, when you look at that person staring across right back at you, do you love that person? Because if you love that person, if you look at that person, you see that reflection, you feel love. That same level of love is gonna be reflected in every single person that you see and every single thing that you see. 

当你看着镜子里的自己时，当你看着镜子中那个凝视自己的人时，你爱那个人吗？因为，如果你爱那个人，当你看到他的时候，你会感受到爱。这种爱，会体现在你生活中见到的每个人和每件事上面。

That means that if you walk up to a complete stranger, you are going to feel love for that person. You're gonna want them to have a better life. That means your worst enemies, that means every single person, animal, plant, tree, everything that you encounter you're going to feel love towards that, because that's all you know that's all you desire in your life is love.

这意味着，如果你走近一个陌生人，你会感受到自己对他的爱，你会衷心希望他能活得更好。同理，你看到自己的死敌，看到每一个人，看到每个动物，每棵植物，每棵树，看到你遇到的每件事，你都会感受到自己对它们的爱。因为，你的心中充满了爱，在生命中，你追求的，就是爱。

Now you might be asking yourself, how do I build that level of love in myself. And throughout my whole personal development journey, it has come down to one word, one word that has summed all that up. Integrity. Now integrity is defined as the quality of being honest and having strong walls and principles, so it's something that we have to do. 

现在，你可能会问自己，我怎么能让自己有这样的爱呢？从我的个人成长历程来看，用一个词就可以总结，用一个词就可以概括。那就是，正直。正直，就是拥有诚实的品质，拥有坚定的原则，这是我们都应该追求的。

We have to ask ourselves the question. We have to have that honest conversation with ourselves and we have to say, this is where I'm at right now in my life. This is the place that I want to be. These are the things that I want to do. And it's not just enough to know that you have to make those decisions. You have to take action. You have to take action to make those changes in your lives. 

我们必须问自己一个问题。我们必须诚实地与自己沟通，并且告诉自己，这是我目前的状况，这是我想到达的地方，这些事我想做的事情。而且，仅仅知道自己要做决定，是远远不够的，你必须行动起来。你必须采取行动，对自己的人生做出改变。

And when you do that, when you combine knowing what your true belief systems are, your morals and principles, and you have those honest conversations with yourself and you love yourselves, you have freedom. You have the freedom to walk around this entire world, unjudged.

你这样做的时候，你能结合对自己价值观的了解，对自己的道德和原则的了解，还有那些与自己的最真诚的对话，而且你爱自己，那么你就拥有了自由。你很自由，你能行走世间，潇洒自在。

A lot of us don't know that we're not free. There are some people out there that are actually allowing the thoughts and opinions of others to dictate how they live their lives. How ridiculous is that! When you 100% love yourself and you know where you want to go in your life, the sky is the limit. You are literally limitless as far as your potential is concerned. 

很多人不知道，自己并不自由。事实上，有很多人，正在让其他人的观点影响自己的生活。这多么可笑啊！当你完全爱自己的时候，当你知道自己的目标的时候，没有什么能阻挡你。你很有潜力，没有什么可以限制你。

And who would not want to be their greatest self? Who would not want to see that for themselves if you really loved yourself? Every single one of us wants to have happiness and inner peace. And what Dr. Seuss is trying to point out is that if you want to be free, if you want to roam this world completely free, no anxiety, no stress, no thoughts of judgment. This is your life. 

谁不想成为最好的自己呢？如果真的爱自己，谁不想让这个愿望成真呢？每个人，都想拥有幸福，都想拥有内心的平静。苏斯博士强调的，就是，如果你想自由，如果你想自由自在地活在这个世界上，那你就不要焦虑，不要有压力，不要在乎他人的看法。这就是你的人生。

This is your life, and you only get one chance. There's no reset button. So, live your life for you. Pursue happiness. Pursue success. Pursue greatness. Pursue it with every single fiber of your being, because guess what, you deserve it. You deserve that love. You deserve that inner peace. You deserve that happiness. So, chase it!

这是你的人生，你只活一次，没有重来的机会。所以，为自己而活。追求幸福，追求成功，追求伟大。用尽全力去追求这些美好的东西，因为，你猜怎么着，你值得拥有它们，你值得拥有爱，你值得拥有内心的云淡风轻，你值得拥有幸福。那么，去追求它们吧！