One day we will be gone

One day you will be gone. May be in 50 years… May be in 50 weeks… May be next week, or even today, I don’t know, you don’t know, nobody knows. And rather than live in fear of this, we should embrace the FACT that this life is short – short and unpredictable. Knowing this we must live FULLY TODAY.

有一天，你将离开这个世界。或许是50年之后，或许是50周之后，也可能是下星期，甚至可能是今天，对此你我都无从知晓，谁都不知道。与其活在对死亡的恐惧中，倒不如接受人生苦短和世事无常的事实。意识到这一事实后，我们就必须把握当下。

It is not a recipe for recklessness, rather a recipe to give your all TODAY. To give your very BEST today, in everything you do. To give your greatest energy to this day, to your family, to everyone you encounter TODAY.

这个秘诀并不是要你不顾一切，而是要你在全力以赴活在当下。用最佳的状态去应对今天的每一件事，全力以赴地度过今天，全心全意地对待你的家人及你遇到的每个人。

It is a reminder for you to leave your best self in each moment. What if they couldn’t speak to you tomorrow? What if you were gone tomorrow? What would they speak of you? What can you do that will leave a lasting positive memory in the lives of everyone you come into contact with?

这会提醒你在每一刻都展现最好的自我。如果明天你就再也听不到他们的声音了呢？如果你明天就离去了怎么办？他们会怎么谈论你？为了给认识你的人留下的美好回忆，你能做些什么？

It is about being light-hearted. Knowing that in the end, none of this STUFF matters. The only thing that ever matters is how you made others feel and how you felt in your own heart. It is about the knowing that things can never go with you in the end. The spirit lives on…，but the ‘things’… they die with your physical body.

知道了我们最终的归宿，琐碎小事都变得不再重要，这会让你倍感轻松。唯一重要的是你要无愧于他人、无悔于己心。这让我们懂得，没有什么能伴随你走到生命尽头。人的精神会永存，但一切过眼云烟会随你肉身的死去而消散。

Remembering that we are going to die is the greatest reminder we can have in our daily lives because it keeps us focused on what’s really important, and what is REAL.

记住，我们即将死去。这是我们日常生活中最好的提醒，因为它会让我们专注于重要和真实的事情。