与上帝的对话

 　　Come in," God said to me, "so, you would like to interview Me?"

　　“进来吧”，上帝对我说道：“你是想采访我？”
　　"If you have the time," I said.
　　”如果你有时间的话，” 我说。
　　He smiled through His beard and said: "My time is called eternity 1 and is enough to do everything; what questions do you have in mind to ask me?"
　　他微笑着说：“我的时间是无尽的，可以做任何事情;你想问我什么？”
　　"None that are new to you. What's the one thing that surprises you most about mankind?"
　　“一切的问题对你来说都不是新的。人类什么事情是让你最惊讶的？”
　　He answered: "That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again. That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health. That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future. That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they never had never lived..."
　　上帝回答道：“人们厌倦了做小孩子，急于长大，然而长大之后又渴望再成为小孩。人们以损害健康的方式拼命挣钱，然后又花钱来获得健康。人们活着的时候就好像不会死亡，死时又好像是从没有活过一样。”
　　His hands took mine and we were silent. After a long period, I said, "May I ask you another question?"
　　他紧紧的握住我的手，我们都沉默了好一会儿，之后，我说：“可以再问你一个问题吗？”
　　He replied with a smile.
　　他微笑着应允。
　　"As a Father, what would you ask your children to do for the new year?"
　　“作为一个父亲，你希望你的孩子在新的一年里做些什么？"
　　"To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved.
　　要学会他们不能迫使任何人爱他们，他们能做的就是让自己值得被爱。
　　To learn that it takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.
　　要知道建立信任要花几年的功夫，然而要摧毁它仅在片刻之间。
　　To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives, but who they have in their lives.
　　要懂得最珍贵的并不是在他们的生活中所拥有的，而是生活中拥有什么人。
　　To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. There will be others better or worse than they are.
　　要知道和别人比较是不好的事，因为总有比他们更好或者更差的人。
　　To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.
　　要懂得真正富有的人不是他拥有的最多，而是他需要的最少。
　　To learn that they should control their attitudes, otherwise their attitudes will control them.
　　要学会控制自己的态度，不然，态度将会控制他们。
　　To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound 2 wounds in persons we love, and that it takes many years to heal them.
　　要知道揭开我们所爱的人的伤疤只需要十几秒钟，然而伤口的愈合却要花上好些年。
　　To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.
　　要学会原谅宽恕。
　　To learn that there are persons that love them dearly, but simply do not know how to show their feelings.
　　要知道有很多人深深的爱着他们，只是不知道如何表达他们的感情。
　　To learn that money can buy everything but happiness.
　　要懂得钱可以买到很多，却惟独不能买到幸福。
　　To learn that while at times they may be entitled 3 to be upset, that does not give them the right to upset those around them.
　　要知道有时自己烦心的时候，并没有权利让周围的人也变得很不开心。
　　To learn that great dreams do not require great wings, but a landing gear 4 to achieve.
　　要懂得实现远大的理想并不需要坚实的翅膀，需要的是实现梦想的方法。
　　To learn that true friends are scarce, he/she who has found one has found a true treasure.
　　要知道真正的朋友是很少的，找到一个知己的人也就是发现了一笔财富。
　　To learn that they are masters of what they keep to themselves and slaves of what they say.
　　要懂得自己是拥有的主宰，却是所说的奴隶。
　　To learn that they shall reap 5 what they plant; if they plant gossip 6 they will harvest intrigues 7, if they plant love they will harvest happiness.
　　要学会播种什么就会收获什么。如果播种的是流言蜚语，收获的也将是阴谋。如果播种爱，便会收获幸福。
　　To learn that true happiness is not to achieve their goals but to learn to be satisfied with what they already achieved.
　　要懂得真正的快乐并不是达到目标，而是要学会满足于所获得。
　　To learn that happiness is a decision. They decide to be happy with what they are and have, or die from envy and jealousy 8 of what they lack.
　　要知道幸福其实就是一个决定。自己可以决定是幸福的满足于已经拥有的，还是死于对自己所缺的东西的羡慕与嫉妒。
　　To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different.
　　要知道不同的人对待同样的事物会有完全不同的看法。
　　To learn that those who are honest with themselves without considering the consequences go far in life.
　　要懂得不论结果如何都对自己诚实的人生活中就会成功。
　　To learn that even though they may think they have nothing to give, when a friend cries with them, they find the strength to appease 9 the pain.
　　要知道，即使有人觉得自己没有什么可以给予的，但有朋友向他们哭诉的时候，他们仍有方法减轻痛苦。
　　To learn that by trying to hold on to love ones, they very quickly push them away; and by letting go of those they love, they will be side by side forever.
　　要懂得紧紧抓住所爱的人只会让他们很快的离开;试着对自己所爱的人放手，他们才会永远和你在一起。