老美同事转发给我，拿来与大家分享。类似的文章词句可能很多，不过时不时地读一读还是很有启发，有些安慰平和的作用。
也是，人一生到底在忙碌什麽哪？想一想头就疼，还是不要想了，过好每一天是最重要的，我们本来就不知道从哪里来的，要到哪里去也就不用担心了，反正都要有走的那一天，再辉煌和再平庸的人在这件事上却是平等的。
Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio .....
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more: 我试着翻译如下
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. （生活是不公平的，但她依然的好的。）
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. （每当你在怀疑时，只需迈一小步。）
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. （生命非常短暂不要浪费时间去恨任何人。）
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch. （你的工作不能在你生病时照顾你，你的朋友和父母会，与他们保持联系.)
5. Pay off your credit cards every month. （每月按时付完你的信用卡债。）
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. （你没有必要去赢得每次辩论，承认分歧。）
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone. （与别人一起哭比一人伤心要恢复快的多。）
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it. （生上帝的气是可以的，他能理解。）
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.（为退休作贮备要从你的第一张工资单就开始.)
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile. （面对巧克力时，抗拒是无效的。）
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present. （与你的过去和解才不会影响你的现在。）
12. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. （不要与他人的生活相比，你根本不知道他们旅程的目的。）
13. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it. （如果一段关系必须要保守秘密，那末你不应该身陷其中。）
14. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.. But don't worry; God never blinks. （什麽事都会在眨眼间发生变化。。不用担心，因为上帝从来不眨眼睛。）
15. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. （深呼吸，你的头脑会冷静下来。）
16. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful. （抛弃一切无用，不美或不带来快乐的东西。）
17. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger. （无论什莫都不会杀死你而只会使你更强壮。）
18. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else. (拥有快乐的童年永远都不晚，第二次机会完全取决于你自己而不是他人。）
19. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer. (当你追求你所爱的生活时，不要接受“不”为答案。）
20. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special. （点燃蜡烛，铺上好的床单，穿上华美的内衣，不要节省只为了某个特殊场合，今天就是。）
21. Over prepare, then go with the flow. （充分准备，然后顺其自然。）
22. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple. （与众不同，不要等到老了才穿紫色。）
23. The most important sex organ is the brain. (大脑是你最重要的性感器官.)
24. No one is in charge of your happiness but you. (只有你才能给与你自己幸福。）
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will
this matter?' （用这些字框起每一个所谓的灾难“五年后，这还算什麽吗？”.)
26. Always choose life. (永远选择生活。）
27. Forgive everyone everything. （原谅每个人每件事。）
28. What other people think of you is none of your business. （别人怎麽想你不关你的事。）
29. Time heals almost everything. Give time time. （时间会治愈几乎任何伤痛。给时间以时间。）
30. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. （无论情况是好是坏，总会改变。）
31. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. （不要过分看重自己，别人不会那样看。）
32. Believe in miracles. （相信奇迹。）
33. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do. （上帝爱你因为他是上帝，不是因为你做了什麽或没做什麽。）
34. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now. （不要检验生活。存在并获益良多。）
35. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young. （变老打败另一抉择---夭折。）
36. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved. （到生命的最后唯一有意义的是你曾爱过。）
37. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. （每天到户外去。奇迹等待在每个角落。）
38. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.（如果我们都把我们的问题堆成一堆，看到别人的问题，我们宁可收回自己的而不是别人的。）
39. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. （嫉妒是浪费时间。你已经拥有了你所需要的。）
40. The best is yet to come...（最好的还未来临。。。）
41. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. （不管你感觉如何，起床，穿衣并现身。）
42. Yield. （放慢速度。）
43. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift." （生活没有系上丝带，但她仍然是件礼物。）
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