老美同事轉發給我，拿來與大家分享。類似的文章詞句可能很多，不過時不時地讀一讀還是很有啟發，有些安慰平和的作用。
也是，人一生到底在忙碌什麽哪？想一想頭就疼，還是不要想了，過好每一天是最重要的，我們本來就不知道從哪裡來的，要到哪裡去也就不用擔心了，反正都要有走的那一天，再輝煌和再平庸的人在這件事上卻是平等的。

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: 我試着翻譯如下

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. （每當你在懷疑時，只需邁一小步。）

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. （生命非常短暫不要浪費時間去恨任何人。）

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時照顧你，你的朋友和父母會，與他們保持聯繫.)

5. Pay off your credit cards every month. （每月按時付完你的信用卡債。）

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. （你沒有必要去贏得每次辯論，承認分歧。）

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone. （與別人一起哭比一人傷心要恢復快的多。）

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it. （生上帝的氣是可以的，他能理解。）

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.（為退休作貯備要從你的第一張工資單就開始.)

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile. （面對巧克力時，抗拒是無效的。）

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present. （與你的過去和解才不會影響你的現在。）

12. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. （不要與他人的生活相比，你根本不知道他們旅程的目的。）

13. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it. （如果一段關係必須要保守秘密，那末你不應該身陷其中。）

14. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.. But don't worry; God never blinks. （什麽事都會在眨眼間發生變化。。不用擔心，因為上帝從來不眨眼睛。）

15. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. （深呼吸，你的頭腦會冷靜下來。）

16. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful. （拋棄一切無用，不美或不帶來快樂的東西。）

17. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger. （無論什莫都不會殺死你而只會使你更強壯。）

18. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else. (擁有快樂的童年永遠都不晚，第二次機會完全取決於你自己而不是他人。）

19. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer. (當你追求你所愛的生活時，不要接受“不”為答案。）

20. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special. （點燃蠟燭，鋪上好的床單，穿上華美的內衣，不要節省只為了某個特殊場合，今天就是。）

21. Over prepare, then go with the flow. （充分準備，然後順其自然。）

22. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple. （與眾不同，不要等到老了才穿紫色。）

23. The most important sex organ is the brain. (大腦是你最重要的性感器官.)

24. No one is in charge of your happiness but you. (只有你才能給與你自己幸福。）

25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will
this matter?' （用這些字框起每一個所謂的災難“五年後，這還算什麽嗎？”.)

26. Always choose life. (永遠選擇生活。）

27. Forgive everyone everything. （原諒每個人每件事。）

28. What other people think of you is none of your business. （別人怎麽想你不關你的事。）

29. Time heals almost everything. Give time time. （時間會治癒幾乎任何傷痛。給時間以時間。）

30. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. （無論情況是好是壞，總會改變。）

31. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. （不要過分看重自己，別人不會那樣看。）

32. Believe in miracles. （相信奇蹟。）

33. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do. （上帝愛你因為他是上帝，不是因為你做了什麽或沒做什麽。）

34. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now. （不要檢驗生活。存在並獲益良多。）

35. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young. （變老打敗另一抉擇---夭折。）

36. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved. （到生命的最後唯一有意義的是你曾愛過。）

37. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. （每天到戶外去。奇蹟等待在每個角落。）

38. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.（如果我們都把我們的問題堆成一堆，看到別人的問題，我們寧可收回自己的而不是別人的。）

39. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. （嫉妒是浪費時間。你已經擁有了你所需要的。）

40. The best is yet to come...（最好的還未來臨。。。）

41. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. （不管你感覺如何，起床，穿衣並現身。）

42. Yield. （放慢速度。）

43. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift." （生活沒有繫上絲帶，但她仍然是件禮物。）