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人生教我的 45 個功課
<div style="text-align: center;"><font style="color: DarkOrange; font-weight: bold;" size="5"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">人生教我的 45 個功課</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - The 45 lessons life taught me</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">** 7 Percents ** </span><span style="font-family: 黑體;">( 網路文章 )</span></font><br><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"></span><span style="font-family: 黑體;"></span></font><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">人生教我的 45 個功課 </span><span style="font-family: 黑體;">- The 45 lessons life taught me</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">★ 作者:Regina Brett,90 歲,來自俄亥俄州‧克里夫蘭最大報紙 THE PLAIN DEALER 的專欄作家, 為了慶祝變得更老了,我曾經寫下人生教我的 45 個 功課,這是我寫過最叫座的專欄。我這把老骨頭 8 月就要 90 歲了,所以,再一次,在這裡呈現這一個專欄</span></font><br><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"></span></font></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">01。人生是不公平,但還是好得很。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Life isn't fair, but it's still good.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">02。懷疑的時候,為未來踏出一小步。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - When in doubt, just take the next small step.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">03。人生太短,短到來不及浪費時間去恨任何一 個人。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">04。生病的時候,你的工作不會照顧妳。你的朋 友會。保持聯絡。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">05。每一個月付清你的信用卡。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Pay off your credit cards every month.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">06。你不需要每一次都吵贏。同意你不同意的。 </span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">07。找人一起哭。它比獨自啜泣更加療愈。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">08。對上帝生氣沒有關係。祂受得了。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">09。退休存款從你的第一張薪水條開始。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">10。講到巧克力,抗拒只是徒勞無功。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">11。和你的過去和解,所以它不會搞砸你的當 下。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">12。讓你的孩子看到你哭沒有關係。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - It's OK to let your children see you cry.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">13。別拿自己的人生和他人做比較。你根本不清 楚他們的人生是怎麼一回事。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">14。如果一段親密關係要偷偷摸摸,你根本不應 該涉入。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">15。一眨眼的功夫什麼都會變。但是別擔心:上 帝從來不眨眼。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體; color: DimGray;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">16。深吸一口氣。它會安定你的腦。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">17。沒用、不美、或不喜悅的東西都丟掉。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px; color: DimGray;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">18。沒讓你死的真的會讓你更堅強。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">19。重拾快樂童年永不嫌晚。但這第二次只能靠 你不靠人。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px; color: DimGray;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">20。當關乎追求你生命的所愛,不要把不要當答 案。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體; color: DimGray;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">21。點蠟燭,用好的床單,穿上炫麗的內衣。不 要特殊場合才用。今天就是特別的一天。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">22。準備要過於周全,然後隨遇而安。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- Overprepare, then go with the flow.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">23。現在就離經叛道。不要一把年紀了才開始穿 上紫色。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">24。最重要的性器官是腦袋。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - The most important sex organ is the brain.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">25。除了你,沒有人在主宰你的快樂。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- No one is in charge of your happiness except you.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">26。把所謂的不幸用這一句話把它表框起來: 「五年後,這還重要嗎?」</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">27。永遠選擇生活。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Always choose life.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">28。原諒每一個人每一件事。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Forgive everyone everything.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">29。別人怎麼看你不干你的事。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - What other people think of you is none of your business.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">30。時間會痊癒幾乎每一件事。要給時間時間。 </span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Time heals almost everything. Give time time.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">31。無論情況多好或多壞,它都會變的。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- However good or bad a situation is, it will change.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">32。不要那麼認真的看待自己。沒有人會這樣看 待你的。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">33。相信奇蹟。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- Believe in miracles.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">34。上帝愛你是因為祂就是這樣,不是因為你做 了什麼或是沒做什麼。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">35。不要稽查人生。現在就呈現和做最大的發 揮。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">36。變老了打敗另一種選項──死得早。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">37。你的孩子只有一個童年,讓它充滿回憶。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">38。最後真正最重要的是你愛過。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">39。每一天都出門。奇蹟在四處等著。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">40。如果我們都把我們的問題都丟成一堆,然後 看看其他人的,我們會把我們的撿回來。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">41。忌妒浪費時間。你已經擁有你所需要的了。 </span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. </span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">42。最好的都還沒來。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- The best is yet to come.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">43。不管你感覺如何,起來、穿好和呈現。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">44。學會讓步。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: DimGray;" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> - Yield.</span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體;">45。人生不會打上蝴蝶結,但它仍然是一份禮 物。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: 黑體;"> <span style="color: DimGray;">- Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.</span></span></font><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><br style="font-family: 黑體;"><span style="font-family: 黑體; color: DarkGreen;">據估計,93% 的人不會將這一個郵件轉寄。 如果你是那 7% 會的人,請用「7%」作標</span><br style="font-family: 黑體; color: DarkGreen;"><span style="font-family: 黑體; color: DarkGreen;">題,將它轉寄出去。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體; color: DarkGreen;"><br style="font-family: 黑體; color: DarkGreen;"><span style="font-family: 黑體; color: DarkGreen;">我在那 7% 裡頭。</span><br style="font-family: 黑體;"></font>