何为重要

　　Michael Josephson

　　Favorite ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten,will pass to someone else.

　　无论你是否准备好，终有一天一切都会结束。那时将不再有日出，不再有白昼，也不再有分秒的光阴。所有你曾经拥有的，无论是珍藏的还是已经遗忘了的，都将成为他人之物。

　　Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

　　财富，名誉以及世俗的权利将毫无用处。所拥有的和他人亏欠你的都不再重要。

　　Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.

　　所有的不满，愤恨，挫折以及嫉妒终将烟消云散。

　　So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

　　同样所有的希望，雄心，计划以及未尽之事也将终止。曾经看重的成败得失也将淡去。

　　It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived.

　　你从哪里来，曾经生活的方式也将不再重要。

　　It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Your gender, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant.

　　是否漂亮，是否优秀，这些也不再有任何的关系。你的性别，肤色以及种族也无所谓了。

　　So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?

　　那究竟什么是重要的？我们有生之年的价值又用什么来衡量？

　　What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.

　　重要的不是你买了什么，而是你创造了什么，不是你得到了什么，而是你给予了什么。

　　What will matter is not your success, but your significance.

　　重要的不是你有多么的成功，而是你生命的意义。

　　What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.

　　重要的不是你学到的，而是你传授给他人的。

　　What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage and sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

　　重要的是你每一次正直、怜悯、勇敢和牺牲之行为能够使人充实、让人强大或是能够激励他人，让他们以你为榜样。

　　What will matter is not your competence, but your character.

　　重要的不是你的能力，而是你的品格。

　　What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.

　　重要的不是你认识多少人，而是当你离开之后有多少人为此感到是一个损失。

　　What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of those who loved you.

　　重要的不是你的记忆，而是那些爱你的人能长久的记住你。

　　What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

　　重要的是人们怀念你的时间有多长，被什么人怀念，因为什么而怀念你。

　　Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.

　　有意义的人生并非来自偶然。

　　It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

　　这不是环境的问题，而是我们的选择问题。

　　Choose to live a life that matters.

　　选择过一种有意义的生活。