[转载] 应该让孩子明白的事

The Interview With God
I dreamed I had an interview with god.
我梦见我和上帝有了一次对话。

“So you would like to interview me?” god said.
“那么，你想跟我谈什么？”上帝说。

“If you have the time,” I said.
“如果你有时间的话。”我回答。

God smile: “ My time is eternity.
上帝笑着说：“我的时间是永恒的。

What questions do you have in mind for me?”
你有什么问题要问我？”

“What surprise you most about humankind?”
“你对人类的什么特性感到感到不可思议？”

God answered:
上帝回答：

“That they get bored with childhood, they rush to grow up, and then they long to be children again.”
“他们对孩童时期感到厌倦，希望尽快长大，成年后却又渴望返回孩童。”

“That they lose their health to make money, and then lose their money to restore their health.”
“他们为了赚钱牺牲了健康，为了恢复健康又失去金钱。”

“That by thinking anxiety about future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither the present nor the future.”
“他们担心将来，却忘记了现在，所以他们既不活在现在，也不活在将来。”

“That they live as if they will never die, and die as though they had never lived.”
“他们活着的时候好像从来不会死去，他们死去的时候又仿佛从没有活过。”

God hand took mine, and we were in silence for a while.
上帝拉着我的手，我们陷入了沉思。

And then I asked, “As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?”
接着我又问：“作为一个家长，您要给您的孩子传授什么样的人生经验？”

“To learn that they cannot make anyone love them, all they can do is to let themselves be loved.”
“让孩子明白，他不能让所有的人都爱他，他唯一可做的，是让自己值得被爱。”

“To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.”
“让孩子明白，拿自己和别人相比并不是件好事。”

“To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.”
“在原谅别人的过程中学会宽恕。”

“To learn that it only takes few seconds to open the profound wounds in those they love, but it may take many years to heal them.”
“伤害所爱的人可能只需要几秒钟的时间，治愈伤痕却可能需要很多年时间”

“To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.”
“让孩子明白，富有的人，不是拥有最多的，而是欲望最少的人。”

“To learn that there are people who love them dearly, but simply do not yet know how to express or show their feelings.”
“让孩子明白，有人深爱他，却有可能不知道如何表达自己的情感。”

“To learn that two people can look at the same thing, and see it differently.”
“让孩子明白，两个人对于同一件事情，可能会有着不同的看法。”

“To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves.”
“让孩子明白，不仅要宽恕别人，也需要学会宽恕自己。”

“Thank you for your time.” I said humbly.
“谢谢你的教导。”我恭谦地说。

“Is there anything else you’d like your children to know?”
“还有其他事情您想要您的孩子知道的吗？”

God smiled and said …
上帝笑着说：

“Just know I am here, always.”
“只要让他们知道，我在这里，永远。”

[ 本帖最后由 supertwins 于 2009-4-28 10:06 编辑 ].