The Interview with God
与上帝交谈
Author: unknown
作者：未详
translator:is02hua
翻译:is02hua
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作者借上帝之口，表述了自己的人生哲学，包涵了许多平凡但又常被人忽略的道理。
I dreamed I had an interview with God.
我梦见我和上帝进行了一次交谈。
"So you would like to interview me?" God asked.
你想和我谈一下吗？
"If you have the time" I said.
"如果你有时间"我说。
God smiled. "My time is eternity."
上帝笑了"我的时间是无限的。"
"What questions do you have in mind for me?"
你到底想问我些什么问题呢？
"What surprises you most about humankind?"
"你对人类最奇怪的是什么？"
God answered...
上帝回答…
"That they get bored with childhood,
they rush to grow up,
and then long to be children again."
"他们对童年感到厌烦，
渴望长大
而长大之后又渴望回到童年中去"
"That they lose their health to make money...
and then lose their money to restore their health."
"他们牺牲健康去寻觅金钱，然后又为了健康而付出金钱”
"That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither the present nor the future."
他们是如此急切的考虑着未来，而忘记了现在
以至于他们既不活再现在，也不是未来
"That they live as if they will never die,
and die as though they had never lived."
他们像永远不会死那样活着，然后又像从来没活过那样死去
God's hand took mine and we were silent for a while.
上帝的手拉住我，我们沉默了一会。
上帝拉着我的手，。。。。。。。
And then I asked...
"As a parent, what are some of life's lessons
you want your children to learn?"
接着我问…
作为一个父母，你认为你的孩子该学些什么样的人生课程
"To learn they cannot make anyone love them.
All they can do is let themselves be loved."
希望他们知道，他们不可能让每个人都爱他们，但是他们能接受别人对他们的爱
"To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others."
希望他们知道老是把自己和别人比较并不明智
"To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness."
"通过不断地练习学会宽恕"
希望他们学会通过宽恕别人来认识宽恕
"To learn that it only takes a few seconds to
open profound wounds in those they love,
and it can take many years to heal them."
希望他们知道：只需要一两秒就能让他们的亲友受到巨大的伤害，
但是，要花上几年的时间才能让那伤口愈合
"To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least."
"懂得富人并非一个人拥有最多
只是一个人需要最少。"
希望他们明白，富人并不是拥有的最多的人，而是需要的最少的人
"To learn that there are people who love them dearly,
but simply have not yet learned how to express or show their feelings."
"懂得是有人深深爱着他们的
只是他们还不懂得怎么去表达自己的感受而已"
"To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it differently."
"To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another,
but they must also forgive themselves."
"明白两个人在看同一件事情上可以有不同的观点"
"明白能原谅对方并不足够，
还要学会原谅自己"
"Thank you for your time," I said humbly.
"谢谢你"我谦诚地说。
"Is there anything else you would like your children to know?"
God smiled and said,
"Just know that I am here... always."
"你还有什么要你的孩子知道的吗？"
上帝笑着说，
"还有知道我在这里…永远。"
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