优秀英语散文带翻译-与上帝对话

"If you have the time," I said.

He smiled through His beard and said: "My time is called eternity and is enough to do everything; what questions do you have in mind to ask me?"

"None that are new to you. What's the one thing that surprises you most about mankind?"

He answered: "That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again. That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health. That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future. That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they never had never lived..."

His hands took mine and we were silent. After a long period, I said, "May I ask you another question?"

He replied with a smile.

"As a Father, what would you ask your children to do for the new year?"

"To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved.

To learn that it takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.

To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives, but who they have in their lives.

To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. There will be others better or worse than they are.

To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.

To learn that they should control their attitudes, otherwise their attitudes will control them.

To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in persons we love, and that it takes many years to heal them.

To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.

To learn that there are persons that love them dearly, but simply do not know how to show their feelings.

To learn that money can buy everything but happiness.

To learn that while at times they may be entitled to be upset, that does not give them the right to upset those around them.

To learn that great dreams do not require great wings, but a landing gear to achieve.

To learn that true friends are scarce, he/she who has found one has found a true treasure.

To learn that they are masters of what they keep to themselves and slaves of what they say.

To learn that they shall reap what they plant; if they plant gossip they will harvest intrigues, if they plant love they will harvest happiness.

To learn that true happiness is not to achieve their goals but to learn to be satisfied with what they already achieved.

To learn that happiness is a decision. They decide to be happy with what they are and have, or die from envy and jealousy of what they lack.

To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different.

To learn that those who are honest with themselves without considering the consequences go far in life.

To learn that even though they may think they have nothing to give, when a friend cries with them, they find the strength to appease the pain.

To learn that by trying to hold on to love ones, they very quickly push them away; and by letting go of those they love, they will be side by side forever.

“进来”,上帝对我说,“你想采访我吗?”
“如果你有时间的话。”我说。
他通过他的胡子笑了笑,说:“我的时间叫永恒,足以做一切,你有什么问题想问我吗?”
“没有一个对你来说是新的。什么是人类让您感到最惊奇的一件事?”
他回答说:“他们厌倦了做小孩子,急于长大,然后又渴望的孩子。他们失去了健康赚钱,然后失去他们的钱来恢复他们的健康。忧虑未来,他们忘记了现在,以至于他们活无论是现在还是未来。他们活着仿佛永远不会死,他们死,仿佛他们从未从未活过……”
上帝握着我的手,我们一阵沉默。很长一段时间后,我说,“我可以问你一个问题吗?”
他笑着回答说。
“作为一个父亲,你会让你的孩子为新年做什么?”
“得知他们不能使任何人爱他们。他们所能做的是让自己被爱。
去了解信誉需要多年的努力去建立,和几秒钟去毁灭它。
知道什么是最有价值的不是他们在他们的生活中,但他们已经在他们的生活中。
学习,这是不好的拿自己和别人相比。会有别人比他们更好或更糟。
学习,一个富裕的人不是拥有最多,而是需要最少的人。
学习,他们应该控制他们的态度,否则他们的态度会控制他们。
学习,只需要几秒钟打开我们爱的人深刻的创伤,而要花许多年医治他们。
去通过宽恕的行为学会原谅。
学习有些人深深地爱着他们,只是不知道如何表达自己的感受。
学习,钱可以买到一切,但是幸福。
学习,虽然有时他们可能有权生气,不给他们打乱他们周围的人的权利。
去学习伟大的梦想不需要有伟大的翅膀,有落地的齿轮才能实现。
学习,认为真正的朋友是稀缺,他/她曾发现一个已经找到了真正的宝藏。
得知他们是守住的言语的主人和奴隶他们说什么。
学习他们收获植物;如果他们工厂八卦他们会收获阴谋,如果他们爱他们会收获幸福。
学习,真正的幸福不是实现自己的目标,而是学会他们已经取得的成就感到满意。
学习,快乐是一种决定。他们决定他们并感到满意,或死于他们缺乏的羡慕和嫉妒。
明白两个人看同一件事,可以看到完全不同的东西。
学习,诚实面对自己的不考虑后果的人走得远。
学习,尽管他们可能认为他们没有给,当一个朋友哭,他们发现安抚痛苦的力量。
学习通过试图抓住所爱的人,他们很快就把他们;他们所爱的人放手,他们会永远在你的左右。