What Will Matter

佚名 / Anonymous

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.

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

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

It won’t matter where you came from， or on what side of the tracks you lived. It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Your gender， skin color， ethnicity will be irrelevant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Choose to live a life that matters.

不管你是否做好了心理準(zhǔn)備，終有一天，一切都會(huì)結(jié)束。那時(shí)，將不再有日出、天、小時(shí)和分鐘的概念。你曾擁有的一切，無(wú)論是值得珍惜的還是應(yīng)該遺忘的，都將轉(zhuǎn)予他人。

你的財(cái)富、聲望和世俗的權(quán)力都將與你脫離關(guān)系。你所擁有的和所虧欠的都將與你不相干。

你的惡意、憤恨、挫敗感和嫉妒都會(huì)消失殆盡。當(dāng)然，你的希望、抱負(fù)、計(jì)劃和要做的事也會(huì)無(wú)法實(shí)現(xiàn)。曾對(duì)你至關(guān)重要的得與失，也慢慢地淡漠了。

到時(shí)，你來(lái)自何方和如何生活都不重要。同樣，曾經(jīng)非常光鮮亮麗的你也毫無(wú)意義。你的性別、膚色和種族也都會(huì)與你無(wú)關(guān)。

那么，究竟什么才是真正該珍惜的呢？又該以什么標(biāo)準(zhǔn)去衡量人生的價(jià)值呢？

你要珍惜的，不是你買了什么，也不是你創(chuàng)造了什么，更不是你獲得了什么，而是你給予了什么。

你要珍惜的，不是你曾經(jīng)獲得的成功，而是你的價(jià)值。

你要珍惜的，不是你曾學(xué)會(huì)了什么，而是你曾留下了什么。

真正值得珍惜的，應(yīng)該是你是否曾用自身的正直、同情心、勇氣，以及奉獻(xiàn)精神去感染和鼓舞過他人，使自己成為一個(gè)好榜樣。

你要珍惜的，不是你的能力，而是你的為人。

你要珍惜的，不是你曾與多少人相識(shí)，而是當(dāng)你離開時(shí)，那些會(huì)因你的離去而久久陷于悲傷中的人。

你要珍惜的，不是你的全部記憶，而是對(duì)你愛的人的情懷。

你要珍惜的，不是你離去后，會(huì)在人們的心中留下多久的回憶，而是哪些人會(huì)因哪些事而將你銘記于心。

這些值得珍惜的事情在人的一生中并非偶然。

外界環(huán)境并不重要，要謹(jǐn)慎地作出最后的選擇。

重中之重是選擇一個(gè)適合自己的生活方式。

記憶填空

1. Your grudges， resentments， frustrations， and jealousies will disappear. So， ， your hopes， ambitions， plans， and to-do will all expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so will fade away.

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

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

佳句翻譯

1. 不管你是否做好了心理準(zhǔn)備，終有一天，一切都會(huì)結(jié)束。

2. 那么，究竟什么才是真正該珍惜的呢？又該以什么標(biāo)準(zhǔn)去衡量人生的價(jià)值呢？

3. 外界環(huán)境并不重要，要謹(jǐn)慎地作出最后的選擇。

短語(yǔ)應(yīng)用

1. Ready or not， some day it will all come to an end.

come to an end：結(jié)束

2. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

fade away：褪色；慢慢褪去