雙語散文:幸福是一段旅程 珍惜你擁有的每一個瞬息
For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin , real life. But, there was always some obsacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinnished business, time still to be served or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin.
長久以來，生活——真正的生活，好象立刻就要開始了。然而總是有些障礙，有些事需要先處理，有些工作還沒有完成，時間像是一位要侍奉的主或者是一筆要償還的債，然後生活才能開始。
At last it dawned on me that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you share it with someone special, someone special enough to spend your time with. Make the most of your time. Don’t waste too much of your time studying, working, or stressing about something that seems important. Do what you want to do to be happy but also do what you can to make the people you care about happy. Remember that time waits for no one. So stop waiting until you take your last test, until you finnish school, until you go back to school, until you have the perfect body, the perfect car, or whatever other perfect thing you desire. Stop waiting until the weekend, when you can party or let loose, until summer, spring, fall or winter, until you find the right person and get married, until you die, until your born again, to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.
最後，我終於明白了，沒有通往幸福的路，幸福本身就是這條路。因此，好好珍惜你擁有的每一個瞬息，儘量多地去珍惜，因爲你正在和一些特別的人、那些足夠特別的人一起分享你的時刻。記住時間不會爲任何人停下腳步。於是，在你結束最後一場考試之前，在你畢業前，在你返還母校之前，在你擁有完美的身材，漂亮的車子或者任何其他你夢寐以求的美好事物之前，不要等待。直到那個你可以參加派隊放鬆一下的週末，直到春夏與秋冬，直到你找到合適的人結婚，直到你死去而後重生。認定最美好的時光莫過於此時此刻的快樂，在此之前，不要等待。認定再沒有一個更好的時間比當下更能使你快樂了。
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So work like you don’t need the money,
Love like you have never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching.
幸福是一段旅程而不是終點站，所以，
工作吧，就像不需要金錢一樣，
去愛吧，就像從未受過傷害一樣，
跳舞吧，就像沒有人注視一樣。
