美國90歲老人的45條忠告

賓州哈城好友分享給輕舟下文，很有智慧，今夜草草翻譯如下，與友們分享。謝謝好友！
   Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio. 作者：蕊金娜，90歲，美國俄亥俄州

    "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.
   “為了慶祝我的年長，我曾經寫了生活教導我的45條人生經驗，是我寫過的最受歡迎的欄目。”

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good..
     生活是不公平的，但仍是好的。
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
   當你遲疑時，繼續向前走一小步。
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
     生命短暫，不值得浪費時間憎惡他人。
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
   你的工作在你病的時候不會照顧你，你的朋友和父母會關心你，與他們保持聯係。
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
   每個月付清你的信用卡賬單。
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
    你不需要贏每次的爭論，同意異議。
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
   與他人同哭泣，這樣比單獨哭泣更快恢複。
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
   可以對上帝生氣，他能受得起。
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
   從第一份薪水開始為退休積攢。
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
   在巧克力麵前，拒絕是徒勞的。
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
   與你的過去講和，這樣它不會來幹擾你的當今。
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
   可以在你的孩子麵前哭泣。
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
    不要和他人比較生活。你並不知道他們的人生路又是如何。
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
    若與他人的感情不得不是秘密，那麽你不應該涉入。
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
   任何事情眨眼瞬息萬變，但不要擔心，上帝從不眨眼。
16. Take a deep breath It calms the mind.
   做深呼吸，這樣能夠平靜你的心懷。
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
   摒棄任何無用的、醜陋的或者苦毒的事情。
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
   任何無法殺了你的事情，總能使你更加堅強。
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
    要有一個幸福的童年，從來不要因為太晚而錯過。但人生的第二個童年隻取決於你自己。
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
    當你追求人生之愛的時候，不要用放棄作為答案。
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
    點香燭，用上好的床單，穿別致的內衣。不要為特別的場合留著。今天正是特別的日子。
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
    做好充足的準備，然後順其自然。
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
    可以現在就古怪，不要等待年老了才去穿紫色的衣服。
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
    最重要的性器官是腦袋。
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
    無人主管你的幸福，唯有你自己。
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words :'In five years, will this matter?'
    用這樣的話框上你目前所謂的災難：“五年以後，這重要嗎？”
27. Always choose life..
    總是去選擇生命。。。
28. Forgive everyone everything.
    寬恕每個人每件事。
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
   別人如何看你，與你無關。
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
    光陰能夠治愈幾乎每件事，給光陰時間。
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
    無論境況好壞，都會改變的。
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
    不要把自己太當真。沒有人如此看你。
33. Believe in miracles.
    相信奇跡。
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
    上帝愛你是因為他是上帝，不是因為你做了或沒做什麽事情。
35. Don't audit life.. Show up and make the most of it now.
    不要審查人生。。。顯示你的人生並盡量利用它。
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
    漸漸年老戰勝了它的對立麵 - 年輕而逝。
37. Your children get only one childhood.
    你的孩子隻有一個童年。
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
    人生的最後真正有意義的是你曾經愛過的。
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
    每天都到戶外走走。處處都有神跡等著你去發現。
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
    若我們將問題堆放一起，再看別人的問題的時候，我們會將我們的問題收回。
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
    嫉妒是浪費時間。你已經有了你所需要的。
42. The best is yet to come...
    最好的尚未來臨。
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
    無論你感覺如何，起床，打扮一新，露麵。
44. Yield.
    退讓。
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
    生活沒有打著蝴蝶結，但它仍是禮物。