雙語(yǔ)美文：腳下的草才是最綠的

Have you ever thought life would be better anywhere other than where you are right now? Maybe some of your thoughts go something like this:

你曾否有過(guò)這樣的想法——無(wú)論如何別處的生活都比此處的更好?或許你是這樣想的：

Life will be better once I'm out of debt.
I can't wait until I'm retired because then I can do what I want when I want.
If only I lived somewhere warm I could exercise all year round and I would be so fit.
If I could just lose 10 pounds I know I would feel better.

還清債務(wù)，生活會(huì)更好。
我急不可耐的想要退休，那樣就可以隨時(shí)做想做的事情了。
真希望生活在一個(gè)溫暖的地區(qū)，我可以一年四季堅(jiān)持鍛煉，我將會(huì)更健康。
如果我可以減掉10磅的體重，我會(huì)感覺(jué)更好。

Truth is some of your problems may go away once you have met all of your "if only" and "better when's", but it won't make the perfect life that fairy tales are made of. New problems will arise and you'll likely find yourself wishing for this "perfect" life to be different still. We can only imagine that the grass will be greener on the other side because it's only when we live it do we actually see it for what it really is.

問(wèn)題點(diǎn)在于許多問(wèn)題會(huì)在你實(shí)現(xiàn)所有“真希望”和“會(huì)更好”之后得到解決，但是那絕對(duì)不是童話故事中制造的完美生活。新的問(wèn)題會(huì)出現(xiàn)，你仍會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己希望對(duì)“完美”生活加以改變。我們想象別處的草地比此處的更綠，因?yàn)椋挥挟?dāng)我們生活在此處時(shí)，我們才會(huì)知道它真正的樣子。

Whatever ideal you have in mind about an alternate lifestyle, location, financial situation etc ... rest assured that each one will be met with it's own unique set of problems.

只有當(dāng)意識(shí)中不同的生活方式、居住地、財(cái)務(wù)狀況等等你都體驗(yàn)過(guò)后，才會(huì)確信每種生活都會(huì)遇到所屬的問(wèn)題。

So what can you do about this? Choose to be content with what you already have.

那你該怎么應(yīng)對(duì)呢?試著滿意你已得的生活。
 

ideal /a?'d??l/ adj. 理想的;完美的;n. 理想;典范

alternate /??:lt?ne?t/ adj. 交替的;輪流的; n. 替換物

financial situation /fa?'næn?(?)l/ /s?tj?'e??(?)n/ 財(cái)務(wù)狀況、經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況

assure /?'???/ v. 保證;擔(dān)保;使確信

unique /ju: 'ni: k/ adj. 獨(dú)特的，稀罕的

be content with /k?n'tent/ 對(duì)...滿意

Look around you and be truly grateful for all that you see. Realize that there are people less fortunate than you and right now, rightly or wrongly, they are wishing for your exact lifestyle. Think back to 2 years ago, what were you wishing for then? Where did you want to be? Odds are you were largely wishing to be right where you are now. Life happens so gradually that you tend to lose all perspective of achievements, growth and progress.

環(huán)視周?chē)?，真誠(chéng)地感激你看到的一切。要認(rèn)識(shí)到周?chē)€有不如你幸運(yùn)的，他們正在或?qū)蝈e(cuò)的追逐你當(dāng)下的生活方式?；叵雰赡昵?，那時(shí)你的愿望是什么?你想去哪?很可能那時(shí)你期盼的就是現(xiàn)在的自己。生活常常會(huì)使你漸漸遺失所有對(duì)目標(biāo)的憧憬、成長(zhǎng)和進(jìn)步。
 

fortunate /'f?: t?(?)n?t/ adj. 幸運(yùn)的;僥幸的;吉祥的

odd /?d/ n. 奇數(shù);怪人;奇特的事物

gradually /'græd??l?/ adv. 逐步地;漸漸地

perspective /p?'spekt?v/ n. 觀點(diǎn);遠(yuǎn)景

achievement / ?'t?i: vm(?)nt/ n. 成就;完成;達(dá)到;成績(jī)

growth /gr??θ/ n. 增長(zhǎng);發(fā)展;生長(zhǎng)

progress /'pr??gres/ n. 進(jìn)步，發(fā)展;前進(jìn)

It's great to dream big. But those dreams should not cloud the greatness you have in front of you right now. Consider the truth is the grass being the greenest right under your feet.

有夢(mèng)想固然好。但是這些夢(mèng)想不應(yīng)該遮蔽自己現(xiàn)在的成就。要知道現(xiàn)在你腳下的草才是最綠的。