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We Are on a Journey

人在旅途

Wherever you are,and whoever you may be, there is one thing in which you and I are just alike, at this moment, and in all the moments of our existence. We are not at rest; we are on a journey. Our life is not a mere fact; it is a movement, a tendency, a steady, ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal. We are gaining something, or losing something, every day. Even when our position and our character seem to remain precisely the same, they are changing. For the mere advance of time is a change. It is not the same thing to have a bare field in January and in July. The season makes the difference. The limitations that are childlike in the child are childish in the man.

无论你现在身处何方,也无论你是何等人物，此时此刻，以及我们生命中的任一瞬间，你我之间都有一点相同之处。那就是，我们并未停歇，而仍在旅途。我们的人生并不仅仅是一种存在的事实,而是一种运动，一种趋势，一种坚定不移而没有停息地朝向某个看不见的目标前行的过程。每一天，我们都有所得,也有所失。即使我们的地位和品性看似与原来无异，但实际上它们正在改变，因为时间的推移本身就是一种改变。同一片荒野，在一月和七月是不同的，季节造成了这

种差异。智能上的不足，在孩子身上被视为天真无邪，而对于成人来说则是一种幼稚的表现。

Everything that we do is a step in one direction or another. Even the failure to do something is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward. The action of the negative pole of a magnetic needle is just as real as the action of the positive pole. To decline is to accept the other alternative.

我们所做的每件事都是朝着某一个方向迈出的一步。甚至无为，其本身也是一种作为，它使我们前进或后退。一根磁针的磁极作用，无论正负都是一样的真实。拒绝也是一种接受，只不过是另外一种选择罢了。

Are you richer today than you were yesterday? No? Then you are a little poorer. Are you better today than you were yesterday? No? Then you are a little worse. Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday? Yes, you must be a little nearer to some port or other; for since your ship was first launched upon the sea of life you have never been still for a single moment; the sea is too deep, you could not find an anchorage if you would; there can be no pause until you come into port.

你今天比昨天富有吗？没有，那说明你变穷了点。你今天比昨天过得好吗？没有，那么你的情况变糟了一点。你今天比昨天更接近你的港口了吗？是的，那么你一

定距某个港口更近了。因为，自从你驶入人生之海，你的航船至今尚未停歇片刻。这片海洋太深了，纵使你想找到一个抛锚停泊之处也难以求得。因此，在驶入港口之前，你无法稍作歇息。

A Loving Gentleness

爱的温柔

Do you know what a loving gentleness is like? Have you had a taste of it or shown it to others?

知道什么是爱的温柔吗？你曾经感受过它或者让他人感受过吗？

Surely you can get some idea of it from swallows under the eaves. They show it when they are busy flying to and fro to feed their nestlings. You can see it from the moon shedding cool light over the scorched land so that it becomes comfortable. You can also feel it when you listen to the clock ticking steadily, so considerate as not to disturb a sweet dream. Again you can find it in the heart of a young girl. She is charming because of her loving tenderness.

当然，你可以从屋檐下的燕子身上对爱的温柔有一些感悟，当它们匆匆忙忙地飞来飞去哺育巢中的雏鸟时，它们就显示出了这种温柔。你可以从月光上看到这种温柔，它清泠的光辉映照在枯黄的大地上，让人感觉到舒适。在聆听钟表有条不紊的嘀答声时，你也可以感觉到它，那声音如此体贴，不忍惊醒任何一个甜美的梦。你也可以在年轻女孩的心中发现它，由于爱的温柔，她变得魅力四射。

It's also a picture of loving tenderness for a youngster playing a pampered child in his or her mother' lap. But later, the person is so

much changed by fate that tenderness is gone together with values of life. Some people are born uncouth. But tossed by life's storms they become gentle and good-humored unexpectedly, like mushrooms sprouting from the root of the tree of life.

在妈妈膝下撒娇的孩子也是一幅温柔的图画，之后，这个孩子在命运的支配下渐渐被改变，他的温柔也随着生命的价值一同消逝。有些人生来就是粗鲁不文的，但经过生命的暴风雨的洗礼，他会出人意料地变得温柔而亲切起来，就像在生命之树下面萌发出来的蘑菇。

True, gentleness or a tender care is often associated with love and kindness. It can also be found in a good- natured or broad-minded person. It is not fair to think that it has anything to do with weakness.

的确，温柔与关切通常与爱和善良结伴同行，在脾气温和或心胸宽广的人身上，也可以发现到这种品质。认为温柔与软弱有关，是一种不公平的看法。

Gentle as spring breeze, it cracks the frozen river with its light touch. Soft as cotton, it renders a steel ball bouncing high from the ground paralyzed in its embrace. Similarly, tenderhearted as friendship, it melts the toughness of an ironwilled man and reduces him to grateful tears.

温柔就像春天的风，它轻柔的触摸让冰冻的河流开裂，它像棉絮一样柔软，从地上高高弹起的钢球也会在它的怀抱中麻痹。同样，温柔又像友谊，它能柔化一个有着钢铁般意志的男人，并让他流下感动的眼泪。

A loving gentleness is too subtle to describe. Though it seems invisible, inaudible and evasive to the touch, it is still perceptible. It is the quintessence of kindness, enthusiasm, love and moral support. It gives strength and power. It is the source of beauty.

爱的温柔过于微妙，难以言传，尽管它是看不见、听不着、摸不到的，但它却可以被人们感受到。它是善良、热情、爱与美德的结晶，它带来坚强与力量，它是美的源泉。