Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments¹ and narrower points of view;今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘；We spend more, but enjoy less;

我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少；

We have bigger houses, but smaller famillies;我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了；

We have more compromises, but less time;

我们妥协更多，时间更少；

We have more knowledge, but less judgment;我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了；

We have more medicines, but less health;

我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意；We have multiplied out possessions, but reduced out values;我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了；

We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了；We reached the moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;我们可以往返月球，但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍；We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space;我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心；We have highter income, but less morals;

我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了；

These are times with more liberty, but less joy;我们的时代更加自由了，但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少；We have much more food, but less nutrition;我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了；These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase;现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象越来越多了；These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes;现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭；That's why I propose, that as of today;

这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始；

You do not keep anything for a special occasion. Because every day that you live is a special occasion.

不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别；Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;寻找更我的知识，多读一些书，坐在你家的前廊里，以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景，不要带上任何功利的想法；Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love;花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起，吃你爱吃的食物，去你想去的地方；Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival;生活是一串串的快乐时光；我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存；Use your crystal goblets². Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.

举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水，你想用的时候就享用吧！

Remove from your vocabulary phrases like "one of these days" or "someday";从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”；Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!

曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信，就在今天吧！

Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;告诉家人和朋友，我们是多么地爱他们；

Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情；Every day, every hour, and every minute is special;每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别；

And you don't know if it will be your last.

你无法知道这是否是最后的一刻。