“别总把生活拍给别人看”一个27岁女孩临终前的忠告

英语美文阅读 2022-01-06

当你看到这封信的时候，这位名年仅27岁的姑娘已经离开人世。

霍莉·布彻（Holly Butcher）是一位来自澳大利亚的姑娘，她不幸患上了尤文肉瘤（Ewing's sarcoma），一种罕见癌症，27岁就与世长辞。

27岁，在精彩人生刚刚拉开序幕的时候，她却要提前退场、离开。于是在最后的时光里，她在病床上写下这封信，把这份对生命的不舍与祈愿，告诉尚拥有美好生命的我们。

I’m 27 now. I don’t want to go. I love my life. I am happy. I owe that to my loved ones. But the control is out of my hands.

我才27岁，还不想离开这个世界。我热爱我的生活，并且生活得无比开心。是我最亲近的人们给了我这一切。然而现在，我却不得不离他们而去。

I have dropped lots of my thoughts below as I have had a lot of time to ponder life these last few months. Of course it’s the middle of the night when these random things pop in my head most!

因为最近有很多时间思考人生，所以我把很多所想写了下来。现在当然是午夜时分，夜深人静文思泉涌！

Try just enjoying and being in moments rather than capturing them through the screen of your phone. Life isn’t meant to be lived through a screen nor is it about getting the perfect photo.. enjoy the bloody moment, people! Stop trying to capture it for everyone else.
美好的时光，去享受，去置身其中，而不是沉迷手机只顾摆拍。生命的意义不是通过手机屏幕或着拍一张完美的照片来实现。生命需要身临其境地感受。享受当下的美好时光吧各位！别总把生活拍给别人看了！

Give, give, give. It is true that you gain more happiness doing things for others than doing them for yourself. I wish I did this more.
给予，给予，给予，给予的快乐永远比自私多！我多希望我健康的时候可以多为别人做一些。

Listen to music.. really listen. Music is therapy. Old is best.
去听音乐吧。用心听。音乐是良药，越老味越醇。

Cuddle your dog. Far out, I will miss that.
去拥抱你的狗狗吧。我会很怀念这种感觉。

Talk to your friends. Put down your phone. Are they doing okay?
去跟朋友们聊聊。放下手机，去看看他们。他们过得怎么样？

Travel if it’s your desire, don’t if it’s not.
去旅行吧。心之所向，路就在脚下。心累了，世界就在家中。

Work to live, don’t live to work.
为了生活而工作，不要为了工作而生活。

Seriously, do what makes your heart feel happy.
认真地，做让自己开心的事。

Eat the cake. Zero guilt.
大口吃蛋糕吧。不要负罪感。

Say no to things you really don’t want to do.
心里拒绝，嘴上就拒绝。

Don’t feel pressured to do what other people might think is a fulfilling life.. you might want a mediocre life and that is so okay.
不要违背自己的心去过别人眼中的美好生活。你也许只想平平淡淡过一生，那也没有什么不好。

Tell your loved ones you love them every time you get the chance and love them with everything you have.
只要有机会，就去告诉你爱的人你爱他们，并用尽全力去爱他们。