從女兒那裡看到的、真實而發噱。這人的幽默不是蓋的。她的文字節奏抓得真好！
WORDS TO LIVE BY：ALWAYS WEAR SUNSCREEN.
人生的真理：記得擦防曬油。
by：Virtualpatrick-
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
享受青春的力與美。
Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded.
喔、算了。你要等到青春消逝以後才可能了解什麼是青春的力與美。
But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
可是相信我、再過二十年、你會回頭看你今天的照片、用一種你現在無法了解的心情、看到有多少機會在你眼前、你看起來多好看。
You are not as fat as you imagine.
你其實沒你想像的那麼胖。
Don't worry about the future.
別擔心未來。
Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.
好啦、你也可以擔心、但是你要知道、擔心的效果、就像解數學題時嚼口香糖一樣的有限。
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
人生真正的煩惱往往不是你擔心的那些事情、而是隨便一個無聊的星期二下午四點猛然襲來的災難。
Do one thing every day that scares you.
每天作一件會嚇到自己的事情。
Sing.
唱歌。
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts.
不要玩弄別人的情感。
Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
不要忍受玩弄你的情感的人。
Remember compliments you receive.
記得別人的誇讚。
Forget the insults.
忘記別人的羞辱。
If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
如果你做到了、請告訴我、你是如何做到的。
Keep your old love letters.
把情書留著。
Throw away your old statements.
把過期的銀行月結單丟掉。
Stretch.
伸展身體。
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life.
如果你不知道你的人生要作什麼、不要自責。
The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives.
我認識的最有意思的人、22歲時都還不知道自己要作什麼。
Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
我認識一些最有意思的人、都四十多歲啦、還是不知道自己要作什麼。
Get plenty of calcium.
吸取足夠鈣質。
Be kind to your kneees.
善待膝蓋。
You'll miss them when they're gone.
膝蓋完蛋之後你會很懷念它們。
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't.
你可能會結婚、也可能不會。
Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't.
你可能會生孩子、也可能不會。
Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary.
你可能會四十歲離婚、也可能會在結婚75週年派對上大跳雞翅舞。
Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either.
不管你怎麼決定、不要太得意了、也不要過度責備自己。
Your choices are half chance.
你的選擇都只有一半的機會。
So are everybody else's.
別人的選擇也是。
Enjoy your body.
享受你的身體。
Use it every way you can.
用各種方法使用它。
Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think it.
不要害怕你的身體、不要在乎別人怎麼看你的身體。
It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
這會是你能夠擁有的最棒的工具。
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
跳舞、即使你只能在自己的客廳跳。
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
讀使用手冊、即使你不一步一步跟著作。
Do not read beauty magazines.
不要看時尚美容雜誌。
They will only make you feel ugly.
它們只會讓你覺得自己很醜。
Get to know your parents.
了解你的父母。
You never know when they'll be gone for good.
你永遠不知道他們什麼時候會永遠消失。
Be nice to your siblings.
對手足好一點。
They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
他們會是你跟過去的最佳連結、也是未來最可能支持你的人。
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on.
要了解到、朋友來來去去、但是有一些珍貴的朋友要好好把握。
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who know you when you were young.
要努力克服地理條件和生活形態的限制、因為你越老、越需要從年輕時就認識你的老朋友。
Live in NY city once, but leave before it makes you hard.
住在紐約一次、但是在紐約把你弄得心硬如石之前離開。
Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
住在北加州一次、但是在北加州把你弄得毫無鬥志之前離開。
Travel.
旅行。
Accept certain inalienable truths:
Prices will rise. Politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
接受某些無法改變的真理：
物價會一直上漲。政客很高貴、孩子會尊敬長輩。
Respect your elders.
尊敬長輩。
Don't expect anyone to support you.
別期待任何人養活你。
Maybe you have a trust fund.
或許你有信託基金。
Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse.
或許你的配偶很有錢。
But you never know when either one might run out.
但是你永遠不知道、基金什麼時候會用光、配偶什麼時候會跑掉。
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
別一天到晚胡整你的頭髮、否則等你四十歲的時候、頭髮會看起來像85歲。
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
小心選擇你要相信的勸告、但是對提供勸告的人要有耐性。
Advice is a form of nostalgia.
勸告是一種懷舊。
Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
給別人勸告就像是從垃圾箱裡找出過去、擦乾淨、把壞了的地方重新上一層油漆、言過其實的回收使用。
But trust me on the sunscreen.
不過、相信我、一定要擦防曬油。
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