古人云:尺璧非宝 寸阴是竞,意思是一尺长的璧玉算不上宝贵,一寸短的光阴却值得去争取。
而我们却误以为时间是无尽的,浪费了就浪费了,反正明天不会迟到,但有些遗憾是无法弥补的。
时间虽然是无价的但我们也要学会珍惜寸阴。
分享一个刷爆外网关于时间的视频文案(中英文对照版)
When asked "what's the biggest mistake we make in life?"
当被问到“我们生活中犯的最大的错误是什么?”的时候
the Buddha replied
佛祖会回答
The biggest mistake is you think you have time
最大的错误就是误以为我们还有时间
Time is free but it's priceless
时间是免费的但同时也是无价的
You can't own it but you can use it
你不能拥有它 但你可以使用它
You can't keep it but you can spend it
你不能保留它 但你可以花费它
And once it's lost you can never get it back
一旦从你的指尖流去 你就再也无法挽回它
The average person lives 78 years
一般人可以拥有78年的时间
We spend twenty eight point three years of our lives sleeping
我们花在睡觉上的时间有28.3年
That's almost a third of our life
这几乎占据了我们生活三分之一的时间
but thirty percent of us struggle to sleep well
但我们中还有30%的人很难睡个好觉
We spend ten point five years of our life working
我们花在工作上的时间有10.5年
but over 50% of us want to leave our current jobs
但我们中有超过50%的人想要离开自己现在的工作
Time is more valuable than money
时间比金钱要珍贵得多
You can get more money but you can never get more time
你可以赚更多的钱,但你无法得到更多的时间
We spent nine years on TV and social media
我们花在看电视和社交媒体上的时间有9年
We spend six years doing chores
我们花在做家务的时间上有6年
We spend four years eating and drinking
我们花在饮食方面的时间有4年
We spent three and a half years in education
我们花在教育上的时间有3.5年
We spent two and a half years grooming
我们花在修饰自己的时间上有2.5年
We spent two and a half years shopping
我们花在购物上的时间有2.5年
We spent one and a half years in childcare
我们花在照顾孩子的时间上有1.5年
and we spent one point three years commuting
我们花在坐公交车上下班的时间有1.3年
That leaves us with nine years
而剩下的留给我们自己的时间只有9年了
How will we spend that time?
我们将如何度过这段时间?
Steve Jobs said your time is limited
乔布斯曾说过:你的时间是有限的
so don't waste it living someone else's life
不要浪费时间去过别人的生活
So there's good news and there's bad news
有一个好消息和一个坏消息
The bad news is time flies,
坏消息是时间飞逝而过
the good news is you're the pilot
而好消息是我们可以做自己时间的领航员
Imagine you wake up every day
想象一下每天醒来的时候
with 86,400 dollars in your bank account
你的银行账户会有86400美元
and at the end of the night it's all gone whether you spent it or not
晚上结束时,不管你是否花了,这笔钱都会消失
And then the next day you get another 86,400 dollars
而到了第二天你又会有新的一笔86400美元
What would we do with it?
我们会怎么做呢?
Every day 86,400 seconds are deposited into your life account
每天都会有86400秒被存入你的生活账户中
At the end of the day once they're all used up
在一天结束,它们都被用完
you get an new 86,400 seconds
你又得到了新的86400秒
We would never waste it if it was money
我们绝对不会浪费钱
so why do we waste it when it comes to time?
那为什么当它是时间的时候我们就会去浪费呢?
Those seconds are so much more powerful than dollars
这些时刻远远比金钱更有分量
because you can always make more dollars
因为你总是能赚到更多的钱
you can't always make more time
但你不能创造更多的时间
To realize the value of one year
想要知道一年的价值
ask a student who failed a grade
你可以去问一个被留级的学生
To realize the value of one month
想要知道一个月的价值
ask a mother who lost their child in the final month
你可以去问一个在最后一个月失去孩子的母亲
To realize the value of one week
想要知道一星期的价值
ask the editor of an online magazine
你可以去问一个在线杂志的编辑
To realize the value of one hour
想要知道一个小时的价值
ask the couple who's in a long-distance relationship
你可以去问一对异地恋的恋人
To realize the value of one minute
想要知道一分钟的价值
ask the person who just missed a bus, train or plane
你可以去问一个刚错过公共巴士、火车或飞机的人
To realize the value of one second
想要知道一秒钟的价值
ask the person who just missed an accident
你可以去问一个刚刚幸运地错过了一次事故的人
and to realize the value of a milisecond
而想要知道一毫秒的价值
ask the person who just came second at the Olympics
你可以问问在奥运会上得到第二名的人
We think that it's people wasting our time
我们认为是别人在浪费我们的时间
but it's really us giving them the permission to do that
但实际上是我们允许他们这么做的
and in reality these two people live inside us
事实上这两种人都活在我们每个人的内心里
Don't let someone be a priority
不要让别人成为你的首要任务
when all you are to them is an option
你对他们只是一个选择而已
Some of us lose the people most important to us
我们中一些人失去了对我们来说重要的人
because we don't value their time
因为没有珍惜他们的时间
Some of us don't recognize how important someone is to us until they're gone
我们中的一些人意识不到对自己来说很重要的人 直到他们离去
Inside all of us are two voices
我们内心总是会有两个声音
One voice that wants to uplift
一个声音在说 我想要提升自己
One voice that wants us to expand
我想要充实自己
One voice that wants us to grow
我想要让自己成长
and then there's the other voice
而另一个声音却在说
The voice that holds us back
我想要退缩
The voice that makes us lazy
我想要偷懒
The voice that makes us complacent
我已经对自己很满意了
The voice that restricts us from our potential
这是个想要限制我们潜能的声音
Every day from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep
每一天 从我们醒来的那一刻到我们晚上入睡的那一刻
inside of us there's this battle between the two voices
在我们的内心一直有这两种声音在做斗争
And guess which one wins?
猜一下哪个声音赢了?
The one that we listen to the most
我们最用心倾听的声音
The one that we feed
我们支持的那个声音
The one that we amplify
我们放大的那个声音
It is our choice of how we use our time
如何运用自己的时间是我们自己的选择
Life and time are the best two teachers
生活和时间是两个最好的老师
Life teaches us to make good use of time
生活教会我们如何利用好自己的时间
and time teaches us the value of life
而时间则告诉了我们生活的价值所在
And as William Shakespeare said
就像威廉·莎士比亚说的那样
Time is very slow for those who want
对于那些想要它的人来说 时间是非常缓慢的
very fast for those who are scared
对于那些害怕它的人来说 时间是很快的
very long for those who are sad
对于那些忧伤的人来说 时间是非常漫长的
very short for those who celebrate
对于那些充满欢乐的人来说 时间是很短暂的
but for those who love
但对那些热爱时间的人来说
Time is eternal
时间是永恒的