Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;

今天我們擁有了更高層的樓宇以及更寬闊的公路，但是我們的性情卻更為急躁，眼光也更加狹隘;

We spend more,but enjoy less;

我們消耗的更多，享受到的卻更少;

We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;

我們的住房更大了，但我們的家庭卻更小了;

We have more compromises,but less time;

我們妥協更多，時間更少;

We have more knowledge,but less judgment;

我們擁有了更多的知識，可判斷力卻更差了;

We have more medicines,but less health;

我們有了更多的藥品，但健康狀況卻更不如意;

We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;

我們擁有的財富倍增，但其價值卻減少了;

We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;

我們說的多了，愛的卻少了，我們的仇恨也更多了;

We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;

我們可以往返月球，但卻難以邁出一步去親近我們的左鄰右舍;

We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;

我們可以征服外太空，卻征服不了我們的內心;

We have highter income,but less morals;

我們的收入增加了，但我們的道德卻少了;

These are times with more liberty,but less joy;

我們的時代更加自由了，但我們擁有的快樂時光卻越來越少;

We have much more food,but less nutrition;

我們有了更多的食物，但所能得到的營養卻越來越少了;

These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;

現在每個家庭都可以有雙份收入，但離婚的現象越來越多了;

These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;

現在的住房越來越精致，但我們也有了更多破碎的家庭;

That’s why I propose,that as of today;

這就是我為什么要說，讓我們從今天開始;

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

不要將你的東西為了某一個特別的時刻而預留著，因為你生活的每一天都是那么特別;

Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;

尋找更我的知識，多讀一些書，坐在你家的前廊里，以贊美的眼光去享受眼前的風景，不要帶上任何功利的想法;

Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;

花多點時間和朋友與家人在一起，吃你愛吃的食物，去你想去的地方;

Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;

生活是一串串的快樂時光;我們不僅僅是為了生存而生存;

Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it.

舉起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝嗇灑上你最好的香水，你想用的時候就享用吧!

Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";

從你的詞匯庫中移去所謂的“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”去寫的信，就在今天吧!

Let’s tell our families and friends how much we love them;

告訴家人和朋友，我們是多么地愛他們;

Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;

不要延遲任何可以給你的生活帶來歡笑與快樂的事情;

Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;

每一天、每一小時、每一分鐘都是那么特別;

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

你無從知道這是否最后刻。