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We Are on a Journey 人在旅途

  There is a famous Sioux Indian story handed down from generation to generation:

  The grandfather took his grandson to the fish pond on the farm when the boy was about seven, and he told the boy to throw a stone into the water. He told the boy to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked the boy to think of himself as that stone.

  “You may create lots of splashes in your life, but the waves that come from those splashes will disturb the peace of all your fellow creatures,” he said.

  “Remember that you are responsible for what you put in your circle and that circle will also touch many other circles.”

  “You will need to live in a way that allows the good that comes from your circle to send the peace of that goodness to others. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those feelings to other circles. You are responsible for both.” That was the first time the boy realized that each person creates the inner peace or discord that flows out into the world.

  We cannot create world peace if we are riddled with inner conflict, hatred, doubt, or anger. We radiate the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.

  这是苏族印第安人部落中流传的一个古老的故事。

  在男孩七岁那年,他的祖父带他来到田边的一个鱼塘。他让男孩丢一颗石子到水中,并嘱咐男孩仔细观察石子所激起的水波。然后他叫男孩把自己想象成那颗石子。

  他说:“在生命的水面上,你也许能激起许多波纹,而你所激起的波纹也会打破别人的平静生活。”

  “要谨记,对你所激起的波纹中所包含的东西负责,因为这些东西会接触、影响到许多他人的波纹。”

  “你应当努力将自己波纹中的平和宁静传播给他人。当然,如果你的波纹中带有愤怒、嫉妒,别人也会受到你的影响,因此,你要对它们负责。”这是男孩第一次了解到,每个人心中的安宁抑或不和,都会传播给整个世界。

  如果我们自己内心被冲突、仇恨、疑虑或者愤怒所纠缠,自然无论我们内心激起的是何种波纹,它们都会被传向外界,与别人的生命波纹共同激起美丽,抑或是不和谐。

  就不能给世界带来平和宁静。无论我们是否说出心中的感觉和思绪,我们都在向外界传播它们。

We Are on a Journey 人在旅途

  Wherever you are, and whoever you may be, there is one thing in which you and I are just alike at this moment, and in all the moments of our existence: we are not at rest; we are on a journey. Our life is a movement, a tendency, a steady, ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal. We are gaining something, or losing something, everyday. Even when our position and our character seem to remain precisely the same, they are changing. For the mere advance of time is a change. It is not the same thing to have a bare field in January and in July. The season makes the difference. The limitations that are childlike in the child are childish in the man.

  Everything that we do is a step in one direction or another. Even the failure to do something is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward. The action of the negative pole of magnetic needle is just as real as the action of the positive pole. To decline is to accept-the other alternative.

  Are you neater to your port today than you were yesterday? Yes,-you must be a little nearer to some port or other; for since your ship was first launched upon the sea of life, you have never been still for a single moment; the sea is too deep, you could not find an anchorage if you would; there can be no pause until you come into port.[NextPage]

参考译文有三个版本,供英语爱好者斟酌学习:

译文一:

  无论你在哪里,也无论你是谁,不管是此时此刻,还是在我们生命中的任何瞬间,有一件事对你我来说是恰巧相同的:我们不是在休息,我们是在一次旅途中。我们的生活是一种运动、一种趋势,是向一个看不见的目标稳定而不停地前进。每一天,我们会赢得某些东西,或者会失去某些东西。甚至当我们的位置和我们的性格看起来和以前完全相同时,他们事实上仍然在改变。对于一块荒地来说,一月和七月是不一样的,季节会造成不同。能力上的缺陷对孩子来说是一种可爱,但对大人而言就是一种幼稚的表现了。

  我们做的每一件事都是朝一个或者另一个方向迈进的一步。甚至“没有做任何事”本身就是一种行为,它使我们前进或者后退。一根磁针阴极和阳极的作用都是一样的真实;拒绝也是一种接受——这都是二择一的选择。

  你今天比昨天更接近你的港口了吗?是的——你必须接近某个港口或其他港口。自从你被抛入生活之海,你的船一分钟都没有静止过。大海是如此之深,你不可能找到一个抛锚的地方,因此你也不可能停下来,直到你抵达自己的港口。

译文二:

  无论你在何处,无论你是何人,此刻,而且在我们生命的每时每刻,你与我有一点是类似的。我们不是在休息,我们在旅途中。生命是一种运动,一种趋势,一个稳步、持续的通往一个未知目标的过程。每天,我们都在获得,或失去。尽管我们的地位和性格看起来好像一点都没变,但是它们在变化。因为时光的流逝本身是一种变化。在一月和七月拥有一片贫瘠的土地是不同的,是季节本身带来了变化。孩童时可爱的缺点到了成人时便成了幼稚。

  我们做的每件事都是迈向一个或另外一个方向,甚至“什么都没做”本身也是一种行为,它让我们前进或倒退。一棵磁针的阴极的作用与阳极是一样的。拒绝即接受??接受反面。

  你今天比昨天更加接近你的目标了吗?是的,你肯定是离一个或另一个码头或更近一些了。因为自从你的小船从生命的海洋上启航时,你没有哪一刻是停止的。大海是这样深,你想抛锚时找不到地方。在你驶入码头之前,你不可能停留。

译文三:

  无论你身在何处,也无论你是何人,此时此刻,有一件事于你我而言都是相同的,而且只要我们活着,这个共同点就存在。那就是,我们并非停留不前,而是人在旅途。我们的生命是一种运动,一种趋势,是向一个看不见的目标无休止地奋进。

  每天,我们都有所得,也有所失。即便我们的位置和角色看似与原来无异,但实际上也是时时变化的。因为时间的推移本身就是一种变化。对于同一片荒地来说,在一月和七月是截然不同的,季节造成了这种差异。能力的局限在孩子身上被视为天真烂漫,而在大人身上则是幼稚的的表现。我们所做的每件事情都是朝着某个方向迈进了一步。即使是失败本身,也是有所得的,失败可以催人奋进,也可以让人一蹶不振。磁针负极的作用与正极的作用都是一样真实的。拒绝也是一种接受,只不过是另一种选择罢了。

  你今天比昨天更接近你的港口了么?是的,你肯定离某个港口更近了。因为自从你的航船从生命的海洋上启航的那一刻开始,你没有哪一刻是静止的。大海如此深邃,即便你想停泊,也找不到地方;只有当你驶入自己的港口,你才能停止下来。


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