我们消耗极多，享受到的却很少。
We spend more, but enjoy less.

我们住的房屋大了，但我们的家庭成员却越来越少了。
We have bigger houses, but smaller families.

我们有了更多的妥协余地，可时间却少了。
We have more compromises, but less time.

我们拥有了更多的知识，但我们的判断力却差了。
We have more knowledge, but less judgement.

我们有了更多的药品，可我们的健康状况却不尽如人意。
We have more medicines, but less health.

我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了。
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

我们谈论得很多，但我们所爱的却很少，我们的仇恨也更多了。
We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much.

我们可以往返月球，但却很难迈出一步去亲近我们的左亲右邻。
We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors.

我们可以征服太空，却征服不了我们的内心。
We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space.

我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了。
We have higher income, but less morals.

我们的时代更加之自由了，而我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少了。
These are times with more liberty, but less joy.

我们有了更多的食品供应，但我们所能得到的营养却越来越少了。
We have much more food, but less nutrition.

现在每个家庭都可以有双份的收入，但离婚的现象却越来越多了。
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase.

我们可以有越来越精致的住房，但同时我们也有了更多破碎的家庭。
These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes.

这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始：
That’s why I propose, that as of today：

不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别。
You do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a special occasion.

坐在你家的房屋前廊，多读一些书，去寻找更多的知识，以赞美的眼光去享受你眼前的风景，不要带有任何功利的想法。
Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs.

花多点时间与你的家人及朋友在一起，吃你想吃的食物，去你爱去的地方。
Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love.

生活就是由一连串快乐时光组成的时光链，我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存。
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival.

举起你珍藏的水晶高脚杯吧，不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水，任何时候你想用就享用吧。
Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.

从你的词汇库中移去那些所谓的“有那么一天”或者是“某一天”。
Remove from your vocabulary phrases like “one of these days” and “someday”.

请告诉我们的家人和朋友，我们是多么得爱他们。
Let’s tell our families and friends how much we love them.

不要延迟任何可以给你生活带来欢笑和快乐的事情。
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life.