Regina Brett 著
- Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
人生并不公平，但依旧美好。 - When in doubt, just take the next small step.
迟疑的时候，向前迈出一小步。 - Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
人生太过短暂，不必浪费时间去恨任何人。 - Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
不必把自己看得太重，没有人会这样待你。 - Pay off your credit cards every month.
每月还清信用卡账单。 - You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
你不需要每次都吵赢，包容不同意见。 - Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
找人一起哭，这要比独自啜泣更能治疗伤痛 - It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
对上帝生气没有关系，他承受得了。 - Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
从你的第一份薪水开始为退休积蓄。 - When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
面对巧克力，抗拒只是徒劳。 - Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
与你的过去讲和，它不会搞砸你的当下。 - It's OK to let your children see you cry.
让你的孩子看到你哭没有关系。 - Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
别拿自己的人生和他人比较，你根本不清楚他们经历过什么。 - If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
如果一段关系必须成为一个秘密，那么你不应介入其中。 - Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
眨眼间什么都会改变。但是别担心，上帝从不眨眼。 - Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
生命太短暂，容不得我们过度悲伤。要么忙碌得活着，要么匆忙地死去。 - You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
如果你活在当下，生活中就没有过不去的坎儿。 - A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
作家以写作为生。如果你想成为一名作家，写作吧。 - It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
重拾快乐童年永不嫌晚，但第二次只能靠你自己而不是其他人。 - When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
当关乎追求你生命中的所爱时，拒绝把“不”当作答案。 - Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
点上蜡烛，用上好床单，穿上炫丽的内衣，不要等待特殊的时刻，今天就是特别的一天。 - Overprepare, then go with the flow.
“过度地”准备，然后随遇而安。 - Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
现在就离经叛道，不要一把年纪了才开始穿上紫色。 - The most important sex organ is the brain.
最重要的性器官是大脑。 - No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
没有人掌控你的幸福，除了你自己。 - Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"
用下面的话来审视每个对你来说所谓的灾难：“五年后，它还重要吗？” - Always choose life.
总是选择生活。 - Forgive everyone everything.
宽恕任何人任何事情。 - What other people think of you is none of your business.
其他人怎么看你，与你无关。 - Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
时间会治愈所有的伤痛。给时间一点耐心。 - However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
无论顺境或逆境，它终究会改变。 - Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
生病的时候，你的工作不会照顾你，你的朋友会，请保持联系。 - Believe in miracles.
相信奇迹。 - God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
上帝爱你因为他是上帝，而不是因为你做了什么或者没做什么。 - Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
没能打到你的事情反而真的会让你变得更强。 - Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
变老的同时就已经战胜了另一种可能---英年早逝。 - Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
你的孩子只拥有一个童年，让它值得回味。 - Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
读些赞美诗（圣经旧约中的诗篇），它们包含了人类所有的情感。 - Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
每天外出走走，奇迹无处不在。 - If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
如果我们都把自己的困难砌成堆，再看看别人的境遇，我们就会把自己的收回去。 - Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
不要谨慎地审核人生。展现你自己并最大限度的利用你的人生。 - Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
丢掉那些没有的、不美丽的或不令人喜悦的东西。 - All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
到头来真正重要的都是是你曾经爱过的。 - Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
嫉妒是浪费时间，你已经拥有你所需要的。 - The best is yet to come.
最好的终会来临。 - No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
无论你感觉如何，起床、穿衣然后展现自己。 - Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
深呼吸，它会平静你的大脑。 - If you don't ask, you don't get.
如果你不问，你就无法获得答案。 - Yield.
（学会）妥协。 - Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
人生不会被打上蝴蝶结，但它仍是一份礼物。
