生命的意义
不断的追求、不断的失去
The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of old put it this way:“A man comes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open.”
1.paradox[parodoks]:n矛盾
2.cling [klin]:v.抓紧;紧握
3. ordain [:demn]:v.授予圣职;任命
4.eventual[r'ventfual]:adj.最后的;最终的
5.relinquishment:放弃
6.clench [klent]:v.(表愤怒时的)紧握;攥紧
【译文】
生活的艺术在于懂得什么时候追求，什么时候放弃。因为生活就是一个矛盾体:它要我们紧紧抓住它赐予我们的生命之礼，然后最终又让它们从我们手中跑掉。老先生们说:“人们紧握着拳头来到这个世界上，离开这个世界时却摊开了双手。
