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从2020.5.1开始,我给孩子和自己一起立了一个新flag,每天读1-2篇bczh爱阅读上的文章,初心就是在我的陪伴和引领下,孩子和自己每天投入15分钟(零碎时间),坚持做原版英文的积累(为了这个目标能长久坚持,我还动用了一些小心思,后面有机会我再记录)。为了督促自己,更为了给孩子做个表率,我要求自己每天读2篇(实际情况是每天我都能超额一点,基本保持3篇吧,白天2篇,晚上1篇)。今天是5.20,表白日,也是我们正式开展【爱阅读】打卡的第20天,恰好我的2篇阅读文章中有一篇文章的题目是《Live Happily Ever After》,很应景,我很喜欢这一篇,文中的父亲像极了一路陪伴儿子亲子阅读的我,文章最后一句话点题,给我们阐述作者眼里幸福生活的意义。这和我对自己和孩子未来的设计不谋而合,我们想要幸福快乐地生活,想有所成就,就要有明确的目标和清晰的自我认知,然后为了这些目标,提升自己的硬核实力,去刻意练习,用打卡的形式培养孩子坚持的毅力,实现自律的终极目的。我相信滴水穿石、久久为功,日复一日的实际行动都是为自己的梦想添砖加瓦。所以,我决定用【简书】记录下这些成长,这些坚持,以及取得的我和孩子取得的小小进步。(我承认,以前的我是一个太容易半途而废的人)。
当2020遇上“520”,多年难遇的全民说“我爱你”的日子,“当你爱的时候幸福就来了,是爱修补破碎的心,是爱治愈悲伤,是爱给我们欢乐。”我把这篇文章原文和译文放到这里,作为我的【简书】首秀,也祝我的未来的读者朋友,和爱的人一起,都能珍惜每一天,日积跬步,积沙成塔,从此 live happily ever after(过上幸福的生活)。
Mark今天新学会的一句话:The only way to live happily ever after is one day at a time. 过上幸福生活的唯一方法是珍惜唯一的每一天。
原文:(注:该原文的版权归百词斩爱阅读所有)
Live Happily Ever After
It was many years ago.
I was a young dad sitting on the couch, reading a fairy tale to my little girl.
She sat next to me with her head on my arm as I told the tale.
When it came to the end, I finished with those famous words: "And they lived happily ever after."
As I looked over to her with her wavy, brown hair and big, innocent eyes, I could see the smile on her face and I never wanted it to end.
It dawned on me then that the ending of the book was what I wanted for her. I wanted her to "live happily ever after."
Still, deep in my heart, I knew that this couldn't always be so.
I knew that there would be times when her heart was broken. I knew there would be times when she cried in grief and I couldn't comfort her. I knew there would be times when all she felt was fear, sadness, sorrow, and despair.
As I stroked her hair and smiled at her, I hoped that those times would be brief and that she would have joy in her life more often than not.
Living happily ever after, though, seemed out of the question.
It took me a lot of years to realize that it is possible to live happily ever after. You just have to do it "one day at a time."
Happiness isn't some reward that you get at the end of your journey. Happiness isn't something dependent on what life hands you.
Happiness is something you create in your life, choice by choice and day by day.
The truth is that happiness comes when you love. It is love that mends broken hearts. It is love that heals grief. It is love that gives us joy.
Choose to "live happily ever after, one day at a time."
译文
永远幸福(快乐)地生活下去
那是很多年前的事了。
我是一个年轻的爸爸,坐在沙发上,给我的小女儿读童话故事。
我讲故事时,她坐在我旁边,头枕着我的胳膊。
当结束的时候,我说完了那句名言:“从此他们过上了幸福的生活。”
当我看着她卷曲的棕色头发和天真无邪的大眼睛时,我能看到她脸上的微笑,我从来都不想(就这样)结束。
我突然意识到,这本书的结尾是我想要她的,我希望她“从此过上幸福的生活”
不过,在我内心深处,我知道这不可能总是这样。
我知道她会有伤心的时候,我知道她会有沮丧、哭泣而我无法安慰她的时候,我知道她会有恐惧、悲伤、不幸和绝望的时候。
当我抚摸着她的头发,对她微笑时,我希望那些日子会很短暂,希望她能经常在生活中获得快乐。
尽管,从此过上幸福的生活似乎是不可能的。
我花了很多年才意识到从此过上幸福生活是可能的,你只需要“珍惜唯一的每一天”就可以了。
幸福不是你在旅途结束时得到的回报,幸福不是取决于生活给你什么。
幸福是你在生活中创造的东西,一个选择接着一个选择,一个日子接着一一个日子(日复一日)。
事实是,当你爱的时候幸福就来了,是爱修补破碎的心,是爱治愈悲伤,是爱给我们欢乐。
(我们应该)选择“从此过上幸福的生活,珍惜唯一的每一天。”
附图 是爱阅读的记录截图(12日那天读完2篇,但不知道为啥系统没有记录上)