The Serenity of the Moment

The Serenity of the Moment

此刻的宁静

It was one warm evening many years ago.

那是许多年前一个温暖的夜晚。

After spending nearly every waing minute with Angel for eight straight days,I knew that Ihad to tell her just one thing.

一连八天，我几乎每时每刻都和安吉尔在一起，我知道我必须告诉她一件事。

So late at night,just before she fell asleep, I whispered it in her ear.

所以深夜，就在她睡着之前，我在她耳边小声说了这句话

She smiled - the kind of smile that makes me smile back - and she said,

她笑了——那种让我也微笑的微笑——然后她说

"When I'm seventy-five and I think about my lift and what it was like to be young,I hope that I can remember this very moment. "

当我75岁的时候，我想到我的生活和年轻时的感觉，我希望我能记住这一刻

A few seconds later she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

几秒钟后，她闭上眼睛睡着了

The room was peaceful - almost silent. All I could hear was the soft purr of her breathing.

房间里很安静——几乎一片寂静。我能听到的只有她轻柔的呼吸声。

I stayed awake thinking about the time we'd spent together and all the choices in our lives that made this moment possible.

我彻夜未眠，想着我们一起度过的时光，以及我们生命中所有的选择，是它们让这一刻成为可能

And at some pont,I realized that it didn't matter what we'd done or where we'd gone.

在某个桥上，我意识到我们做了什么或去了哪里都不重要。

Nor did the future hold any significance.

未来也没有任何意义。

All that mattered was the serenity of the momrnt. Just being with her and breathing with her.

重要的是早晨的宁静。和她在一起，和她一起呼吸。

We must not allow the clock,the calendar,and external pressures to rule our lives and blind us to the fact that

我们绝不能让时钟、日历和外部压力来支配我们的生活，使我们忽视这一事实

each individual moment of our lives is a beauiful mystery and a mirale - especially those moments we spend in the presence of a loved on

我们生命中的每一个时刻都是一个美丽的谜，是一个海市蜃楼——尤其是那些我们在爱人面前度过的时刻