Live a Life That Matters（活出一个有价值的生命）

Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end.

无论你是否已准备好，有一天生命都将要走到尽头。

There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.

不会再有日出，也不会再有分分秒秒的时间。

All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

所有你积攒的东西，无论是你珍爱的还是那已遗忘了的，都将留给其他人。

Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

你的财富、声望和现实的权力都将变得无关紧要。

It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

你曾拥有过什么或亏欠过什么也都不再重要。

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.

你的怨恨、愤怒、沮丧和嫉妒都将最终消失。

So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.

你的希望、抱负、计划和日程安排也同样将会终结。

The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

那些我们曾经多么在乎的得与失都将渐渐逝去。

It won’t matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived, at the end.

你来自哪里，你以前过的是怎样的生活也最终将不再重要。

It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

你以前是否漂亮或出色也都不再重要。

Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

甚至你的性别和肤色也将是无关紧要的。

So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured

那么到底什么才是重要的呢？该如何去衡量你生命的价值呢？

What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.

重要的不是你买到了什么，而是你创建了什么；不是你得到了什么，而是你给予了什么。

What will matter is not your successes, but your significance.

重要的不是你的成功，而是你的价值。

What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught

重要的不是你学到了什么，而是你教导了什么。

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

重要的是你用富有正直、怜悯、勇气和牺牲的所有行为来丰富、充实和激励他人以你为榜样。

What will matter is not your competence, but your character.

重要的不是你的能力，而是你的品质。

What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone.

重要的不是你认识多少人，而是在你离开后有多少人会感到一种永久的损失。

What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved you.

重要的不是你记住了什么，而是你让爱你的人们记住了你什么。

What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

重要的是你将会被什么人，因为什么，记住多久。

Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident. It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

活出一个有价值的生命并不是一个偶然。它不在于你的境遇，而在于你的选择。

Choose to live a life that matters!

选择去过一个有价值和意义的人生吧！