生活目标-观察中的发现

英语短文

英语美文：选择自己想要的生活



Occasionally, life can be undeniably, impossibly
difficult. We are faced with challenges and events that can
seem overwhelming, life-destroying to the point where it may
be hard to decide whether to keep going. But you always have
a choice. Jessica Heslop shares her powerful, inspiring
journey from the worst times in her life to the new life she
has created for herself:
生活有时候困难得难以置 信，但又不容置疑。我们面临的
挑战与困境似乎无法抵御，试图毁灭我们生活，甚至使你犹疑是否继续走下去。但是你总有选择的余地。从人生低谷走向新生活的杰西
卡·赫斯乐普，在这里与我们分享 她启迪心灵、充满震撼力的生活之
旅。
In 2012 I had the worst year of my life.
2012年是我生活中最艰难的一年。
I worked in a finance job that I hated and I lived
in a concrete jungle city with littlegreenery. I occupied my

time with meaningless relationships and spent copious
quantities of money on superficialities. I was searching for
happiness and had no idea where to find it.
我做着讨厌的财务工作，住在难寻绿色的高楼林立的城市。
我忙 于无意义的交往，在一些肤浅表面的东西上大笔开销。我寻找快
乐，却又不知道它在哪里。
Then I fell ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
and became virtually bed bound. I had to quit my job and
subsequently was left with no income. I lived with my boyfriend
of then only 3 months who financially supported me and our
relationship was put under great pressure. I eventually
regained my physical health, but not long after that I got a
call from my family at home to say that my father’s cancer
had fiercely progressed and that he had been admitted to a
hospice.
然后我患上了慢性疲劳综合症，几乎到 了卧床不起的地步。
我不得不辞掉工作，同时也就断了财源。我和那时仅相处了3个月的
男友住 在一起，经济上完全依赖于他，我们的关系承受着巨大压力。
终于我恢复健康，但不久，我接到家里的电 话，父亲的癌症急剧恶化，
已经住进了临终关怀中心。
I left the city and I went home to be with him.
我离开了城市，回家陪父亲。

He died 6 months later.
6个月之后，他去世了。
My father was a complete inspiration to me. He was
always so strong that, for a minute after he drew his last
breath, I honestly thought he would come back to life. I couldn’
t believe I would never again cuddle into his big warm chest
and feel safe no matter what.
父亲的事让我彻底清醒。他一直很强壮，在他咽气之 后一
分钟里，我真的认为，他会活过来。我不能相信，我再也不能依偎在
他温暖的怀抱里，享受 他宽大的胸怀带给我的安全感。
The grief that followed was intense for all of us
5 children and our mother, but we had each other.
母亲和我们5个兄弟姐妹极为难过，但至少我们还拥有彼
此。
But my oldest sister at that time complained of a
bad back. It got so bad after 2 months that she too was admitted
to hospital.
但是，那时我大姐开始抱怨着背痛，2个月后，因疼痛加
剧也住进了医院。
They discovered that she had highly advanced cancer
in her bones and that there was nothing that they could do.
医生们检查发现，她已是骨癌晚期，对此他们已无能为力。

She died 1 month later.
1个月之后，她也走了。
I could never put into words the loss of my sister
in my life.
大姐的逝去让我陷入难以形容的痛苦之中。
She was a walking, talking angel and my favourite
person in the whole world. If someone could have asked me the
worst thing that could ever happen, it would have been losing
her.
在这个世界上，她是一个能走路、会说话 的天使，我最喜
欢的人。如果有人问我，世界上发生的最坏的事情是什么，那就是失
去她。
She was my soul-mate and I never thought I would
journey this lifetime without her.
她是我的灵魂伴侣，我从来没有想过，我会走过没有她陪
伴的生命旅程。
The Moment Of Deliberate Choice
抉择时刻
The shock and extreme heart break brought me to my
knees. The pain was so great and my world just looked desolate.
I had no real home, no money, no job, and no friends that cared.
Not one person had even sent me a sympathy card for my loss.

我被打击和极度的心痛击挎了。强烈的痛苦使世界在我眼
中变 得如此凄凉。我没有真正意义上的家，没有钱，没有工作，也没
有关心我的朋友。没有一个人因我失去亲 人而寄给我慰问卡。
I made an attempt of my own life and I ended up in
hospital.
我尝试着活下去，结果住进了医院。
I remember lying in the hospital bed, looking up at
the ceiling and seeing my sister’s beautiful face. She stayed
with me all night long.
我记得，躺在病床上，看着天花板，看到姐姐美丽的面庞。
她整夜守候着我。
I realised during that night that I had a choice.
I could choose to end my life or I could choose to live it.
那天晚上，我意识到我可以选择。要么结束生命，要么活
下去。
I looked in my sister’s eyes and I made a decision
not to go with her just yet. That I would stay and complete
my journey here.
望着姐姐的眼睛，我决定不跟她走。我要留下来，走完我
的生命旅程。
I also made the decision that, I wouldn’t just live
any life. I would live the life that I absolutely LOVE and

nothing less.
同时，我还决定，不只为生活而生活，我要完全以自己想
要的方式生活。
In that moment, the clarity that descended around
me was like a light shining in a dark room for the first time.
As if the earth’s plates had shifted under my feet and
everything suddenly looked real for the first time.
在那一刻，这一想法第一次 清晰得如同一盏在黑暗闪烁的
明灯。好像脚下的地球版块变换了，每一样东西在我眼前都真实得前
所未有。
The Blossoms Of My Newly Chosen Life
我的生活之花重新绽放了
Since then I have begun to shape the most beautiful
life for myself.
从那时起，我开始为自己塑造最美丽的生活。
I now live in an adorable stone cottage in a
stunningly green, luscious region of the UK amongst woodlands
and lakes.
现在，我住在英国一栋迷人的小石屋里，绿树掩映，与湖
为伴，景色美丽宜人。
I have a deeply harmonious, joyful relationship with
my amazing boyfriend, who’s gone through all this with me and

we are very happy together.
我的男友很好，我们的关系和谐美好，他曾伴我度过那段
艰难时期，现在我们一起分享着快乐。
I write a blog that inspires others to live the life
that they love. It is what I know I was born to do and it truly
makes my heart sing.
我写博客，激励他人过他们喜欢的生活。我知道这是我生
来要做的事情，它真 正使我感受到发自内心的快乐。
I am making new friends with beautiful souls all
around the world.
我和世界上有着美好心灵的人交朋友。
I practise gratitude for my life every single day
and I feel the abundance in everything I have now.
每一天，我满怀对生活的感激之情，我满足于我现在拥有
的一切。
I spend quality time with the rest of my precious
family and cherish every moment I have with them.
我与心爱的家人共度快乐时光，珍惜与他们相处的每一刻。
I have written a bucket list and am already
manifesting so much of which I have always dreamed.
我列出愿望清单，它很大程度上体现了我一直以来梦想。
I connect with my heart often to ensure that I am

always following my joy.
我时常与心交流，确保做着喜欢的事。
I love myself more deeply every day.
我一天比一天更爱自己。
I live authentically now.
现在我真正地活着。
Waking Up
清醒
It took something powerfully transformative in my
life to make me wake up. Wake up to some fundamental truths
of life is a gift if you want to accept it. No matter
what the obstacle, you can make your life abundant with joy
and you can live authentically.
生活中一些重大变化使我清醒，使我意识到生活的基本真
理。如果你愿意接受生活，它就是礼物。无论遭遇任何困难，你总能
让生活充满快乐，真正地生活。
Not a day goes by when I don’t miss my father’s
huge character or my beloved sister’s gentle brown eyes, but
I know that I will be with them one day for an eternity. What
I have now is so precious and so fleeting that I must grasp
the joy in every moment I can, and treat it as the gift that
it is.

没有哪一天， 我不思念父亲温暖的怀抱或至爱的姐姐温柔
的棕色眼睛，但是，我知道，终有一天我会与他们相聚。我现 在拥有
的是如此珍贵、如此易逝，我必须尽情享受每一刻的欢愉，将其视为
上帝的馈赠。
You choose life every day. But do you choose the life
that you love every day?
每一天，你选择生活。但是，你是否每一天都过着想要的
生活?