活出精彩人生

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Last August I was told 去年八月我被告知

that in all likelihood I had three to six months left to live. 我很可能只剩下三到六个月的生命了。

I'm on month nine now 现在已经是第九个月了

and I'm not gonna get down 而且我不会趴下

and do any pushups. 做任何俯卧撑。

But there will be a short pickup basketball game later. 不过待会儿会有一场短暂的即兴篮球赛。

somebody said to me in 有人对我说，考虑到

light of those numbers, 那些数字，

wow, so you're really beating the grim reaper. 哇，所以你真的在战胜死神。

And what I said without even thinking about it is 而我不假思索地回答是

we don't beat the reaper 我们无法战胜死神

by living longer. 靠活得更久。

We beat the reaper 我们战胜死神

by living well 靠活得精彩

and living fully. 和活得充实。

For the reaper will come for all of us. 因为死神终将降临到我们每个人身上。

The question is, what do we do between the time we're born 问题是，从我们出生到

and the time he shows up? 他降临之间，我们该怎么做？

Because when he shows up, 因为当他降临的时候，

it's too late to do all the things 就太晚了去做所有

that you're always going to kind of get around to. 你总是打算去做却一直没做的事情。

So 所以，

I think the only advice I can give you on how to live 我认为我能给你的唯一关于如何度过

your life well 你精彩人生的建议是

is first off, remember, 首先，记住，

it's a cliche, but I love cliches. 这是老生常谈，但我喜欢老生常谈。

It is not the things we do in life 我们在生活中所做的事情，不是

that we regret 让我们后悔的

on our deathbed. 在临终时。

It is the things we do not. 而是我们没有做的事情。