would I be proud of the life I lived?

我對自己的一生是否會感到驕傲？

Death.

死亡

It's the one thing that puts everything else into perspective.

是唯一可以讓人綜觀全局的事情。

Thinking about your own death can be the best thing you can do for your life and how you live your life before you die.

思考自己的死亡，對人生和死前生活方式最有幫助。

Why?

為什麼？

Because it forces you to reflect on some very important questions.

因為它迫使你去反思一些非常重要的問題。

If I died tomorrow... was I happy?

如果我明天就死了，我覺得滿足嗎？

Would I be proud of the person I have become?

我會以自己為傲嗎？

Was there love in my life?

我的生命中有沒有愛？

Did I give enough love?

我付出的愛夠嗎？

Did I show those I love the real me? Did I live the life that I wanted to live?

我有沒有讓我愛的人看到真實的我？我是否過著理想中的生活？

Or was my life made up of things I should've let go?

還是我的人生充滿了放不下的事情？

How could I have brought more happiness to my life and the people I really cared about?

我怎麼讓自己和我真正關心的人更開心？

Could I have done things better? Differently?

我能不能做得更好？換種方式？

How? Will I be missed?

怎麼做？有沒有人會想我？

What will I leave behind?

我會留下什麼？

Will anyone on earth be better because I was there?

世上有人會因為我的存在變得更好嗎？

Thinking about your own death forces you to self-examine your life and gives you the opportunity to take responsibility for that life.

思考自己的死亡，迫使你審視自己的生命，並給你機會對生命負責。

For the areas that you have not been at your best, and therefore, the opportunity to decide to do better from this moment forward.

對於你沒有做到最好的事情，現在開始你有機會下定決心做得更好。

Sitting alone with your thoughts and thinking about your passing is perhaps the healthiest thing you can do for your life, if you want to improve it.

如果你想改善自己的生活，獨自思考你的死亡，也許是最健康的事情。

And the truth is, none of us know if we're going to wake up tomorrow.

事實是，我們都不知道明天會不會醒來。

None of us come here to Earth with any guarantees.

我們來到地球上，沒有任何保證。

This is why we should all, very often, think about the only real guarantee.

所以我們大家應該經常思考唯一的保障。

And this is of our death and the possibility it might be sooner than we think.

那就是死亡，以及它可能會比想象中更快發生。

And because of that, leave nothing for tomorrow.

正因為如此，不要把事情拖到明天。

If you don't like who you've been up to this moment, make a change and make it now.

如果你不喜歡現在的自己，現在就開始改變。

If you have a broken relationship with someone you really love, mend it now.

如果你和某個你愛的人關係破裂了，現在就去修補。

If you can give more love, give it now.

如果你能付出更多的愛，現在就付出。

If you can play more and work less, decide and commit to do that now.

如果你能多玩樂少工作，現在就下定決心去做。

If you can do anything to improve the quality of your life, make that commitment now.

如果你能改善你的生活品質，現在就付諸行動。

Write down everything you must change in your life now. Everything that cannot wait for tomorrow.

現在就寫下你人生中需要改變的事情。需要立刻去做的事情。

Every phone call you need to make, every apology,

每一通該打的電話、每一聲道歉、

every hug you need to give, everything you need to say.

每一個擁抱和每一句想說的話。

Decide to stop caring about what other people think of you.

下定決心不再在乎別人對你的看法。

Start living the life you really want to live.

開始過你真正想過的生活。

Start feeling the way you deserve to feel.

開始去感受你值得擁有的感覺。

Start loving the way you want to love.

開始用你想要的方式去愛。

Bring your defenses down. Drop your guard and open your heart.

卸下防衛。放下戒備，敞開心扉。

Write a list of the amazing experiences you're going to commit to experience before you go.

寫下你死前想要體驗的美好事物。

Think about how much better all of your relationships will be when you open up.

想想看當你敞開心扉時，你的人際關係會有多大的改善。

When you are your true self, when you are present, living in the moment and let go of all care for other's opinions and judgments.

真正地做自己、活在當下、享受當下，放下他人的意見和評論。

Think about the amazing life you can live when you let go of society's expectations and the seriousness most people live with.

思考一下，當你放下社會的期待和多數人的嚴肅生活觀時，你會活得多精彩。

Get excited about your life.

對你的人生充滿期待。

Love your life while you are living it.

好好地享受你的人生。

Your new life... starts now.

你的新生活，從現在開始。