Today we have higher buildings and wider highways，but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
今天我們擁有了更高層的樓宇以及更寬闊的公路，但是我們的性情卻更為急躁，眼光也更加狹隘;
We spend more，but enjoy less;
我們消耗的更多，享受到的卻更少;
We have bigger houses，but smaller famillies;
我們的住房更大了，但我們的家庭卻更小了;
We have more compromises，but less time;
我們妥協更多，時間更少;
We have more knowledge，but less judgment;
我們擁有了更多的知識，可判斷力卻更差了;
We have more medicines，but less health;
我們有了更多的藥品，但健康狀況卻更不如意;
We have multiplied out possessions，but reduced out values;
我們擁有的財富倍增，但其價值卻減少了;
We talk much，we love only a little，and we hate too much;
我們說的多了，愛的卻少了，我們的仇恨也更多了;
We reached the Moon and came back，but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
我們可以往返月球，但卻難以邁出一步去親近我們的左鄰右舍;
We have conquered the uter space，but not our inner space;
我們可以征服外太空，卻征服不了我們的內心;
We have highter income，but less morals;
我們的收入增加了，但我們的道德卻少了;
These are times with more liberty，but less joy;
我們的時代更加自由了，但我們擁有的快樂時光卻越來越少;
We have much more food，but less nutrition;
我們有了更多的食物，但所能得到的營養卻越來越少了;
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home，but divorces increase;
現在每個家庭都可以有雙份收入，但離婚的現象越來越多了;
These are times of finer houses，but more broken homes;
現在的住房越來越精致，但我們也有了更多破碎的家庭;
That's why I propose，that as of today;
這就是我為什么要說，讓我們從今天開始;
You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
不要將你的東西為了某一個特別的時刻而預留著，因為你生活的每一天都是那么特別;
Search for knowledge，read more ，sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
尋找更我的知識，多讀一些書，坐在你家的前廊里，以贊美的眼光去享受眼前的風景，不要帶上任何功利的想法;
Spend more time with your family and friends，eat your favorite foods，visit the places you love;
花多點時間和朋友與家人在一起，吃你愛吃的食物，去你想去的地方;
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;
生活是一串串的快樂時光;我們不僅僅是為了生存而生存;
Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume，and use it every time you feel you want it.
舉起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝嗇灑上你最好的香水，你想用的時候就享用吧!
Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";
從你的詞匯庫中移去所謂的"有那么一天"或者"某一天";
Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
曾打算"有那么一天"去寫的信，就在今天吧!
Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;
告訴家人和朋友，我們是多么地愛他們;
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
不要延遲任何可以給你的生活帶來歡笑與快樂的事情;
Every day，every hour，and every minute is special;
每一天、每一小時、每一分鐘都是那么特別;
And you don't know if it will be your last.
你無從知道這是否最后刻。