美文欣赏:你可以选择自己想过的生活(2)

　　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.This 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?