u have the time," I said.
”如果你有时间的话，” 我说。
He smiled through His beard and said: "My time is called eternity and is enough to do everything; what questions do you have in mind to ask me?"
他微笑着说：“我的时间是无尽的，可以做任何事情;你想问我什么？”
"None that are new to you. What's the one thing that surprises you most about mankind?"
“一切的问题对你来说都不是新的。人类什么事情是让你最惊讶的？”
He answered: "That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again. That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health. That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future. That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they never had never lived..."
上帝回答道：“人们厌倦了做小孩子，急于长大，然而长大之后又渴望再成为小孩。人们以损害健康的方式拼命挣钱，然后又花钱来获得健康。人们活着的时候就好像不会死亡，死时又好像是从没有活过一样。”
His hands took mine and we were silent. After a long period, I said, "May I ask you another question?"
他紧紧的握住我的手，我们都沉默了好一会儿，之后，我说：“可以再问你一个问题吗？”
He replied with a smile.
他微笑着应允。
"As a Father, what would you ask your children to do for the new year?"
“作为一个父亲，你希望你的孩子在新的一年里做些什么？"
"To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved.
要学会他们不能迫使任何人爱他们，他们能做的就是让自己值得被爱。




To learn that it takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.
要知道建立信任要花几年的功夫，然而要摧毁它仅在片刻之间。
To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives, but who they have in their lives.
要懂得最珍贵的并不是在他们的生活中所拥有的，而是生活中拥有什么人。
To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. There will be others better or worse than they are.
要知道和别人比较是不好的事，因为总有比他们更好或者更差的人。
To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.
要懂得真正富有的人不是他拥有的最多，而是他需要的最少。
To learn that they should control their attitudes, otherwise their attitudes will control them.
要学会控制自己的态度，不然，态度将会控制他们。
To learn that it
only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in persons we love, and that it takes many years to heal them.
要知道揭开我们所爱的人的伤疤只需要十几秒钟，然而伤口的愈合却