Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘；

We spend more, but enjoy less;
我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少；

We have bigger houses, but smaller families;
我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了；

We have more compromises, but less time;
我们妥协更多，时间更少；

We have more knowledge, but less judgment;
我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了；

We have more medicines ,but less health;
我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意；

We have multiplied out possessions, but reduced out values;
我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了；

We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;
我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了；

We reached the moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
我们可以往返月球，但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍；

We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space;
我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心；

We have higher income, but less morals;
我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了；
These are times with more liberty, but less joy;
我们的时代更加自由了，但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少；
We have much more food, but less nutrition;
我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了；

These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase;
现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象越来越多了；
These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes;
现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭；

That‘s why I propose, that as of today;
这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始；
You do not keep anything for a special occasion. because every day that you live is a special occasion.
不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别；
Search for knowledge, read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
寻找更我的知识，多读一些书，坐在你家的前廊里，以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景，不要带上任何功利的想法；

Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love;
花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起，吃你爱吃的食物，去你想去的地方；
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival;
生活是一串串的快乐时光；我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存；
Use your crystal goblets. do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.
举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水，你想用的时候就享用吧！