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If today were the last day of my life
Steve Jobs
假如今天是我生命的最后一天
史蒂夫·乔布斯
About a year ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me, this was almost certainty a type of cancer that is incurable and I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.
大概一年之前，我被诊断出癌症。我在上午7点30分做了扫描，很明显我的胰腺上有个肿瘤，我甚至不知道胰腺为何物。医生告诉我这基本上是一种无法治愈的癌症，而我大概能再活至多三到六个月。
My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is the doctor’s code for preparing to die. It means to try and tell your kids everything you thought you had the next ten years to tell them in just few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it would be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbye.
我的医生建议我回家去，把事情安排好。这是一个医生给出的准备死亡的暗语。它意味着试着告诉你的孩子们一切，在这短短数月中要告诉他们你曾认为需要在未来十年和他们说的事情，这意味着确保一切已经交待完毕，这样你的家人才会觉得尽可能好过一些。这意味着彼此告别。
For the past 33 years, I’ve looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself if today were the last day of my life, what I wanna do, what I am about to do today, and whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something
在过去33年中，我每天早晨都对着镜子问自己，如果今天是我人生中的最后一天，今天我想做什么，我将要做什么，而当连续很多天答案都是“没有”的时候，我明白我需要进行改变。
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment of failure, these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
记住自己很快会死去，是我在生命中邂逅的用来帮助我的最重要的工具，因为几乎所有事，所有永恒的期待、骄傲、对失败尴尬的恐惧，这些在死亡面前只会消散，只留下真正重要的东西。
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked, There is no reason not to follow your heart.
记住你将要死去，是我认为避免陷入空想陷阱的最好方法，你已经浑身赤裸，已经没有理由不去遵循你的内心。
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