Always Changing人生处处是转角

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Always Changing人生处处是转角

　　Always Changing

　　人生处处是转角

　　Please excuse me if I’m a little pensive today. Mark is leaving, and I’m feeling kind of sad.

　　如果我今天有些哀伤，请原谅，因为马克要走了，我有些难过。 You probably don’t know Mark, but you might be lucky enough to know someone just like him. He’s been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years, combining exemplary professional skill with a sweet nature and gentle credit for the terrific work he does. He just wants to do his job, and to do it superbly well.

　　或许你不知道马克是谁，但你得知道，认识像马克这样的人是很荣幸的。几年来，他一直是公司里的核心人物，不但性情温文尔雅，就连职业技能也堪称典范。他工作出色，但这绝不是为谋求个人荣誉。他只是喜欢自己的工作，想把工作做到最好。

　　And now he’s moving on to an exciting new professional opportunity. It sounds like it could be the chance of a lifetime, and we’re genuinely, sincerely pleased for him. But that doesn’t make it may easier to say goodbye to a dear friend and trusted colleague.

　　现在，他就要奔赴一个难得的新工作岗位了。这个工作机会听来就像是百年一遇之良机。当然，我们由衷地为他感到高兴，但向一位挚友、一个值得信赖的同事挥手道别又绝非易事。

　　Life has a way of throwing these curve balls at us. Just when we start to get comfortable with a person, a place or a situation, something comes along to alter the recipe. A terrific neighbor moves away. A child in the family graduates. Another child finds new love and loyalties through marriage. The family’s principal breadwinner is laid off.

　　生活向我们抛来这样的曲线球自有其道理。就在我们刚刚熟悉某人、某地或某种情形时，生活就会发生某种变化，一改这种和谐的局面。这就像一个极好的邻居搬走了；家中的一个孩子从学校毕业了，而另一个结了婚，找到了新的爱情和众诚；家里的顶梁柱失业了，等等。

　　Our ability to cope with change and disruption determines, to a great degree, our peace, happiness and contentment in life.

　　我们的心态是否平和，我们过得是否幸福、对生活是否满足，在很大程度上，都取决于我们应付变化和变革的能力。

　　But how do we do that? Philosophers have considered the question for centuries, and their responses have been varied. According to the author of the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes, comfort can be found in remembering that “to every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”. Kahlil Gibran urged his listeners to “let today embrace the past with remembrance, and the future with longing”.

　　然而，我们该如何应对呢？多少年来，哲学家们一直都在考虑这个问题，他们的回答也不尽相同。《圣经》中的《传道书》的作者认