A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
悲伤
Grief
As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice.
只要我用收缩呼吸而不是用力,我就会感觉好一些。这个想法很重要——感受痛苦而不是抗拒;朝着目标前进。这是一种令人难以置信的精神实践。
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
不为人知,却又广为人知;好像将死的人,不料,我们活了。作为惩戒,而不是杀害;好像忧愁,却是常常快乐的。虽然贫穷,却使许多人富足。好像一无所有,却拥有一切。
To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people.
对我来说,黑人女性是我们最重要的母亲,她越黑,我们就越像她,看到她身上的仇恨足以让我对我们民族的未来感到绝望,几乎完全绝望。
When I was a child I had a best friend who lived across the road from me. When her mother died unexpectedly it was like losing a member of my own family. I think I am still affected by the memory of that loss.
当我还是个孩子的时候,我有一个最好的朋友住在我的对面。当她的母亲意外去世时,就像失去了我自己家庭的一员。我想我仍然受到那次失去的记忆的影响。
What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.
那么什么是悲剧呢?在伊丽莎白时代,人们认为以死亡结尾的戏剧是一场悲剧,但近年来,我们开始明白,活着有时比死亡更悲惨。
I experienced a lot of loss after his death. I lost my city because of all the paparazzi descending upon us. I actually lost my journal during that time, oddly enough. I literally couldn't hold on to anything.
他死后我经历了很多损失。我失去了我的城市,因为所有的狗仔队涌向我们。奇怪的是,那段时间我的日记竟然丢了。我简直抓不住任何东西。
But O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return! Thee shepherd, thee the woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o’ergrown, And all their echoes mourn.
但是,啊,沉重的变化,现在你走了,现在你走了,再也不能回来了!牧者啊,树林啊,沙漠的洞穴啊,野百里香啊,蔓生的蔓藤啊,所有的回声都在哀鸣。
At some point in my life I hope my mother and I will get together...unfortunately that got dragged out into the public eye. This is a wound that needs to heal slowly and time does that. And we love each other.
在我生命中的某个时刻,我希望妈妈和我能在一起……不幸的是,这引起了公众的注意。这是一个需要慢慢愈合的伤口,时间会这样做。我们彼此相爱。
When the baby dies, On every side Rose stranger's voices, hard and harsh and loud. The baby was not wrapped in any shroud. The mother made no sound. Her head was bowed That men's eyes might not see Her misery.
当婴儿死去时,四周都响起了陌生人的声音,刺耳而响亮。婴儿没有裹任何裹尸布。母亲没有出声。她低着头,免得别人看见她的痛苦。
But all lost things are in the angels' keeping, Love; No past is dead for us, but only sleeping, Love; The years of Heaven with all earth's little pain Make Good Together there we can begin again, In babyhood.
但是所有失去的东西都在天使的掌握之中,爱;没有过去对我们来说是死的,只有沉睡,爱;天堂的岁月和地球上所有的小痛苦一起让我们在那里重新开始,在婴儿时期。
I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That's why I got into fostering and adopting animals out.
我失去了两条狗和我的母亲,我很难过。我看到这些动物坐在铁栏里。他们无法控制自己,非常害怕。这就是为什么我开始培养和收养动物。
When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?
当你读到一场导致两三个年轻人丧生的车祸时,你是否会停下来细想父母倾注在孩子身上的、不再适合打开棺材的爱、财富和耐心?
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沿着这个主题,再读几句。
It is better to be hungry in joy, than to be filled in sorrow.
宁可在喜乐中饥饿,也不愿在忧愁中饱足。
Do not be afraid that joy will make the pain worse; it is needed like the air we breathe.
不要害怕快乐会使痛苦加剧;它就像我们呼吸的空气一样是需要的。
The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
最糟糕的孤独是没有真正的友谊。
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
父母的快乐是秘密,他们的悲伤和恐惧也是秘密。
Pain fades, but the lessons that you learn, always stay right there with you.
痛苦会消失,但你学到的教训,永远与你同在。
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
悲伤在你身上刻得越深,你就能包含越多的快乐。那盛着你酒的杯,不正是在陶匠的窑里烧过的杯吗?