Today we have higher buildings and wider highways，but shorter temperaments1 and narrower points of view；今天大家拥有了更高层的楼宇与更宽阔的公路，但大家的性情却更为急躁，眼光也愈加狭隘；

We spend more，but enjoy less；大家消耗的更多，享遭到的却更少；

We have bigger houses，but smaller famillies；大家的住房更大了，但大家的家庭却更小了；

We have more compromises，but less time；大家妥协更多，时间更少；

We have more knowledge，but less judgment；大家拥有了更多的常识，可判断力却更差了；

We have more medicines，but less health；大家有了更多的药品，但健康情况却更不如意；

We have multiplied out possessions，but reduced out values；大家拥有些财富倍增，但其价值却降低了；

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

We reached the Moon and came back，but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors；大家可以往返月球，但却很难迈出一步去亲近大家的左邻右舍；

We have conquered the uter space，but not our inner space；大家可以征服外太空，却征服不了大家的内心；

We have highter income，but less morals；大家的收入增加了，但大家的道德却少了；

These are times with more liberty，but less joy；大家的年代愈加自由了，但大家拥有些快乐时光却愈加少；

We have much more food，but less nutrition；大家有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却愈加少了；

These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home，but porces increase；目前每一个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象愈加多了；

These are times of finer houses，but more broken homes；目前的住房愈加精致，但大家也有了更多破碎的家庭；

That's why I propose，that as of today；这就是我为何要说，让大家从今天开始；

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，由于你生活的每一天都是那样特别；

Search for knowledge，read more ，sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs；探寻更我的常识，多读一些书，坐在你家的前廊里，以赞美的见地去享受眼前的风景，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块，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；大家不止是为了存活而存活；

Use your crystal goblets2.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！

Remove from your vocabulary phrases likeone of these daysor someday；从你的词语库中移去所谓的有那样一天或者某一天；

Let's write that letter we thought of writing one of these days！

曾计划有那样一天去写的信，就在今天吧！

Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them；告诉家人和朋友，大家是多么地爱他们；

Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life；不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与开心的事情；

Every day，every hour，and every minute is special；每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那样特别；

And you don't know if it will be your last.你无从了解这是不是最后刻。