下面是美国一个91岁老人的人生感悟，发布在其专栏上，很受欢迎：

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

生活虽不尽公平，但依然美好。

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

疑惑时，只需再继续迈出一小步。

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

生命实在太短促，不要浪费时间去恨任何人。

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will.

生病时，你的工作不能照顾你，而朋友和父母可以。

Stay in touch.保持联系。

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

每月补清你的信用卡。

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

你不必赢得每次争论。同意不一致。

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

和别人一起哭。这比独自哭更有疗效。

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

对上帝发火没关系。他可以接受。

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

从你的第一笔收入开始就为退休省钱。

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

面对巧克力，诱惑是无法抵抗的。

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

和过去和平相处，它就不会扰乱你的现在。

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

让孩子看到你哭没什么大不了的。

13. Don't compare your life to others.

不要拿你的生活和别人相比。

You have no idea what their journey is all about.

你无法知道他们整个的人生旅程。

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

如果一个关系不得不保持隐秘，你就不应该身处其中。

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

世事变化无常。但是不要担心，上帝会一直关照我们。

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

深呼吸，它能平静你的心绪。

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

除去无用、不漂亮、不快乐的事。

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

任何事只要没有毁掉你，就一定会使你更强壮。

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.拥有一个快乐的童年永远不晚。但是第二个童年取决于你而不是任何别的人。

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

当你面临追逐生活之所爱时，不要回答不。

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

点上蜡烛，用上漂亮的被单，穿上迷人的内衣。不要留着它们等待一个特殊的日子。今天就是特殊的。

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

充分准备，然后紧随潮流。

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

现在就展现怪异的行装吧，不要等到年老时再去穿上紫色。

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

最重要的性器官是大脑。

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

除你之外，没人能掌控你的快乐。

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ''In five years, will this matter?".

面对生活中所谓的灾难，试着问问，“五年后，这还重要吗？”

27. Always choose life.

永远选择活着。

28. Forgive everyone everything.

原谅每个人每件事。

29. What other people think of you is none of your business...

别人如何看你和你无关。

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.

时间几乎可以治愈一切，给时间些时间。

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

无论情形是好是坏，一切都会改变。

32.Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.不

要太在意你自己。别人也不会。

33. Believe in miracles.

相信奇迹。

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

上帝爱你，那是上帝自身的原因，不是因为你做了或没做什么。

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

不要旁观生活。现在就登场去创造生活吧。

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

与其悲叹青春流逝不如优雅地慢慢变老。

37. Your children get only one childhood.

你的孩子们只有一个童年。

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

你所爱的才是最终真正重要的。

39. Get outside every day.

每天外出。

Miracles are waiting everywhere.

奇迹无处不在。

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

如果我们都把自己的问题扔到一边，只看别人的问题，夺回的还将是自己的问题。

41. Envy is a waste of time.

嫉妒是浪费时间。

You already have all you need.

你已经拥有你所需的一切。

42. The best is yet to come.

最好的还没到来。

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

不管你感觉如何，起床，穿衣、等台亮相。

44. Yield.

生长

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

生活虽然没有被打上蝴蝶结，但它依然是份礼物。