当我还是个小男孩的时候，我总梦想着未来的生活
When I was a boy I dreamed of my future.
我想到自己长大当一个牛仔
I was going to be a cowboy .
因为我喜欢所有电视里老旧的西部片
I loved all the old westerns on television.
后来我又梦想自己会成为水手
Then I dreamed of being a sailor
或者一个士兵，在战场上一战封神
and a soldier and fighting epic battles.
之后我又梦想自己成为了消防员
After that I dreamed of being a fire fighter
从熊熊燃烧的高楼里拯救人们的生命
and rescuing people from burning buildings.
我简直等不及要快快长大，做一个成年人了
I just couldn't wait to grow up and be an adult.
之后我进了大学，那些梦想都改变了
Then I went to college and those dreams changed.
我想我会成为一位心理学家
I thought I would be a psychologist,
接着我又转为想要成为教师
then I switched to being a teacher,
同时我还想成为一名畅销书作者
and I also wanted to be a best selling author.
当我结婚成家，生儿育女，我对未来的梦想又改变了
When I married and had children my dreams of the future changed again.
现在，我所梦想的不再单单是某种职业
Now it wasn't so much a certain career that I dreamed of
而是梦想着什么时候，我才能稳定下来，生活有保障
but a time when I could be settled and secure
我和家人终于能够不再有任何烦恼
and my family and I would finally be problem free.
那个梦，显然，也没有实现
That dream, of course, didn't happen.
事实上，那些梦想中没有一个实现过
In fact, none of those dreams ever came to life.
其实我也花了许多年才明白
It took me many years as well to realize that
活在梦想中的未来时，就是活在幻想里
living in a dream future was living in an illusion
我在这幻想之中多沉迷一刻，我在珍贵的“当下”所拥有的时间就会少一刻
and that each moment I spent there was taking a moment away from the precious Now.
我终于明白，世间并不存在完美而毫无瑕疵的未来时
I saw that there could be no perfect, problem free future
因为问题是生活的一部分
because problems are a part of life.
我意识到，期盼着某个愿望实现，这只是在浪费我的时间
And I realized that I was wasting my days wishing for some dream to come true
那些时间，我本应去好好生活，去热爱我被赐予的每个日子
when I could be fully living and loving each day I am given.
只有在当下，我们才能真正活着
It is only in the Now that we can truly live.
只有在当下，我们才能真正去爱
It is only in the Now that we can truly love.
我们对未来的梦想只是梦想
Our dreams for the future are just that: dreams.
无论这梦想实现与否，更重要的是，我们如何度过当下的每一天
Whether they come true or not isn't as important as how we live each day here.
今天，去拥抱彼此吧，这个拥抱将无可替代
A hug shared today can never be replaced.
今天没有付出的善举，将永远无法补救
An act of kindness not given now is lost forever.
如果错过表达爱意的机会，也将于事无补
A moment of love missed can never be made up again.
当下的每一刻都万分珍贵，千金难求
Each second of the Now is precious and priceless.
别浪费当下的一分一秒
Don't waste a one of them.
拥抱它们
Embrace them.
唤醒它们
Live them.
热爱这其中的每一分一秒
Love them all.
永远活在当下，带着一颗充满爱的心，一副充满喜悦的灵魂，一股充满友善的生命力。
Always live in the Now with a heart full of love, a soul full of joy, and a life full of kindness.