導讀Iwasabouttoshavethismorning今天早上，我正準備刮胡子的時候whenIcaughtmyreflectioninthemirror.忽....

I was about to shave this morning

今天早上，我正準備刮胡子的時候

when I caught my reflection in the mirror.

忽然注意到鏡子里自己的影像

There was no doubt about it.

再也沒有任何疑問

My body was growing older.

我的身體在慢慢變老

My formerly thick hair

從前濃密的頭發

which used to be brown with a touch of gray

曾經是棕色，其中摻雜著一點灰色

was now gray with a touch of brown.

如今已經全然灰白，只剩下一點棕色

It was hard to see on top too

看到自己的發頂，心情更加難過

with so little of it left there.

那里如今只剩下一點點頭發

My forehead wrinkles

我的抬頭紋

had become permanent

已經深深的印刻到了皮膚里

and when I smiled

微笑的時候

a hundred more curled up around my eyes and mouth.

眼角和嘴角又多了百條皺紋

I thought about letting my beard grow for a second

有一瞬間，我想了想要不要把胡子蓄起來

but didn’t really want to look like Santa Claus.

但我不希望自己看起來像圣誕老人

When I stepped back

我從鏡子前轉身

I could see

我可以覺察到

I had gotten chunkier as well

自己的身材也更圓潤了

Because

因為

while my metabolism had slowed

我的新陳代謝減慢了

my eating hadn’t.

飲食習慣卻還保持原狀

My muscles also tended to be achier

我的肌肉酸痛加劇了

and my body creakier.

身體越發脆弱不堪

And the file clerk in my mind

我腦海中的檔案管理員

seemed to be misplacing things a lot more often.

把資料放錯位置的次數更多了

I was even thinking of

我甚至想著

writing stuff down more

多寫些小字條

so I could remember

這樣我就可以記起

what I came into a room for.

自己來到房間里是為了什么

In spite of it all,

盡管如此

though,

不過

when I looked in the mirror again

當我再看向鏡子里的自己

I caught a sparkle in my eyes.

我看到了自己眼中的閃光

I smiled

我露出微笑

and felt a joy in my heart.

感到內心的喜悅

I knew that

我知道

no matter what my reflection looked like,

無論我鏡中的又影像看上去如何

my soul was forever young.

我的靈魂永遠年輕

The truth is

事實上

while I have been steadily growing older on the outside

當我外在的軀殼平和的變老

I have for a while now

最近一段時間，其實

been growing younger on the inside.

我的內心一直在變得更加年輕

I can remember

我還記得

how serious, stressed, and worried I was

自己曾多么嚴陣以待，壓力重重，憂心勞神

in my twenties and thirties.

在我二十至三十歲的時候

I often felt like

我時常感覺到

the weight of the world was on my shoulders.

仿佛整個世界都壓在我的雙肩

Now at fifty three

如今，我已經五十三歲了

my heart feels lighter

我的心卻更加輕盈

and my days look brighter.

我的生活也更加明亮了

I feel like a true “Child” of nature

我感覺自己是大自然的孩子

free to laugh,

可以恣意歡笑

to sing, to dance

歌唱，舞蹈

to love, and to help others do the same.

去愛，去幫助別人成為和我一樣的人

I worry less

我的煩惱變少了

and smile more.

笑容增多了

I have a lot more faith

我對生活的信心大大增多了

and a lot less fear.

恐懼卻大大減少了

I let my love lead me

我讓愛引導著自己

and face the pains and problems of this world

直面這個世界的苦痛和難題

with the loving-kindness of the next.

用彼岸的愛和善意為武器

In the end

最終

all of our bodies will wear out and die,

我們都會死去，身體腐朽

but WE won’t.

但我們內在的自己不會

Our young souls will go on forever.

我們年輕的靈魂將長存下去

Spend your days growing younger then.

所以，用你的時間讓自己變得年輕吧

Let the child within you live and love.

讓你內心的小孩快樂的活著，讓他去愛