things do not change;we change.sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.  
萬物不變，是我們在變。你的衣服可以賣掉，但要保留你的思想 

think it over……好好想想…… 

today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;  
今天我們擁有了更高層的樓宇以及更寬闊的公路，但是我們的性情卻更為急躁，眼光也更加狹隘； 

we spend more,but enjoy less;  
我們消耗的更多，享受到的卻更少； 

we have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;  
我們的住房更大了，但我們的家庭卻更小了； 

we have more compromises,but less time;  
我們妥協更多，時間更少； 

we have more knowledge,but less judgment;  
我們擁有了更多的知識，可判斷力卻更差了； 

we have more medicines,but less health;  
我們有了更多的藥品，但健康狀況卻更不如意； 

we have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;  
我們擁有的財富倍增，但其價值卻減少了； 

we talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;  
我們說的多了，愛的卻少了，我們的仇恨也更多了； 

we reached the moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;  
我們可以往返月球，但卻難以邁出一步去親近我們的左鄰右舍； 

we have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;  
我們可以征服外太空，卻征服不了我們的內心； 

we have highter income,but less morals;  
我們的收入增加了，但我們的道德卻少了； 

these are times with more liberty,but less joy;  
我們的時代更加自由了，但我們擁有的快樂時光卻越來越少； 

we have much more food,but less nutrition;  
我們有了更多的食物，但所能得到的營養卻越來越少了； 

these are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;  
現在每個家庭都可以有雙份收入，但離婚的現象越來越多了； 

these are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;  
現在的住房越來越精致，但我們也有了更多破碎的家庭； 

that‘s why i propose,that as of today;  
這就是我為什么要說，讓我們從今天開始； 

you do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a special occasion.  
不要將你的東西為了某一個特別的時刻而預留著，因為你生活的每一天都是那么特別； 

search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;  
尋找更我的知識，多讀一些書，坐在你家的前廊里，以贊美的眼光去享受眼前的風景，不要帶上任何功利的想法； 

spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;  
花多點時間和朋友與家人在一起，吃你愛吃的食物，去你想去的地方； 

life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;  
生活是一串串的快樂時光；我們不僅僅是為了生存而生存； 

use your crystal goblets.do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it.  
舉起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝嗇灑上你最好的香水，你想用的時候就享用吧！ 

remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";  
從你的詞匯庫中移去所謂的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”； 

let‘s write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!  
曾打算“有那么一天”去寫的信，就在今天吧！ 

let‘s tell our families and friends how much we love them;  
告訴家人和朋友，我們是多么地愛他們； 

do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;  
不要延遲任何可以給你的生活帶來歡笑與快樂的事情； 

every day,every hour,and every minute is special;  
每一天、每一小時、每一分鐘都是那么特別； 

and you don't know if it will be your last.  
你無從知道這是否最后刻。