We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents.
我们无法选择出生,无法选择父母;
We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstance of our upbringing.
我们无法选择出生历史时期与国家,或是成长的周遭环境;
We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death.
我们大多数人都无法选择死亡,无法选择死亡的时间和条件;
But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift.
但是在这些无法选择之中,我们可以选择自己的生活方式,是勇敢无畏还是胆怯懦弱,是光明磊落还是厚颜无耻;是目标坚定还是随波逐流,
We decide what is important and what is trivial in life!
我们可以决定生活中哪些至关重要,哪些微不足道!
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