Thanks for Everything
In our life, we have rarely expressed our gratitude to the one who'd lived those years with us.
在我们的生活中，我们很少向那些与我们共度岁月的人表达感激之情。
In fact, we don't have to wait for anniversaries to thank the ones closest to us — the ones so easily overlooked.
事实上，我们不必等到周年纪念日才向最亲近的人致谢——那些最容易被忽视的人。
If I have learned anything about giving thanks, it is this: give it now! While your feeling of appreciation is alive and sincere, act on it.
如果说我在感恩方面学到了什么，那就是：现在就表达！当你的感激之情鲜活而真诚时，就付诸行动。
Saying thanks is such an easy way to add to the world's happiness.
说声谢谢是为世界增添快乐的一种如此简单的方式。
Saying thanks not only brightens someone else's world, it brightens yours.
说谢谢不仅能照亮别人的世界，也能照亮你自己的世界。
If you're feeling left out, unloved or unappreciated, try reaching out to others. It may be just the medicine you need.
如果你感到被冷落、不被爱或不被感激，试着向他人伸出援手。这可能正是你需要的良药。
Of course, there are times when you can't express gratitude immediately. In that case don't let embarrassment sink you into silence; speak up the first time you have the chance.
当然，有时你无法立即表达感激之情。在这种情况下，不要让尴尬使你陷入沉默；一有机会就大声说出来。
Once a young minister, Mark Brian, was sent to a remote parish of Kwakiutl Indians in British Columbia. The Indians, he had been told, did not have a word for thank you.
曾经有一位年轻的牧师马克·布莱恩被派往不列颠哥伦比亚省夸扣特尔印第安人的一个偏远教区。有人告诉他，这些印第安人没有“谢谢”这个词。
But Brian soon found that these people had exceptional generosity.
但布莱恩很快发现，这些人非常慷慨。
Instead of saying thanks, it is their custom to return every favor with a favor of their own, and every kindness with an equal or superior kindness. They do their thanks.
他们的习俗不是说谢谢，而是用自己的一份恩惠回报每一份恩惠，用同等或更优的善意回报每一份善意。他们用行动来表达感谢。
I wonder if we had no words in our vocabulary for thank you, would we do a better job of communicating our gratitude? Would we be more responsive, more sensitive, more caring?
我想，如果我们的词汇中没有“谢谢”这个词，我们是否能更好地表达我们的感激之情？我们是否会更积极回应、更敏感、更有爱心？
Thankfulness sets in motion a chain reaction that transforms people all around us — including ourselves.
感恩会引发连锁反应，改变我们周围的人——包括我们自己。
For no one ever misunderstands the melody of a grateful heart.
因为没有人会误解一颗感恩的心的旋律。
Its message is universal; its lyrics transcend all earthly barriers; its music touches the heavens.
它传达的信息是普遍的；它的歌词超越了所有世俗的障碍；它的音乐触动了天堂。
翻译：豆包
整理：2024年8月10于北城家园
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