Life Comes in a Package

Life comes in a package.

生活是一个包裹。

This package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair.

这个包裹里藏着快乐与悲伤，成功与失败，希望与绝望。

Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to handle various situations.

生活是一个学习的过程。生活中的经历给我们上了新的一课，使我们成为一个更好的人。随着时间一天天过去，我们学会了处理各种情况。

Love

Love plays a pivotal role on our life.

爱

爱在我们的生活中起着举足轻重的作用。

Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could go hayward and also become cruel and ferocious.

爱让人感到被需要。没有爱，一个人可能会误入歧途，也会变得残酷无情。

In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care, they teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad. But we always tend to take this for granted.

在我们小时候，是父母给了我们无条件的爱和关怀，他们教会我们什么是对什么是错，什么是好什么是坏。但我们总是认为这是理所当然的。

It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others feelings. Kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better.

只有在结婚生子之后，一个人才会理解和体谅他人的感受。孩子让人变得有责任心、成熟，并帮助我们更好地理解生活。

Happiness and Sorrow

Materialistic happiness is short-lived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others face gives a certain level of fulfillment.

幸福与悲伤

物质带来的快乐是短暂的，但是当你给别人了一个微笑带来幸福的时候，你会有一种满足感。

Peace of mind is the main link to happiness. No mind is happy without peace.

平和的心态是维系幸福的纽带。没有平和的心态是不会快乐的。

We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow.

在悲伤的时候，我们往往才能体会到幸福的真谛。

Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are temporary and pass away.

悲伤的主要原因是亲人离世，失败和绝望。但这些都是短暂的，它们都会过去。

Failure and Success

Failure is the path to success. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way.

失败与成功

失败是成功之母。失败促使我们努力实现目标（催生了我们的渴望），教会我们如何生存，也为我们指明了一条具体的道路。

Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on our shoulder.

成功可以带来金钱、名誉、骄傲和自尊。但在此时，保持头脑清醒非常重要。

The only way to show our gratitude to God for bestowing success on us is by being humble, modest, courteous and respectful to the less fortunate ones.

只有对不幸的人保持谦逊、谦虚、礼貌和尊重，才能表达我们对上帝赐予我们成功的感激之情。

Hope and Despair

Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well. Hope makes us dream. Hope builds in patience.

希望与绝望

希望是生活的动力。父母总是希望自己的孩子能取得好成绩。希望使我们有梦想。希望能培养我们的耐心。

Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day. Nothing remains the same we have only one choice keep moving on in life and be hopeful.

生活教会我们即使在最困难的时候也不要绝望，因为黑夜之后黎明终将到来。没有什么是一成不变的，我们只有一个选择，那就是充满希望，在生活中不断前进。

Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. So the only alternative is work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.

生活教会我们不要因为昨天后悔，因为过去的已经过去了，我们无法掌控。明天是未知的，它可能是光明的，也可能是暗淡的。因此，唯一的选择就是在今天努力工作，只有这样我们才能享受更美好的明天。

整理：2023年12月18日于北城家园