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The Greatest Gift You Can Give Yourself
你可以給自己最好的禮物
How’s your memory? Can you recall the thoughts, emotions, reactions of family or friends, or even subtle prayers from earlier today? How about yesterday, or last week? What about the warm feeling of your toes thawing after playing outside in a cold winter day five years ago? Unless you have a memory like Brad Williams, there’s a good chance you won’t recall the minute details of life as you lived it.
你的記憶力怎樣?你能回想起所有思想、情感、與家人或朋友的感應，甚至是今天之前的祈禱的細節嗎?昨天呢?上個星期呢?五年前你的雙腳踏在冰冷的雪地上，你的感受如何?如果你有像布萊德·威廉的記憶力，你就可以在短時間內回想起你生活中的所有細節。
When Todd, my father-in-law, asked me to write a post for the Little Things Matter blog I asked myself this question. “What is the one lesson from my life that would contribute the most to the LTM community”. My answer to that question was simple, “give them the best gift possible”. Since we’re not all blessed with the ability to capture the details of life like Brad Williams, one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself is journaling. Keeping a journal has benefits that far surpass the time that you take to write down what’s happening.
當我的繼父托德要我寫小事情博客的郵件時，我問我自己：“我人生中學到的哪一個課程是對小事情社區貢獻最大的?”我的回答很簡單：“盡可能給他們最好的禮物。”因為我們不像布萊德·威廉那樣有天賦記住生活中的細節，你能給自己最好的禮物就是寫日記。寫日記的好處遠遠大于寫日記所花的時間。
Jim Rohn, one of the greatest teachers of personal development, said, “If you’re serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique individual, keep a journal. Don’t trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across something important, write it down.” There’s a reason he associates becoming who you want to become with the simple, yet powerful method of writing down the things that impact your life.
吉米·羅恩，注重個人發展的最棒的老師之一，曾經說道：“如果你對成為一個富有、強健、復雜、健康、有影響力、有文化又很獨特的人嚴格要求自己，你就應該寫日記。把聽到的很有用的東西寫下來，或者是很重要的事情。”原因是他把簡單有用的記下對個人生活有影響的事物和個人結合起來。
Most successful people will tell you that achieving success is accomplished by several small steps taken in a direction that lead you to who you want to become. Two clear examples of this are the publisher of Success Magazine, Darren Hardy, who recently published his book “The Compound Effect,” and this blog Little Things Matter. To me, there is no better way to gauge the direction you are going than by keeping a journal and referring back to it from time to time.
大部分的成功人士都會說成功的要訣是伴隨著每一個小步。在成功雜志上有兩個典例，一是最近出版新書《復合效應》的大瑞·哈迪，另一個是小事情博客。對我來說，最好的引導人生方向的方法是記日記而且能夠聯系過去和未來。
If you have been completely honest with yourself throughout your journey, you will get to read about the sweaty palms when you went into a meeting, the doubts you had about taking the new job, and all the other trials you overcame. When you can read about the things that used to intimidate you but now they don’t, it will build a belief in yourself and help you keep moving in the direction you’re headed.
如果你對自己人生旅途中是非常誠實的話，你可能會讀到你在參加會議的時候掌心出汗，你可能是在擔任新工作時遇到了難題以及其他需要克服的難題。當你讀到之前被恐嚇時的文章時，它會幫助你建立自信，讓你堅守自己的人生方向。
You’ll also read about the emotions you felt when you landed that new client, how you felt when you lost the 10 pounds you always wanted to loose, the times you beat your father-in-law in tennis.
你也會讀到那些感受，如你之前經常多找給了新客戶十英鎊的難堪，或者是打網球時擊敗了你的繼父的喜悅。
