你应该努力去追求幸福----1692年镌刻于巴尔的摩圣保罗 教堂上的诗篇
在喧闹而奔忙的世界中平静地往前走
这是多么和平，安宁！
你要与周围的人友好相处
尽可能不要放弃这种努力和追求
你要轻轻但却要清晰地说出自己的真实思想
并且耐心地倾听别人含糊甚至烦人的想法
因为每个人都有自己的故事。
你要远远避开那些吵闹，具有侵略性的人
他们会使你的精神苦恼。
如果你将自己与他们比，
那么你会变得既自负又痛苦，
因为这个世界上永远有着比你强和比你弱的人们。
你该享受你自己的成就和计划
保持你对自己的事业的兴趣
他们不管多么细琐和低下，都是你
在变化多端的时代能真正拥有的财产。
在商业事务中你要小心谨慎
这是上到处都有阴谋和欺骗。
你也不要让自己对美德视而不见
世界上很多人为了崇高的理想在忍饥挨饿
生活中到处都有英雄主义存在。
你对自己要诚实
尤其不要无情装有情
对爱情不要玩世不恭
在这干旱，没有希望的土地上
它是一片四季常青的绿洲。
你要认真地吸取流水年华的经验
从容地向青春时光告别。
你要培养自己的精神力量
一抗衡突如其来的不幸的打击
但你千万不要用想象使自己苦恼，忧伤
很多恐惧产生于疲劳和孤单
除去有益身心的原则之外。
你要善待你自己
你和树木，星星一样是这茫茫宇宙的一分子
你有权利生活在这里
毫无疑问这世界已经完全为你打开
所以你要与上帝和平相处
无论你觉得他身在何方
也无论你做出何种努力，有什么渴望
在喧闹，混杂的生活中
你应该与你的心灵和平相处
尽管这世上有很多假冒很欺骗
有很多单调乏味的工作
和众多破灭的梦想
它仍然是一个美好的世界
记住：你应该努力去追求幸福。
1692年镌刻于
巴尔的摩古老的圣保罗教堂
Desiderata (Latin for "things to be desired")
Found in old Saint Paul's Church, Baltimore 1692*
Then found by Jeff in Rich and Susan's bathroom, June 1996
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble,
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labours and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
[* There is some controversy as to the origin, age and authorship of Desiderata. Several sources attribute Desiderata to Max Ehrmann, a poet and lawyer from Terre Haute, Indiana, who lived from 1872 to 1945. Per these sources, the rector of St. Paul's Church in Baltimore, Maryland, used the poem in a collection of devotional materials he compiled for his congregation. At the top of the handout was the notation, "Old St. Paul's Church, Baltimore A.C. 1692." The church was founded in 1692.]
这首诗歌，对于在平凡世界默默努力耕耘的人来说，她将带给我们平静和幸福。
在平凡的世界里，保持一份平和、持续的脚步，这种力量将使我们前进。
