reverent adj. 恭敬的,虔誠(chéng)的
We are not all meant to live life through to old age. We’ve grown to perceive life as a full cycle with a certain number of years in between. If all of those years aren’t lived out,it's a tragedy. A tragedy because a human’s potential was never realized. A tragedy because a spark was snuffed out before it ever became a flame. By virtue of inhabiting a body we accept these risks. We expose our mortal flesh to the laws of the physical environment around us. The trade off isn’t so bad when you think about it. The problem comes when we construct mortal fantasies of what life should be like. When life doesn’t conform to our fantasy we grow upset,frustrated,or depressed. We are alive;let us live. We have the ability to experience;let us experience. We have the ability to learn;let us learn. The meaning of life can be grasped in a moment. A moment so brief it often evades our perception. What meaning stands behind the dramatic unfolding of life? What single truth can we grasp and hang onto for dear life when all other truths around us seem to fade with time? These moments are strung together in a series we call events. These events are strung together in a series we call life. When we seize the moment and bend it according to our will,a will driven by the spirit deep inside us,then we have discovered the meaning of life,a meaning for us that shall go on long after we depart this Earth.
由于附著于肉體之身，所以我們就得接受這些風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。我們使易朽的肉體服從周圍物理環(huán)境的法則。你仔細(xì)想一想就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，這種交易并不是那么糟糕。當(dāng)我們幻想生命應(yīng)該如何時(shí)，問題就來了。當(dāng)生命和我們的幻想不一致時(shí)，我們就變得煩惱，無奈或沮喪。 我們活著，那我們就要活得精彩；我們有能力體驗(yàn)，那我們就要體驗(yàn)人生甘苦；我們有能力學(xué)習(xí)，那我們就要在學(xué)海徜徉。生命的意義可以在一瞬間抓住-一個(gè)經(jīng)常被我們忽略的短暫瞬間。 當(dāng)生命戲劇般地一幕幕拉開時(shí)，其中隱含的意義是什么？當(dāng)我們周圍所有其他都似乎隨著時(shí)間而消逝時(shí)，我們能夠掌握哪個(gè)真理并依靠它來生活呢？ 這些瞬間串聯(lián)在一起，我們稱之為事件。這些事件串聯(lián)系在一起， 我們稱之為生活。當(dāng)我們抓住那個(gè)瞬間并按照我們的意志來改變它-這意志受到我們內(nèi)心深處的精神的驅(qū)使，我們就發(fā)現(xiàn)了生命的意義-這意義將在我們離開地球之后長(zhǎng)久存在。