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A very special teacher in a high school had a husband who died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her thoughts with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon sunlight shined through the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she moved a few things aside on her desk and sat down there.
With a gentle look on her face, she paused and said,"Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of none of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is a sign that we must make the most out of every single day."
Her eyes beginning to water, she went on,"So I would like you all to make me a now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice. It doesn't have to be something you see---it could be a scent---perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground. Please, look for these things, and remember them.
"For, although it may sound silly to some people, these things are the 'stuff' of life. The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted. We must make it important to notice them, for at any can all be taken away."
The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester. Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all overlook.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. Go barefoot. Or walk on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home tonight to get a double dip ice cream cone. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.
譯文
一個很特別的高中老師，其丈夫死於突發性心臟病。在他死後大約一週，她便把她的一些所思所想講給全班學生。下午的陽光透過教室的窗戶照射進來，快要放學了，她把一些東西放在講桌上，坐了下來。
她臉上帶着溫柔的表情，稍稍停頓了一下，便開始講話：“在放學前，我想跟你們分享一種我認爲很重要的想法。我們每個人都生活在地球上，學習、分享、愛護別人、欣賞和付出自我，卻沒有一個人知道這種美好的體驗什麼時候就會結束了。它隨時都可能被帶走。也許這預示着我們必須最大限度地利用每一個日子。”
她的眼睛開始溼潤了，她接着說：“因此我想讓你們每個人答應我：從今以後，在你上學或者放學的路上，要發現一些美麗的事物。它不一定是你看到的某個東西----它可能是一種香味----也許是新鮮烤麪包的味道從某一座房裏飄出來，也許是微風輕拂樹葉的聲音，或者是晨光照射在輕輕飄落的秋葉上的方式。請你們尋找這些東西並且記住它們吧。”
“因爲，儘管聽起來有些傻氣，這些東西卻就是生活的內容，是我們活在世上要欣賞的一些小東西。這些東西我們經常認爲是理所當然的。我們必須注意它們，這很重要，因爲說不定在什麼時候，它就被帶走了。”
整個教室裏非常安靜。我們都收拾起課本，整理好，一個個默默地走出教室。那天下午，在放學回家的路上我注意到很多事物，比我以前整個學期發現的事物還要多。不時地，我會想到那位老師，回憶起她給我們留下的深刻印象，我便會盡力去欣賞有時我們都忽略的東西。
今天中午吃飯的時候專注一下你所看到的特別事物。光着腳丫散散步。或在日落時分在沙灘上漫步。今晚在回家的路上，要駐足仔細品味一下冰淇淋蛋卷。因爲隨着我們年齡的增長，並不是做過的事情值得我們後悔，而是那些沒有去做的事情。
eciate 賞識，鑑賞，感激
of 奉獻，貢獻
astic 美好的，幻想的，奇異的
4. waft吹送，飄蕩
le 發出沙沙聲
out 魚貫而出
foot 赤腳的
off 中途停留
圓錐體，錐形物
Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
享受生命中的小事情，因爲有一天你回首往事，也許會發現它們其實是很重要的事情。
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
如果看見藍天會使你快樂，如果從地裏拱出的.小草會給你以感動，如果你能明白自然中簡單的事物所傳達的信息，那麼你就該歡欣喜悅，因爲你的靈魂還活着。
Learn to appreciate: A song that takes you away, for there are those who cannot hear. The beauty of a sunset, for there are those who cannot see. The warmth and safety of your home, for there are those who are homeless. Time spent with good friends for there are those who are lonely. The little things are what life is all about.
學會欣賞一首使你着迷的歌，因爲還有人聽不到；學會欣賞日落的美景，因爲還有人看不到；學會享受家庭的溫暖與安全，因爲還有人無家可歸；學會享受與朋友共度的時光，因爲還有人感到孤獨。這些點點滴滴的小事其實就是生活的全部。
