十四年的世界旅行，五十四条人生哲理

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来源54 Life Lessons 14 Years of World Travel Taught Me
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笔者 凯茨（Caz），

《y Travel Blog》的作者。

Travel means so much more to me than simply seeing new destinations and learning about new cultures.  Travel is a journey within myself.  It is through my 14 years of living and traveling around the world that I have learned more about who I am and what my purpose is.  And I have also discovered certain natural laws and truths about life.

旅行之于我，远不止是简单地去到一个新的地方、体味一种新的文化，它是我内心的一番求索。透过十四年、穿越世界各地的旅行与生活，我更加清楚地明白了——我是谁，我的目标是什么——也让我发现了这个世界的自然规律与生命真谛。

Here are 54 lessons I have gradually learned throughout my travels that have helped me to grow into, what I think, is a person who lives an empowered life.

这些是我从旅途中逐渐摸索到的五十四条人生哲理，它们帮助我成长为了理想中拥有强大生命的人。

Not all those who wander are lost.
- J. R. R. Tolkien

不是每个行走的人都会迷失。
——J. R. R.托尔金

1.People all over the world have the same basic wants and needs.  It doesn’t matter where we come from, what we look like, how we talk, or what we believe.  Deep down the essence of who we are as human beings is the same.  This is all that matters.  The outside differences are there to learn from and celebrate without fear.

1.全世界的人拥有同样的基本欲望与需求，它不会因地域、样貌、语言和信仰的不同而不同。作为人类，我们最核心的本质都是相同的。外在的不同，仅留待于我们去了解，去发现，并且不带一丝畏惧地去赞美。

2.There is absolute joy and wonder to be had in the simplest of moments.  Swinging in a hammock on the beach while watching the sunset over the horizon, for example.

2.最平凡的时刻也绝对值得我们去享受与赞叹。比如说，躺在摇晃的吊床上，看着夕阳从地平线缓缓落下。

3.The more we own, the more enslaved we become.

3.越多的拥有，也意味着越多的束缚。

4.We don’t need stuff to be happy or to fulfill us; we just need memorable moments and loving relationships.  (Read The Joy of Less .)

4.我们不需要什么来让我们快乐或是满足，我们需要的，仅仅是那些难忘的时刻和那些人与人之间的爱的关系。(读一下《The Joy of Less》)

5.Negotiation, business transactions and even personal relationships should always be conducted with the mutual belief in it being a win-win situation.  Everyone needs to walk away with a smile.

5.商谈、交易，甚至是人际交往，都应秉持着一条共同的原则——营造双赢。每个人都应当笑着离开。

6.The more you help others, the more you get in return.

6.帮助别人越多，得到别人的帮助也越多。

7.A smile, a wave and a friendly attitude can break down any barrier and create friendships where language cannot be understood.  Kindness is a universal.

7. 笑容、挥手与友好的态度，可以跨越任何形式的障碍，即便在语音不通的情况下，也可以建立友谊。友好，在全世界都是相通的。

8.You are powerful beyond measure.  You never know what you are capable of until you push your barriers of comfort, even if it’s just a little bit each day.

8.你的力量是无限的。你永远不会知道你的潜能有多少，除非你能够冲破安逸的壁垒——哪怕只是每天一点点。

9.Fear can be a guiding friend if you learn how to swallow it, and listen to it only when it serves its true purpose of warning you when you are in danger.

9.恐惧的真正意义，是可以在你身处危险时给予你警告。如果你能够好好地控制它，并在需要的时候跟从它，那它将成为一位良师益友。

10.Mother Nature knows everything.  Turn to her more to help ease your medical discomforts and your mental anguishes.

10.大自然知道所有的事情。当你遇到身体的不适或是精神的痛苦时，多去向她讨教讨教，她可以帮你抚平创伤。

11.When things frighten you, the best way to do what needs to be done is “1… 2… 3… jump!”  Sometimes you have to dive in before you talk yourself out of it.

11.当你遇到害怕的事情，一个最好的方式去做你应当做的，那便是——“1,2,3，跳！”有些时候，在说服自己不去做之前应当先尝试一下。

12.The purpose of life is to live in joy.

12.生活的目标就是愉快地去过每一天。

13.Life is constantly changing.  You cannot set up rigid rules and expectations.  If you do, you will only be disappointed.

13.生活是在不断变化着的。你不可能给自己定下不变的规则与期望。如果你这样做了，得到的结果只能是失望。

14.Don’t over plan.  Jump in the boat and let the river take you for an amazing ride.  You will get to the ocean eventually and it be way more fun.

14.不要做过多的计划。跳上船，让河流带你探索奇妙的旅程。你最终会到达大海，而且发现，旅途中充满了乐趣。

15.Don’t be afraid to speak to strangers, the majority of them are out to help you, not hurt you.  (Read How to Talk to Anyone .)

15.不要惧怕与陌生人交谈，他们中的绝大多数是来帮助你的，而不是来伤害你。（读一下《How to Talk to Anyone》）

16.People are generally good.

16.好人还是多的。

17.Never let society, or other people determine how you should live your life.  Only you know what is best for you.

17.不要让社会或是其他人决定你该怎样生活，只有你最清楚什么最适合自己。

18.Question everything until you understand it.  Never just believe or accept because that is the way it’s always been done.  Work it out for yourself.

18.对每件事都保持疑问，直到你把它弄明白了。不要只是相信与接受，因为人们经常会这样做。你需要自己去探索。

19.You will never stop learning until you stop living.

19.生命即意味着不断的学习。

20.God wants you to have a happy life and does not want you to suffer.  But your happiness is up to you.

20.上帝希望你过得幸福，不希望你经受苦难。但是什么是幸福，这取决于你自己。

21.God lives in everything.  You don’t need to go to a church or a temple, or pray five times a day to find her.  You just need to know yourself and pay attention to what’s happening around you.

21.上帝无处不在。你不一定非要去教堂或者寺庙做礼拜，或者一天祈祷五遍才可以找到她，你只需要更多地了解你自己，更多地关注身边发生的事情。

22.Miracles surround you every day.  Open your eyes to see them and rejoice in them.

22.奇迹每天都在你周围发生着，你只需要睁大眼睛发现它们，庆祝它们。

23.There are no problems, only challenges and solutions.

23.这个世界不存在问题，只有挑战与解决方案。

24.Everything happens for a reason and it all works out in the end.

24.事无不有缘由，且终究会有结果。

25.Climbing a mountain is really about the journey.  You’ll remember this more than the fleeting view at the end, which sometimes can’t even be seen due to the low lying clouds.

25.攀登才是旅途的真正意义。你将来会记得的是攀登的过程，而不是最后那稍纵即逝的风景。有时因为天上一片低矮的云，最后的风景就可能化为泡影。

26.Silence and stillness is something to embrace and treasure.  Relax into it and let go of the need to fill it with empty words or actions.  Allow it to be your friend.

26.沉静是值得拥抱与珍惜的事情。放松地去体味它，而不要用言语或是行动去填满它，让它成为你的朋友。

27.Believe in what you celebrate and celebrate what you believe in.

27.相信你所歌颂的事情，歌颂你所相信的事情。

28.Lie on a remote beach under the night sky, look at the curvature of the earth and gaze with wonder at the stars.  Spend time appreciating and understanding just how small you really are.  This will help you to know that you are not the center of the Universe, yet still a very important, miraculous part of it.  There is power in understanding how small you really are.

28.躺在夜幕下辽阔的沙滩上，看着蜿蜒的地平线，细数着天上无数的繁星，花些时间去发现并且庆幸——自己是多么的渺小。这些会让你懂得：你不是宇宙的中心，但却是它极为重要、奇迹般得一部分。当你真正懂得了自己有多么渺小，才会在其中发现强大的力量。

29.We are all interdependent of each other.  Co-operate by finding your niche rather than competing.  Be yourself.  All of us need you to be that way.

29.我们都是互相独立的。找到自己的位置，尝试与人合作而不是竞争，做真正的自己。我们都需要这样的一个你。

30.You cannot have effective communication without listening.  You have two ears and only one mouth for a reason.

30.没有倾听，你不可能有效地交流，因为我们都只有一张嘴，但却有两个耳朵。

31.Pay attention to non-verbal forms of communication.  You will learn far more about what someone is trying to say when you listen to their body language in addition their words.  (Read What Every BODY is Saying .)

31.多注意一下非语言交流。当你在语言之外还注意说话人的肢体动作时，你会更加清楚说话者想要表达什么。（读一下《What Every BODY is Saying)》）

32.Hang around people who celebrate you, and avoid those who merely tolerate you.  Life is too short not to.

32.多与那些欣赏你的人交往，尽量避免和那些仅仅是容忍你的人打交道，因为生命是如此的短暂。

33.The Earth is a living organism that is so much more powerful than us.  Look after her.  She will remove us if we threaten her existence.

33.地球是一个比我们强大的多的有机体。多去照料一下她，如果我们对她的生存构成了威胁，她会毫不留情的将我们抹去。

34.Trust in your gut.  It’s often quite wise.

34.相信你的直觉，它往往相当的明智。

35.Dream big.  Never allow your logical mind to talk you out of pursuing your dreams.  Your dreams are made for you.  Trying is the only way to know if they are possible to achieve.

35.拥有梦想。永远不要让逻辑思维阻挡住你对梦想的追逐，梦只因有你而存在，尝试是唯一能够证实它是否可行的方法。

36.Your past does not matter and you are not who you were in the past.

36.过去不重要，因为你已经不再是过去的你了。

37.Your knowledge and experiences in life are not for you alone.  They are of no use to you or anyone when they are trapped inside you.  Break free from the confines of doubt and insecurity and just let loose what it is you were born to do.  When you live from this position of share, share, share, you will be amazed by the rewards that come back to be shared with you.

37.你对生活的知识与经验不仅仅属于你自己。如果它们只是存在于你的脑海中，那对你和其他人来说它们都是没有用处的。忘掉那些怀疑和不安的限制，遵从与生俱来的品质，大胆地说出你的想法。当你开始生活着并分享着时，你将会惊讶的发现自己收获了好多东西。

38.‘This too shall pass’ is universally applicable to all situations in your life, both good and bad.  All the hardships and all the great moments in your life will eventually pass.  Accept this, learn the lessons, have total gratitude for them and then let them go when it is time for them to go.

38.“一切终将过去”，这句话对于生活中的任何情况都是适用的，无论是好事，还是坏事。生命中所有的苦难与美好都会有过去的时候，接受它，从中汲取教训，对它们的存在都充满感激，然后在它们应当离开时放手让它们离开。

39.Worrying is a futile exercise.

39.担忧是一种无谓的举动。

40.If you don’t like something, you almost always have the power to change it.

40.如果你不喜欢什么东西，你总可以也有能力去改变它。

41.You are the controller of your own life.  Take responsibility for your words, actions and choices.  And then adjust them to enable you to move in the direction you wish to go.

41.你是自己生命的掌控者，要对自己说的话、做的事、做出的选择负责，并将它们向着自己期望的目标调整。

42.There is power in pain – building strength and learning

42.在痛苦中也存在着力量——它可以让我们吸取教训、增强自身。

43.Change is good.  Change is life’s natural state at any given moment.

43.变化是有益的。变化在生命中的任何时候都是最自然的事情。

44.The only place where life exists is NOW.  Go live it.  Don’t wait for tomorrow or until everything is perfect.  It never will be.

44.生命存在的唯一时刻就是“现在”。好好地利用它，不要等到明天一切事情都完美了再去生活，因为明天的完美永远不会到来。

45.Enthusiasm, joy, awe and gratitude are our most powerful emotions.

45.热情、喜悦、敬畏和感激，这些是我们最有力量的感情。

46.When someone tells you that you can’t do something, what they usually mean is: “I can’t because I’m not willing to take a risk or put in the necessary effort.”

46.当别人告诉你，你无法做成某件事情时，他的意思其实是“我做不到，因为我不想冒险，也不想做任何必要的尝试。”

47.Excuses are limitations to our growth and experiences.

47.借口，是阻止我们成长与经历的枷锁。

48.You don’t have to be rich to travel the world.

48.你不一定非要富有才能够周游世界。

49.Most of the time the best experiences in life are free, or extremely low in cost.

49.大多数时候，生活中最美妙的体验是免费的，或者所需甚少。

50.There is nothing in the world that will get your heart racing more than a silverback charging at you.  And while I wouldn’t recommend that experience specifically, make sure you live your life so your heart races on a regular basis.  It means you’re pushing beyond your own limits.

50.世界上没有比被一只银背猩猩追逐更让人心跳加速的事了。在建议你不要有这种体验的同时，我还希望你在生活中心率能平稳些。这意味着你要不断地超越自己的极限。

51.Make your life a story to tell.  Even most of the bad stuff becomes good when you think of the story it gives you to tell someday.

51.让你的生活成为一段故事。如果你试着将经历变成某天可以与别人讲述的故事，即便是最坏的事情也会变得美好。

52.Life is not about finding yourself, it is about creating yourself.

52.生活不是要发现自己，而是要塑造自己。

53.Life is all about the memories.  Go create them.

53.回忆是生活的全部，大胆的去创造它们。

54.Never travel without an open mind.  Never live without an open mind, it is the greatest gift for growth you can ever give to yourself.

54.放开心态去旅行，放开心态去生活，这是给自己成长的最好的礼物。

Caz Makepeace has been living and traveling around the world since 1997.  She is co-founder of the popular “y Travel Blog” where she shares tips, stories and inspirations on world travel.  She also shares mindset and success tips for putting the mojo back into your life at her blog “Mojito Mother.”

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