温馨夜读 PART4 11 Relish The Moment 拥抱现在（在线收听）

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[00:01.08]Relish The Moment 拥抱现在

[00:07.32]Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision.

[00:11.37]We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent.

[00:16.08]We are traveling by train.

[00:18.37]Out the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways,

[00:24.60]of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside,

[00:29.96]of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, 

[00:35.54]of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hillsides, 

[00:40.25]of city skylines and village halls.

[00:43.31]But uppermost in our minds is the final destination.

[00:47.03]On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull in the station.

[00:50.96]Bands will be playing and flags waving.

[00:53.81]Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true

[00:57.20]and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle.

[01:01.35]How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering—

[01:06.19]waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.

[01:09.04]“When we reach the station, that will be it!”We cry.

[01:12.43]“When I’m 18.”“When I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz!”

[01:17.58]“When I put the last kid through college.”

[01:20.10]“When I have paid off the mortgage!”“When I get a promotion.”

[01:23.93]“When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after!”

[01:28.19]Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, 

[01:33.22]no one place to arrive at once and for all.

[01:36.72]The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream.

[01:41.09]It constantly outdistances us.

[01:43.50]“Relish the moment”is a good motto, 

[01:46.68]especially when coupled with Psalm 118：24：

[01:50.72]“This is the day which the Lord hath made；

[01:53.89]we will rejoice and be glad in it.”

[01:56.52]It isn’t the burdens of today that drive men mad.

[01:59.80]It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow.

[02:03.96]Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.

[02:08.66]So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles.

[02:12.81]Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream,

[02:16.86]go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, 

[02:20.03]watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less.

[02:24.19]Life must be lived as we go along.

[02:26.81]The station will come soon enough.