45 Lessons in Life (삶을 위한 교훈)

 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.                                 누굴 미워하며 시간낭비 하기엔, 인생은 너무 짧다.

 4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick.  
                                                                                         병들면 직장이 널 돌보지 않는다. 네 부모와 친구가 해준다.           
                                                                                                          그러하니, 그들과 계속 연락을 취하라.

 5. Pay off your credit cards every month.                                                        매달 카드빚이 없게 하라.

 6. You don’t have to win every argument,  Agree to disagree.                 분쟁마다 이길 필요 없다. 의견차를 인정하라.

 7. Cry with someone, It’s more healing than crying alone.                     울땐 함께 울어라, 혼자보다 훨씬 몸에 좋다.

 8. It’s OK to get angry with God, He can take it !                                              하느님께 성내도 괜챦다,
                                                                                                            그분은 네 분노를 감당하실수 있으니.

 9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.                                    첫봉급부터 은퇴준비를 하라.

10.When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.                               쵸코렛같은 것은 저항하려도 헛수고가 된다.

11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
                                                                                                      과거와 화해하여, 과거가 현재를 망치지 않게 하라.

12. It’s OK to let your children see cry.                                                      네가 우는것을 애들이 보아도 괜챦다.

13. Don’t compare your life to others, You have no idea what their journey is all about.
                                                                                                                         네 생애를 남의것과 비교말라.      
                                                                                                       그들의 여정이 어떤지.. 넌 전혀 알지 못하고 있기에.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, You shouldn’t be in it.               비밀로 해야하는 인간관계는 첨부터 가지지 마라.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry, God never blinks.
                                                                                              눈 깜박할 사이에 모든것이 변할수 있다. 그렇다고 걱정마라.
                                                                                                             하느님은 절대로 눈 깜박하시지 않는다.
                                                                                                                        그러하니, 그를 믿어라.

16. Take a deep breath, It calms the mind.                                          심호흡을 하라. 정신을 안정시켜 주기에….

17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
                                                                                        소용없거나, 아름답지 않거나 또는 즐겁지 않은 것들을 버려라.

18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
                                                                                                  죽이지 않는 한, 모든 고난은 너를 실로 강하게 만든다.

19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But second one is up to you and no one else.
                                                                                                        행복한 유년기를 갖기에 너무 늦었다고 생각마라. 
                                                                                        두번째 유년기를 갖는것은  다른사람이 아닌 바로 네게 달렸다.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
                                                                                                                  인생살이에서 좋아하는것을 추구하는데는, 
                                                                                                                    그 어느 거부도 답으로 받아들이지 마라.

21. Burn the candles, Use the nice sheets, Wear the fancy lingerie,
     Don’t save it for a special occasions.                                            촛불도 켜고, 좋은 침대보도 깔고, 멋진 속옷을 입어라.
                                                                                                             그것들을 특별한 때를 위해 접어두지 마라. 
                                                                                                                          오늘이 바로 그 날이다.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.                                  준비할수 있는 한 마음껒 준비하고, 그 후엔 시류에 따르라.

23. Be eccentric now, Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
                                                                                        지금 괴짜가 되라.  더 늙은 후에야 자주색 옷을 입으려 하지 마라.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.                                                가장 중요한 성기는 두뇌.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.                                    너 말고 누구도 네 행복을 책임지지 않는다.

26. Exame every so- called disaster with these words,
     ” In five years, will this matter ?”                                                          소위 재난이란 것을 액자에 넣어 보관하려면
                                                                                                     5년 후에도 이게 문제인가 ?” 라는 표제를 덧 붙여라.

27. Always choose life.                                                                                       늘 삶을 택하라.

28. Forgive everyone everything.                                                                         매사 모두를 용서하라.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.                         남이 뭐라든,  네가 상관할 일이 아니다.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.                      시간이 모든걸 치료한다. 시간이 시간을 갖도록 해 주어라.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.                                         좋든 나쁘던, 상황은 바뀐다.

32. Don’t take yourself so seriously, No one else does.                자신을 너무 심각해 하지 마라. 아무도 그리하지 않는다.

33. Believe in miracles.                                                                                       기적이 있다는걸 믿어라.

34. God loves you because of who god is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
                                                                                                               하느님은 본성이 그래서 널 사랑하는 것이지,
                                                                                                             네가 뭘 했거나 하지 않아서 사랑하는 것이 아니다.

35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
                                                                                                네 인생을 감사하려 들지 마라. 그냥 맘껒 살아보려고 하라.

36. Growing Old beats the alternative – Dying Young.
                                                                                                   늙는다는 것은, 그 대안인 ‘ 일찍 죽는다’ 는 것 보다 낫다.

37. Your children get only one childhood.                                                 네 애들은 유년기를 오직 한번만 갖는다.

38. All that truely matters in the end is that you loved.                           끝에 가서 중요한 것은 네가 사랑했다는 것이다.

39. Get outside everyday, Miracles are waiting everywhere.
                                                                                                 밖의 바람을 쐬어라.      기적들이 곳곳에서 기다리고 있다.

40. If we all threw our problems in the pile and saw everyone else’s,     We’d grab ours back.
                                                                                   만약 우리의 문제들을 한군데 쌓아 놓고 서로의 것을 비교하게 된다면,
                                                                                                         우리는 우리의 문제를 도로 찾아 갈 것이다.

41. Envy is the waste time. You already have all you need.
                                                                               선망은 시간 낭비다.  너는 네가 필요한 모든 것들을 이미 다 가지고 있다.

42. The best is yet to come.                                                                  최고로 좋은 것들이 오고 있는 중 이다.

43. No matter how you feel, Get up, Dress up and show up.
                                                                                                     기분이 좋던 어떻든, 일어 나서 정장을 하고 나서라.

44. Yield.                                                                                                                    수확을 내라.

45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.
                                                                                              삶은 잘 포장되지 않았지만, 여전히 하나의 귀한 선물이다.

 * Remember that I will always share my spoon with you !
   Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves.