用雙眼尋找美麗：發生身邊的30個美好瞬間
“Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.”―Walt Whitman
“幸福，不在別的地方而就在這裏...不在別的時候而就在此時。”— 美國詩人沃爾特·惠特曼
All around the world, the present moment is filled with beauty. If you are attentive, you will see it. If you are willing, you will help create it.
當下這個瞬間，全世界都充滿着美麗。如果留心，你就會發現；如果願意，你也能創造這份美麗。
Let’s take a moment to think about the beautiful things happening around us. Right now, at this exact moment…
讓我們花費一些精力，去思考發生在我們身邊的這些美妙的事物。就在眼下，就在此刻...
1. A newborn infant just took her first breath.
一個新生兒呼吸了第一口空氣。
2. Two teenage romantics just received their very first kiss, from each other.
兩個浪漫的年輕人剛剛獻出彼此的初吻。
3. Someone is driving their car with the windows down and singing to their favorite song at the top of their lungs.
有些人開着車並搖下窗戶，大聲地唱着他們最喜歡的歌曲。
4. Volunteers in different cities are actively assisting and standing up for the powerless, the homeless, and the neglected who need someone to speak up for them.
那些在不同的城市的志願者們，正積極地幫助和支持那些弱勢的人、無家可歸的人，和那些被忽視卻需要有人爲他們說話的人。
5. Someone is in the middle of complimenting a stranger who desperately needed a reason to smile.
有個人正在稱讚一位陌生人，而這位陌生人正迫切需要一個理由微笑。
6. Two coworkers are cracking each other up and laughing so hard that they aren’t even making any noise.
兩個同事互相逗笑對方，他們用盡力氣大笑，以至於他們都沒有造成太大聲響。
7. A high school guidance counselor is contributing her time, encouragement, and a listening ear to help a student realize his passion and ability.
一箇中學的輔導員正在奉獻她的精力，傾聽和鼓勵她的一個學生，幫他實現他的熱情和能力。
8. People near and far are holding hands with the person they love.
附近周圍的人們都牽着自己愛人的手。
9. A husband and wife who were drowning in debt ten years ago proudly hold a balance of zero on all their lines of credit.
一對十年前還負債累累的夫婦，現在自豪地擁有零負債的信貸額度。
10. Someone is going above and beyond and doing a little extra work to make someone else’s life a little easier.
有些人會去做一些超出自己份內的事情額外工作，讓其他人的生活可以更加輕鬆。11. People from all over the world are online at crowdfunding sites likeGoFundMe pledging online donations to help strangers in need.
來自世界各地的人們登入類似於GoFundMe這類集資網站，在線捐款幫助那些需要幫助的陌生人。
12. Responsible designated drivers are getting their friends home safely.
那些負責的指定司機，正安全地把他們的朋友們送回家。
13. A student tutor is volunteering her time to help a fellow student learn.
一位導師正在利用自己的空餘時間，無償幫助一名學生學習。
14. Someone who has struggled with their weight for years is looking down at the scale, smiling.
一個減肥多年的人，正微笑着俯視着體重秤上的刻度。
15. A long-term alcoholic just celebrated exactly one full year of sobriety.
一位長期的嗜酒者正在慶祝自己戒酒滿一年。
16. Somewhere someone is admiring a breathtaking sunrise, and somewhere else a surreal sunset.
在某處，有人正在欣賞壯觀的日出；而另一處，有人正在欣賞美輪美奐到不真實的夕陽。
17. A friend is helping a friend rise above feelings of depression and suicide.
一個朋友正在幫助他的朋友從抑鬱和想自殺的情緒中擺脫出來。
18. Someone is holding the door open for the person behind them.
有人保持着門敞開，以便其後面的人進出。
19. A Good Samaritan is pulled over on the side of the road assisting a stranger who’s having car trouble.
一個好心的樂於助人者將自己的車停在路邊上，下車幫助一個車壞了的陌生人。
20. Someone is celebrating the fact that they just broke their own personal best record.
有人正在慶祝他們剛剛打破了個人最好成績。21. An active duty military member stationed overseas just received an email from a loved one.
現在海外服役於的軍人剛剛收到了來自愛人的信。
22. Hundreds of people are spending a few clicks of their time online at Free Rice.
數百人正在網上用一點時間來點擊FreeRice網站。
23. Someone just accidentally overheard someone else say something nice about them.
有些人偶然地聽到別人正在誇獎自己。
24. An emergency room surgeon just saved her patient’s life.
一個急診手術醫師剛剛救了她的病人的生命。
25. Two best friends are hugging each other after being apart for a while.
兩個最好的朋友在分別一段時間之後重聚，緊緊相擁在一起。
26. Honest people are working tirelessly at various government agencies to help protect the basic human rights and civil liberties of their fellow citizens.
正直的人們在不同的政府機構工作，正在不知疲倦地工作去保護公民的基本權益和人身自由。
27. Someone who suffered from a severe injury a while back is back on their feet.
有人在不久前受疾病之苦，現在終於恢復了。
28. Several of the world’s next great inventors, artists and entrepreneurs are working diligently on perfecting their breakthrough ideas and crafts.
幾位世界上未來的偉大發明家、藝術家和企業家正在勤奮地工作，完善他們突破性的創意和工藝。
29. Someone is sitting quietly and smiling about the fact that there’s nowhere else in the world they would rather be right now.
有人靜靜地坐着並微笑着，他們認爲這個世界上不會有其它地方比現在更好了。
30. Somewhere on the Internet someone is writing an encouraging comment on a blog post that will make others smile.
在某個地方，有人正在互聯網上寫着一些鼓舞人心的博客，來給其他人帶來快樂。
There truly is beauty to be seen in every imaginable direction if you are willing to see it and help create it.
如果你願意去發現和創造，在世界的任何一個可以想象的地方，確實都存在着美好的事物。
