Human Life as a Poem(人生就像一首詩)

Human Life as a Poem

    I think that from a biological standpoint, human life almost reads like a poem. It has

its own rhythm and beat, its internal cycles of growth and decay.  It begins with innocent childhood, followed by awkward adolescence trying awkwardly to adapt itself to mature society, with its young passions and follies, its ideals and ambitions; then it reaches a manhood of intense activities, profiting from experience and learning more about society and human nature; at middle age, there is a slight easing of tension, a mellowing of character like the ripening of fruit or the mellowing of good wine, and the gradual acquiring of a more tolerant, more cynical and at the same time a kindlier view of life;then in the sunset of our life, the endocrine glands decrease their activity, and if we have a true philosophy of old age and have ordered our life pattern according to it, it is for us the age of peace and security and leisure and contentment; finally, life flickers out and one goes into eternal sleep, never to wake up again. One should be able to sense the beauty of this rhythm of life, to appreciate, as we do in grand symphonies,its main theme, its strains of conflict and the final resolution.

     No one can say that a life with childhood, manhood and old age is not a beautiful arrangement; the day has its morning, noon and sunset, and the year has its seasons, and it is good that it is so. There is no good or bad in life, except what is good according to its own seasoN. And if we take this biological view of life and try to live according to the seasons, no one but a conceited fool or an impossible idealist can deny that human life can be lived like a poem.

人生就像一首詩

    從生物學角度來看，我認為人生讀起來就像一首詩。人生有著獨特的韻律和節(jié)奏，有著內(nèi)在的發(fā)展和衰退周期。人生始于天真無邪的童年時代，隨之而來的是不知所措的少年時代，笨手笨腳地努力適應成熟的社會。在此期間，既有青春的激情和傻氣，也有人生的理想和抱負。緊接著就到了緊張激烈的成年時期，人們從經(jīng)驗中受益，更多地了解社會和人性。人值中年，可以稍事放松，此時性格趨于成熟，如同成熟的果實和甘醇的美酒；人生態(tài)度逐漸變得更加寬容