漫画图/文：Parag Salvi
中文翻译/朗读：芝麻叔叔
每天忙忙碌碌、身心疲惫。
你是不是偶尔也会有所懈怠？
身上的担子和压力越来越重，
你是不是有时也会自问：
人生的意义何在？
……
今天，芝麻叔叔给大家推荐一组漫画，
相信看过以后，你的心中自会有答案。
这组漫画，
是一个叫Parag Salvi的网友上传到Facebook上的，
曾经刷爆了国外的朋友圈，
累计获得点赞数千万次。
#以下为漫画正文#
This is the story people will often tell you:
经常会有人这样告诉你：
You come to this world.
你来到这个世界上。
Toil hard and get educated.
努力学习、顺利毕业。
Get a good job.
找到一份好工作。
Get married.
结婚。
Get settled.
安家。
Then youve kids.
生子。
You become a machine to handle stress and responsibilities.
你变成了一台机器，用来应付压力并扛起责任。
By the time your kids become self-sufficient, you start getting old.
当你的孩子能够独立了，你却变老了。
Your kids leave you for higher studies, work, leaving you two alone.
你的孩子会丢下你们二人，外出求学、工作。
You leave this world.
最后，你离开了这个世界。
And then?！
你以为这就是人生吗？！
This is the story no ones going to tell you, but you will experience for sure:
但下面的故事却很少有人告诉你，不过你肯定会经历：
Life is when you came as a bundle of joy to your parents life.
人生是你出生时给你父母带来的那份喜悦。
Life is the excitement of carrying the school bag for the first time.
人生是你第一次背上书包时的激动和兴奋。
Life is standing outside the classroom with your friends as punishment.
人生是你跟好朋友一起在教室外被老师罚站。
Life is crushing on the girl from college while your friend gives you company.
人生是你上了大学，有朋友的陪伴，还迷恋上一个女孩。
Life is getting rejected in a job interview and celebrating failure with a momo partywith friends.
人生是你面试被拒绝，却可以和朋友一起开派对坦然庆祝这次失败。
Life is the time you did something you e afraid of doing.
人生是那些特别的时刻，在那些时刻你初次尝试平时不敢做的事情。
Life is getting over that scratch on your new car.
人生是你从新车剐蹭的心疼、自责中渐渐释怀。
Life is decorating your new home.
人生是你装修了你自己的新家。
Life is cleaning pads of your little kids and going to office tired the next day.
人生是你因为照顾孩子而一夜无眠，但第二天还要拖着疲惫的身体去上班。
Life is shedding a tear of joy watching your kid dancing at annual function.
人生是你看着孩子在晚会上的精彩舞蹈喜极而泣。
Life is taking that weekend trip with your wife, while your kids are away.
人生是你趁着孩子不在家，和妻子一起来个周末旅行。
Life is stealing a kiss from your 40-year-old partner when your kids are home.
人生是当孩子在家时偷偷亲吻你已经40岁的爱人。
Life is completing the marathon at the age of 60.
人生是你在60岁时还能完成一次马拉松。
Life is telling stories to your grandchildren.
人生是你能够给你的孙子孙女们讲故事。
Life is being successful when you watch your kids prosper in life.
人生是你看着孩子们生活如意时自己心里的那份成就感。
Life is learning to operate that new gadget from your grandkids.
人生是你可以从孙子孙女那儿学会使用最新的数码产品。
Life is in the little things.
人生都是一些小事。
And only little things matter because one day youll look back and realize that those were the big things.
但这些小事才是至关重要的，因为有一天，当你回首往事，你会发现正是这些小事成就了你的人生。
