摘要：When I was a young boy I gave my life meaning by simply playing, running, jumping, swimming, laughing, and riding my bike. When I

曾经读到这篇讲生命的意义的短文，颇有感触，尤其文中提到，“生命的意义在于赋予生命意义。”觉得很有道理。现以英汉对照文本供阅读。

"What is the meaning of life?" This is a question that we all ask ourselves at one point or another of our existence here. It is a question that I have asked myself many times over the years.

The best answer that I ever came across was written by the great psychologist, Viktor Frankl who had survived the Nazi Concentration camps in World War II. Frankl wrote that "The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

When I was a young boy I gave my life meaning by simply playing, running, jumping, swimming, laughing, and riding my bike. When I went to school I gave my life meaning by learning, studying hard, getting good grades and trying to make my Mom and Dad proud. When I was a teenage boy I found meaning in playing sports, hanging out with my friends, and trying to impress girls.

In college I found my meaning by deciding what I wanted to study and what career I wanted to prepare for. When I was working as a teacher I found meaning in helping to open young minds to new ideas and old wisdom.

When I married and had children I found meaning in protecting, providing for, and watching over those I loved. When I found out both of my sons were mentally handicapped I found meaning in loving them, caring for them, and learning so much from them about life, love, compassion, patience, faith, and joy.

As I got older too I began to realize that meaning isn’t something that comes and goes. We can give meaning to every moment of our lives here. We can bring meaning to the thoughts we think. We can bring meaning to the things we do. We can bring meaning to the hearts we touch. All we have to do is love. It is love that gives life meaning. It is love that makes life worth living.

“生命的意义是什么？”这是我们每个人在人生的某个阶段都会问自己的一个问题。多年来，我也曾我无数次次问过自己这个问题。

我所见过的最好的答案出自伟大的心理学家维克多·弗兰克尔之手，他从二战时期的纳粹集中营中幸存下来。弗兰克尔写道：“生命的意义在于赋予生命意义。”

当我还是个小男孩的时候，我通过玩耍、奔跑、跳跃、游泳、欢笑和骑自行车来赋予生命意义。上学后，生命的意义就是学习、努力读书、取得好成绩努力让父母感到骄傲。当我还是个十几岁的少年时，生命的意义是参加体育运动、和朋友闲逛以及试图吸引女孩的注意。

在大学里，生命的意义在于决定自己想学什么以及为将来想从事的职业做准备。当我当老师的时候，我从帮助年轻人开阔思维、接受新思想和古老智慧中找到了生命的意义。

当我结婚并有了孩子后，生命的意义便为保护、供养和照顾我所爱的人。当我得知两个儿子都有智力障碍时，我从爱他们、照顾他们以及从他们身上学到关于生活、爱、同情、耐心、信仰和快乐的诸多东西中找到了生命的意义。

随着年龄的增长，我也开始意识到生命的意义并非时有时无的。我们可以赋予我们生命中的每一个时刻以意义。我们可以赋予我们所思考的念头以意义。我们可以赋予我们所做的事情以意义、赋予我们所触及的心灵以意义。我们所要做的就是去爱。是爱赋予了生命以意义，让生活变得值得过。

来源：英语·点一点号