नकारात्मक विचार आपको एक कोने में धकेल देते हैं। वे बढ़ते हैं और आपको घेर लेते हैं। इस बारे में मत सोचिए कि आपके पास क्या नहीं है। छोटी-छोटी खुशियों पर ध्यान केंद्रित करने की कोशिश करें।
Negative thoughts back you into a corner. They multiply and surround you. Don’t think of what you don’t have. Try to focus on the simple pleasures.
Negative thoughts back you into a corner. They multiply and surround you. Don’t think of what you don’t have. Try to focus on the simple pleasures.
हम अपने आप में नहीं रहते जब प्रकृति, आहत होकर, मन को शरीर के साथ कष्ट सहने का आदेश देती है। – किंग लियर
We are not ourselves When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind To suffer with the body. – King Lear.
We are not ourselves When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind To suffer with the body. – King Lear.
जिंदगी आपको ऐसे हालात देगी जिन पर आपको गुस्सा आएगा। मैं नहीं चाहती कि आप उस गुस्से में घुट जाएं या यह भूल जाएं कि आप कितने सक्षम हैं।
Life is going to give you things to be angry at. I don’t want you to be consumed by that anger or forget how much you’re capable of.
Life is going to give you things to be angry at. I don’t want you to be consumed by that anger or forget how much you’re capable of.
जब दुनिया आपको ऐसे दिग्गजों से भरी लगे जो आपके आगे बौने साबित होते हैं, जब सिर्फ अपना सिर ऊंचा रखना भी एक संघर्ष लगे, तो मैं चाहती हूं कि आप यह याद रखें कि जीने का मकसद सिर्फ कामयाबी हासिल करना नहीं है। एक अच्छा इंसान होना भी अपने आप में बड़ी बात है। सही काम करना कभी व्यर्थ नहीं हो सकता।
When the world seems full of giants who dwarf you, when it feels like a struggle just to keep your head up, I want you to remember there is more to live for than mere achievement. It is worth something to be a good man. It cannot be worth nothing to do the right thing.
When the world seems full of giants who dwarf you, when it feels like a struggle just to keep your head up, I want you to remember there is more to live for than mere achievement. It is worth something to be a good man. It cannot be worth nothing to do the right thing.
कभी किसी से प्यार मत करना," उसकी मां ने कागजात उठाते हुए कहा और उन्हें उस दराज में रख दिया जिसमें वह अपनी अंगूठी रखती थीं। "तुम सिर्फ अपना दिल तोड़ोगी।"
Don’t ever love anyone,” her mother said, picking the papers up and sliding them into the bureau drawer she’d kept her ring in. “All you’ll do is break your own heart.
Don’t ever love anyone,” her mother said, picking the papers up and sliding them into the bureau drawer she’d kept her ring in. “All you’ll do is break your own heart.
तुम इस जीवन में जीत और हार का हिसाब लगाने नहीं आई हो। तुम यहां प्यार करने और प्यार पाने आई हो। तुम सिर झुकाए होने पर भी प्यार पाती हो। तुम तब भी प्यार पाओगी चाहे तुम अपना काम पूरा करो या न करो।
You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved. You are loved with your head down. You will be loved whether you finish or not.
You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved. You are loved with your head down. You will be loved whether you finish or not.
वह सोचने लगी कि क्या उसने अपने सपनों से दूर ले जाने वाले रास्ते पर पहला कदम रख दिया है। जिस बात ने उसे डराया, वह यह था कि ऐसा करना कितना आसान था।
She wondered if she’d taken the first step on the road away from her dreams. What scared her was how easy it had been to do it.
She wondered if she’d taken the first step on the road away from her dreams. What scared her was how easy it had been to do it.
जितना तुम्हारी याददाश्त में है, उससे कहीं ज्यादा कुछ घट चुका है।
There’s more that’s happened than what’s in your memory.
There’s more that’s happened than what’s in your memory.
उसकी चाहत के छोटे-छोटे तलछटी कण उसके पैरों के पास इतने जमा हो गए थे कि उसने उसे देखना ही बंद कर दिया था।
The little sedimentary deposits of his need had piled at her feet until they blocked her view of him.
The little sedimentary deposits of his need had piled at her feet until they blocked her view of him.
वह इतनी छोटी नहीं थी कि यह न समझ सके कि उसे खुश करने वाले वे विरले लोग थे जो उसके मिथक के झागदार जाम को एक सांस में नहीं गटक जाते थे, बल्कि उसकी इंसानियत के खारेपन को थोड़ी देर सूंघते थे, उस पर संदेह भरी नजर डालते थे।
She wasn’t too young to understand that the ones who pleased him were the rare ones who didn’t drain the frothy brew of his myth in a quick quaff, but nosed around the brine of his humanity awhile, giving it skeptical sniffs.
She wasn’t too young to understand that the ones who pleased him were the rare ones who didn’t drain the frothy brew of his myth in a quick quaff, but nosed around the brine of his humanity awhile, giving it skeptical sniffs.
मकसद हमेशा वह करना नहीं होता था जो आप चाहते हैं। मकसद यह होता था कि जो आपने किया, उसे अच्छे से करें।
The point wasn’t always to do what you want. The point was to do what you did and to do it well.
The point wasn’t always to do what you want. The point was to do what you did and to do it well.
तुम जिंदगी से बहुत कुछ चाहती हो और जिंदगी तुम्हें बहुत कुछ देगी, लेकिन कुछ चीजें ऐसी भी हैं जो वह नहीं देगी, और आज की हार उनमें से एक है। यह एक हार होगी; इसके बाद और भी हार आएंगी। जीत भी आएंगी। तुम इस जीवन में जीत और हार का हिसाब लगाने नहीं आई हो। तुम यहां प्यार करने और प्यार पाने आई हो।
You want much from life, and life will give you much, but there are things it won’t give you, and victory today is one of them. This will be one defeat; more will follow. Victories will follow too. You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved.
You want much from life, and life will give you much, but there are things it won’t give you, and victory today is one of them. This will be one defeat; more will follow. Victories will follow too. You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved.
इस इमारत में रहने वाले लोगों ने जिंदगी के बारे में कोई अहम बात समझ ली थी, और वह इत्तेफाक से उनके इस राज़ तक पहुंच गई थी। उसने महसूस किया कि कुछ जगहें ऐसी होती हैं जहाँ आम जगहों से ज्यादा खुशी होती है। जब तक आपको यह पता न हो कि ऐसी जगहें भी हैं, तब तक आप वहीं रहने से संतुष्ट रह सकते हैं जहाँ आप हैं। उसने ऐसी ही और जगहों की कल्पना की, जो दीवारों या पेड़ों के झुंड के पीछे छिपी हुई थीं, ऐसी जगहें जहाँ लोग अपने राज़ अपने तक ही रखते थे।
The people who lived in this building had figured out something important about life, and she’d stumbled upon their secret. There were places, she now saw, that contained more happiness than ordinary places did. Unless you knew that such places existed, you might be content to stay where you were. She imagined more places like this, hidden behind walls or stands of trees, places where people kept their secrets to themselves.
The people who lived in this building had figured out something important about life, and she’d stumbled upon their secret. There were places, she now saw, that contained more happiness than ordinary places did. Unless you knew that such places existed, you might be content to stay where you were. She imagined more places like this, hidden behind walls or stands of trees, places where people kept their secrets to themselves.
उसने सोचा, जिंदगी कभी-कभी ऐसी ही होती है; बरसों तक चीजें एक निश्चित तरीके से चलती रहती हैं, और फिर एक पल में, बिना किसी खास सोचे-समझे, वैसी नहीं रहतीं, मानो उनके वैसे बने रहने का सारा छिपा हुआ दबाव किसी जरूरी वाल्व के जरिए बाहर निकल आया हो।
Life, she thought, was like that sometimes; for years, things were a certain way, and then in an instant, almost without conscious thought, they weren’t that way any longer, as if all the hidden pressure of their having been the way they’d been had found release through a necessary valve.
Life, she thought, was like that sometimes; for years, things were a certain way, and then in an instant, almost without conscious thought, they weren’t that way any longer, as if all the hidden pressure of their having been the way they’d been had found release through a necessary valve.
वास्तविक दुनिया इतनी उलझी हुई थी, रोशनी अपूर्ण थी, पपड़ी उखड़ी हुई पेंटिंग थी, और खुशी भी बस अधूरी थी।
The real world was so messy, the light imperfect, the paint chipped, the happiness only partial.
The real world was so messy, the light imperfect, the paint chipped, the happiness only partial.
कभी-कभी—जैसा कि तब हो रहा था—रेडियो का संगीत पुल की लय से मेल खा रहा था। केबल दूसरे आर्च की तरफ ऊपर चढ़ रहे थे, और उसे सुंदरता की एक अजीब सी मौजूदगी का अहसास हुआ। उसके दिन की और कोई भी चीज उसे अमूर्त विचारों के बारे में सोचने पर मजबूर नहीं करती थी। जब वह गाड़ी चला रही थी, तो पुल खुद के मजबूत होने का अहसास करा रहा था।
Sometimes – as it was happening now – the music on the radio matched the rhythm of the bridge. The cables climbed toward the second arch, and she felt herself in the uncanny presence of beauty. Nothing else in her day stirred her to the contemplation of abstract ideas. The bridge was making an argument for its own soundness as she drove over it.
Sometimes – as it was happening now – the music on the radio matched the rhythm of the bridge. The cables climbed toward the second arch, and she felt herself in the uncanny presence of beauty. Nothing else in her day stirred her to the contemplation of abstract ideas. The bridge was making an argument for its own soundness as she drove over it.
वह ऐसा आदमी चाहती थी जिसका तना मोटा हो लेकिन जिसकी छाल पतली हो, जो सुंदर ढंग से खिले, भले ही वह सिर्फ उसी के लिए खिले।
She wanted a man whose trunk was thick but whose bark was thin, who flowered beautifully, even if only for her.
She wanted a man whose trunk was thick but whose bark was thin, who flowered beautifully, even if only for her.
वह दूसरों से ज्यादा समझदार था, ज्यादा संवेदनशील था। इस लिहाज से वह बुढ़ापे के अकेलेपन का सामना करने के लिए उससे कहीं ज्यादा तैयार था। वह जिंदगी के ज्यादातर समय दुनिया में एक अजनबी की तरह रहा था।
He was smarter than most, more sensitive. In that regard he was more prepared for the loneliness of senescence than she was. He’d been a stranger in the world for most of his life.
He was smarter than most, more sensitive. In that regard he was more prepared for the loneliness of senescence than she was. He’d been a stranger in the world for most of his life.
यही जिंदगी थी; आप डूबते हुए जहाज के साथ डूब जाते थे। यह कौन कह सकता था कि यह कोई प्रेम कहानी नहीं थी?
This was life; you went down with the ship. Who was to say that wasn’t a love story?
This was life; you went down with the ship. Who was to say that wasn’t a love story?
अब वक्त समझदार बनने का था—समझदार और मजबूत। वह सोचती थी कि क्या उसे कभी मूर्ख और कमजोर होने का मौका मिलेगा?
It was time now to be smart–smart and strong. She wondered whether she’d ever have a chance to be foolish and weak.
It was time now to be smart–smart and strong. She wondered whether she’d ever have a chance to be foolish and weak.
नकारात्मक विचार आपको एक कोने में धकेल देते हैं," उसकी मां ने फ्लशिंग मीडो पार्क में बच्चे के साथ पिकनिक से लौटने के बाद एक दोपहर मुस्कुराते हुए उससे कहा था। "वे बढ़ते हैं और आपको घेर लेते हैं। इस बारे में मत सोचिए कि आपके पास क्या नहीं है। छोटी-छोटी खुशियों पर ध्यान केंद्रित करने की कोशिश करें।"
Negative thoughts back you into a corner,” her mother said to her, smiling, one afternoon after returning from a picnic with the baby in Flushing Meadow Park. “They multiply and surround you. Don’t think of what you don’t have. Try to focus on the simple pleasures.
Negative thoughts back you into a corner,” her mother said to her, smiling, one afternoon after returning from a picnic with the baby in Flushing Meadow Park. “They multiply and surround you. Don’t think of what you don’t have. Try to focus on the simple pleasures.
वयस्कों की दुनिया बच्चों की लापरवाही के लिए भी जगह बनाकर चलती थी।
The world of adults seemed to budget for the carelessness of children.
The world of adults seemed to budget for the carelessness of children.
वह किसी दिन ऐसा इंसान बनना चाहता था, जो दूसरों को खुश करने के लिए अपनी तरफ से पूरी कोशिश करे।
He wanted, one day, to be a person who went out of his way to find out what made other people happy.
He wanted, one day, to be a person who went out of his way to find out what made other people happy.
आप इस जिंदगी में जीत और हार का हिसाब लगाने नहीं आए हैं। आप यहाँ प्यार करने और प्यार पाने आए हैं।
You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved.
You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved.
बेवफाई को रोकने में प्यार से भी ज़्यादा असरदार चीज़ थी एक स्थिर घर और तनावमुक्त ज़िंदगी बनाए रखने की चाह।
A stronger deterrent to infidelity even than love was the desire to maintain a stable household, a stress-free life.
A stronger deterrent to infidelity even than love was the desire to maintain a stable household, a stress-free life.