One advantage of blogging is connecting with people from all other the world. I’ve met folks from London, people from the Gold Coast of Australia and men and women who live in India’s Western Ghats.
博客的一大优点是让天涯若比邻成为现实。不论你住在英国伦敦，或是澳大利亚的黄金海岸，还是印度西南的高止山脚下。
It’s amazing how the words I write from my kitchen in the heartland of America spread to every corner of the world and can touch the hearts of people who live there, no matter their culture, religion, lifestyle or traditions.
我在自家厨房里写的文章能从美国蜿蜒到世界上的每一个角落，去感动那里的心灵，不论他们来自哪个民族，信仰何种宗教，每当想到这些，就会惊异万分。
What’s equally amazing is how similar we are. Sometimes after publishing an article, readers from places like Singapore, the Philippines and South Africa will email me to say how the article’s message resonated with them, helped them or even inspired them.
同样让人惊讶的是，不论身处何方，我们却是如此的相似。每当发布了一篇博文，读者的邮件就会从远方飞来，像新加波，菲律宾或者南非，我的博文引起了他们的共鸣，帮助了他们，有时候甚至能够带给他们生活的启发。
After reading these emails for the past several years, I believe all of us want to experience the same things in life – happiness, purpose and peace. But more than these things, the one thing we want to experience most is love.
读完多年前的这些邮件，我相信我们都希望在有生之年能有幸历经幸福、成功和安宁。但是在这些之外，我们最希望得到的是----爱。
The word love is pronounced differently depending on language, but its meaning remains the same. Love doesn’t need a passport, a visa or an interpreter; it just needs you and me to keep showing love in every language so we can keep its power, and promise, alive forever.
在不同的语言中，‘爱’有不同的发音，却有一样的意义。爱，无需护照、签证和翻译；爱，只需你我用不同的语言表达出来，如此，爱，就会力比金坚，充满希望，常驻心间。
We can keep showing love in every language by:
用不同的语言表达爱：
- Welcoming all of our brothers and sisters to the table.
-让我们的手足共聚一堂
- Picking kindness over convenience.
-心存仁厚
- Helping everyone feel worthy and respected.
-让每个人都感觉到自我价值和尊重
- Giving more than we take.
-多给少取
- Using our voice when our neighbors cannot use theirs.
-帮助朋友说出他们的心声
- Finding ways to bring joy to others.
-寻找给别人带来快乐的方式
- Choosing to do work we are passionate about.
-选择热爱的工作
- Accepting responsibility for our actions.
-主动承担责任
- Seeking ways to serve every day.
-每天都为大众服务
Sometimes the simple path to showing love in every language begins not with using the language we know, but with using our hearts to proclaim love’s amazing gifts so everyone will know exactly what we are saying.
通常，我们并不使用熟知的语言表达爱，而是用我们的真心向世人宣告，爱，是一份神奇的礼物，这样，爱的表达才会淋漓尽致。
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