20190227-How to Face Death Lesson A

2019.02.27 How to Face Death Lesson A   1. I say to people that six months after diagnosis, I suddenly had what I call my resurrection. I suddenly realized that I was fallible, (and) that I was going to die. I didn’t know when. 我对人们说，在确诊的六个月后，我突然获得了我所谓的“重生”。我突然意识到我身体很容易出毛病，我快要死了。我不知道什么时候会死掉。   2. The doctor had told me that it was going to be in the next six years, but I made a positive decision that I was going to work hard and try and put it off. But I realized at that time whatever will be, will be, and when my time comes, it comes. 医生告诉我，我还能活六年。但我做了一个积极的决定，我要努力工作，试着把死亡推迟。但那时我意识到，该来的，总会来的，当我的那一刻来临时，死亡就来了。   3. Ten years later, I’m still doing this, talking to you today through the eye of this lens. That said, dying is a reality to me, and I’m totally reconciled to the fact. 如今，十年过去了，我仍然活着，通过这个镜头与你们交谈。也就是说，死亡对我来说是一个事实，我完全接受了。   4. I’ve done a will, for instance. I think that’s absolutely essential. I think that’s the least I can do, because I go around talking about dementia, what it’s all about. And I want to know that when my life comes to an end, then at least the bits that are left are used in a profitable and useful manner. 例如，我立好了遗嘱。我认为这是绝对有必要的。我觉得这是我至少能做的，我奔走四方，谈论痴呆症，告诉人们痴呆症是什么。我想知道的是，当我的生命走到尽头时，至少给这个世界留下一点东西，留下的这些会以一种有益的、有用的方式被利用。