Live on two principles 生活的两个原则

Little plant

I came across this wise story on the net:

A young man through the mountains came upon an old man who was busy planting a tiny almond tree.

Knowing that almond trees take many years to mature, the young man commented to the old man “It seems odd that a man of your advanced age would plant such a slow-growing tree!”.

The old man replied “I like to live my life based on two principles. One is that I will live forever. The other is that this is my last day.”

我在网上读到了这么个故事：

一个年轻人经过了山头，遇到了一位老者正在忙着种棵杏仁树。

年轻人知道杏仁树要很多年才会开花结果，就建议老者：“我很惊讶见到你这么大了年纪的人，竟然会种这么棵很慢成长的树。”

老者答到：“我生活喜欢基于两个原则；一、我将会永远活着。二、今天是我活着的最后一天。”