孩子离家前，我要教会他们的40件事

　　…how to read a map and use a compass.

　　怎么看地图，怎么使用指南针。

　　…how to build a quinzee and survive a night in the cold. (A quinzee is basically a hollowed out mound of snow and are actually quite warm to sleep in! This was one of my favorite experiences as a kid.)

　　如何修建雪穴以抵御寒冷的夜晚。（雪穴其实就是一个挖空的雪堆，睡进去很暖和！这是我孩提时最喜欢的经历。）

　　…how to swim and tread water, these skills could potentially save their life.

　　怎么游泳，怎么趟水，这些技能可能会救他们的命。

　　Philosophical life lessons

　　哲学生活课

　　I will teach my kids:

　　我会教给孩子：

　　…that they can be happy if they choose to be happy.

　　如果他们选择开心，他们就能开心。

　　…that a smile is the simplest thing you can do to truly brighten the day of someone else.

　　微笑是你能够让别人拥有美好一天的最简单的方法。

　　…about compassion and how they can go beyond empathy by truly understanding and feeling other people’s pain and suffering. Once they have this understanding and a genuine desire to relieve other’s pain it will make them better people.

　　同情以及通过真正理解感受他人的苦难，如何超越感同身受。一旦他们有这样的理解，而且真诚地愿意帮助别人减轻痛苦，他们就会成为更好的人。

　　…that there is no such thing as being too polite. You can never say please, thank-you or excuse me too often.

　　压根没有“太礼貌”这回事。“请”、 “谢谢”和“对不起”永远不嫌多。

　　…how listening without judgement, criticism or offering solutions to problems, is a guaranteed way to show someone you care.

　　不评判、批评或提供问题解决方案，纯粹聆听，是告诉某人你关心他的万无一失的方法。

　　…that respect goes beyond being kind to their elders – it also includes property, people in general, animals and even themselves.

　　尊重不仅仅是善待长辈-也包括爱惜东西，善待众人，爱护动物，甚至包括自己。

　　…to focus on enjoying what they already have instead of wasting time focusing on what they don’t have.

　　专注于享受已经拥有的东西，而不是浪费时间关注自己没有的东西。

　　…that NOBODY knows EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING.

　　没有人知道所有事情的所有细节。

　　…that it’s okay to be wrong as that’s how we learn.

　　错了没关系，因为那是我们学习的方式。