什么时候才是最重要的时间，什么人才是最重要的人

“一生中什么时候才是最重要的时间呢？什么人才是最重要的人呢？”这两个问题一直困扰着一个年轻的国王。他询问身边的所有人，可是没有一个人的答案能够让他满意。

"When is the most important time in life? What is the most important person?" These two problems have been bothering a young king. He asked everyone around him, but no one's answer satisfied him.

一个大臣告诉他在某个山里住着一个世上最聪明的人，他一定知道答案。

A minister told him that there lived in a mountain with one of the smartest people in the world, and he must have known the answer.

国王于是打扮成一个普通人的样子去寻找这个人，当他来到那座山里，看到了那个人——一个老人，他正盘腿坐在一个简陋的小茅屋前的空地里挖着些什么。

The king then dressed up as an ordinary man to look for the man, and when he came to the mountain, he saw the man, an old man, sitting cross-legged in the open space in front of a simple hut.

“听说你是个聪明的人，知道这世上所有的答案。”年轻的国王来到老人的身边说道，“你能告诉我什么时间是我一生中最重要的时间，什么人是我生命中最重要的人吗？”

"I hear you're a smart man, knowing all the answers in the world. "The young king came to the old man and said, "Can you tell me what time is the most important time of my life, who is the most important person in my life?"

“帮我挖野菜吧，”老人没有直接回答他的问题，“它的味道不错，你一定会喜欢的。”

"Help me dig wild vegetables, " the old man did not directly answer his question, "it tastes good, you will like it." "

国王在老人的茅屋里住下了，每天跟老人一样生活。

The king lived in the old man's hut and lived like the old man every day.

过了好几天，国王的问题一直没有得到老人的回答。

After several days, the king's question never got answered the old man's question.

国王生气了，他向老人出示代表自己身份的扳指。指责老人是个欺世盗名之徒。

The king was angry, and he showed the old man his finger representing his identity. Blame the old man as a fool.

老人只是笑了笑说：“我早知道你不是普通人，而且我也回答了你的问题，但是你并没有明白。”

The old man just smiled and said, "I knew you weren't ordinary, and I answered your question, but you didn't understand." "

“那你的意思是什么呢？”国王不解地问。

"So what do you mean?" The king asked inexplicably.

“你来的时候我欢迎你，让你住在我家里，”老人回答说，“和我一起劳动、吃饭、休息……”

"I welcome you when you come and let you live in my house, " replied the old man, "to work with me, to eat, to rest..."

【哲理启示】：

过去的不会回来，将来也尚未来到，所以，一生中最重要的时间就是现在。

现在做好了，当它成为过去时我们才不会后悔，将来才有希望。

生命中有很多重要的人，但最重要的人是现在身边的人，因为，你和他（她）正彼此共享着生活。

The past will not come back, the future has not yet come, so, the most important time in life is now. Now is done, when it becomes the past, we will not regret, the future will have hope. 　　There are many important people in life, but the most important people are the people around them now, because you and you and her are sharing life with each other.