对我来说，这种态度纯粹就是傻。To me it was plain silly. 因为我们非常清楚生命是依照生物规律而不是个体规律运作的，个体出生、长大、生儿育女、凋零死亡让位给后来者。不管人类做着怎样的白日梦，也无法幸免这样的命运。It is so obvious that life works in terms of species rather than of individuals. The individual just has to be born, to develop to the point at which it can procreate, and then to fall away into death to make way for its successors, and humans are no exception whatever they may fancy. 当然， 我们想要尽力延长凋零过程，以至于有时候凋零甚至比成长所经历的时间还长，因此，在这一过程中会遭遇什么，如何能尽力过好这一凋零的时光 ，确实值得深思。We have, however, contrived to extend our falling away so much that it is often longer than our development, so what goes on in it and how to manage it is worth considering. 现在有这么多关于保持青春的书，还有更多有关生儿育女详尽的、实验性的经验分享，但有关凋零的记录却不多见。Book after book has been written about being young, and even more of them about the ela...