Life is for living according to the well-used expression, what we choose to do is up to us. That may not be completely true, but there's no harm in dreaming about what we'd like to achieve in our life.
生活是為了生活，用一句俗語來說，我們選擇做什麼是我們自己決定的。這可能不是完全正確的，但是夢想我們想在生活中實現什麼並沒有害處。
Many of us write a list of things we'd like to do before we die, often called a bucket list.
很多人會寫一張死前想做的事情的清單，通常被稱為「人生願望清單」。
Bucket lists have been called "the greatest hits of your life" and have helped some people overcome anxiety which would have stopped them following their dreams.
人生願望清單被稱為「你生命中最偉大的歌曲」，它幫助一些人克服了可能阻止他們追尋夢想的焦慮。
Some of us may choose to write one to fill our life with exciting and new experiences--from skydiving to swimming with sharks--the list is unlimited.
我們中的一些人可能會選擇寫一篇來充實我們的生活，從跳傘到與鯊魚一起遊泳——這個列表是無限的。
Creating a bucket list can certainly give us hope, but some people have argued it can be used as a coping strategy to try to control something uncontrollable--death.
制定人生願望清單當然能給我們帶來希望，但有些人認為，它可以作為一種應對策略，用來嘗試控制無法控制的事情——死亡。
Clinical psychologist Linda Blair told the BBC that she was "not really in favor of bucket lists...they take you away from the chance to be spontaneous."
臨床心理學家琳達·布萊爾在接受BBC採訪時表示，她「不是很喜歡人生願望清單……它們會讓你失去自發的機會。」
It's probably true that at list can encourage people to follow someone else's idea of the perfect life.And also, following a fixed list of goals makes you less impulsive.
這可能是真的，在名單可以鼓勵人們去遵循別人的理想的完美生活。同時，遵循一份固定的目標清單會讓你少一些衝動。
But why not at least dream of what we would like to do? Why not reach for the stars, even if we only reach the sky?
但為什麼不至少夢想一下我們想做什麼呢?即使我們只能到達天空，為什麼不去摘星星呢?
Whether we want to plan it or not, we don't know what tomorrow will bring, so maybe we should live for today.
不管我們想不想計劃，我們不知道明天會發生什麼，所以也許我們應該為今天而活。