Splashes of life
导读：我们的生命不仅仅属于我们自己，还属于我们周围的人。我们每一个人都在影响着身边的人们，因此我们必须为自己的行为负责，因为我们对身边的人负有责任，对这个世界负有责任。
My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone.
"You may create lots of splashes in your life, but the waves that come from those splashes will disturb the peace of all your fellow creatures," he said.
"Remember that you are responsible for what you put in your circle and that circle will also touch many other circles."
"You will need to live in a way that allows the good that comes from your circle to send the peace of that goodness to others. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those feelings to other circles. You are responsible for both."
That was the first time I realized that each person creates the inner peace or discord that flows out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are riddled with inner conflict, hatred, doubt, or anger.
We radiate the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.
注释：
create [kri'eit] v 创造，制造
splash [splæʃ] n(液体的)溅落声
jealousy ['dʒeləsi] n 妒忌
discord ['diskɔ:d] n 不和，争执
conflict ['kɔnflikt] n 冲突
radiate ['reidieit] v 流露，显露
spill [spɪl] v 溢出，流出，洒出
8. riddled ['ridld] adj 充斥着，遍布窟窿的
译文：
生命的波纹
七岁时爷爷把我带到农场的鱼塘，他让我往鱼塘里扔一块石头，吩咐我观察石头激起的波纹，然后让我把自己看作是那块石头。
“在你的生活中，你可能会激起水花，但随着这些水花而来的波纹会影响到你的同类”他说。
记住你对投入什么所激起的波纹负有责任，这个波纹会影响到很多别的波纹。
你需要这样生活，即创造好的波纹以此来传达到别人那里。来自愤怒或嫉妒的水花传达出去的也是愤怒或嫉妒的波纹。你为这些负有责任。
那是我第一次意识到每个人所创造的内在的平和或混乱都会波及到这个世界。如果我们内心充满了突，仇恨，怀疑或愤怒，我们就无法创造和平的世界。
不管我们说不说出来，我们都会把内在的一些感情和思想传递出来。无论我们内心里激起的是什么波纹都会传递到世界上，给我们周围带来美丽或者争执。
点拨：Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world.
Whatever 引导的主语从句，意思是“无论什么”，该句的意思是“无论我们内心的波纹是什么，都会溢出波及到这个世界”。Whatever可以引导名词性从句和让步状语从句而no matter what只能引导状语从句。
例如：I don’t believe whatever he says.(名词性从句)
Whatever（no matter what） happens , you should keep calm.（状语从句）
随练：请用whatever 或no matter what 来完成句子：
1.We must stay together _______(无论发生什么事)
2.You can choose ______ you like.
Key: 1.whatever happens/no matter what happens
2.whatever