You have to trust in something, your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.

你必须相信点什么，你勇气、命运、生活、因缘，什么都可以。

I started out as a pre-med student, and chemistry changed that course pretty quickly.

我从来没有接受过任何专业演讲稿撰写训练。我本来是医学预科学生，但在因缘际会下，我很快就转换了人生跑道。

Lost lilies, but this is karma, it speaks of loss and grief.

逝去百合花，但这是因缘，它诉说着失落和悲伤。

You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.

你勇气、命运、生活、因缘，诸如此类。

But my insanity of trying the same thing over and over again eventually yielded a different result for no discernible reason.

直到我疯狂地尝试了无数次同样做法后，最终因缘际会有了意外不同结果。

2 Lin Yutang, Between Tears and Laughter, John Day, 1943.

2 林语堂，《啼笑因缘》，约翰戴出版，1943。

I was very young when I wrote my first book. By a lucky chance it excited attention, and various persons sought my acquaintance.

我写第一本书时候非常年轻，但由于偶然因缘这本书引起了人们注意，不少人想要同我结识。

Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart. Even when it leads you off the well worn path .And that will make all the difference.

再强调一次，你不可能充满预见地将生命点滴串联起来；只有在你回头看时候，你才会发现这些点点滴滴之间联系。所以，你要坚信，你现在所经历将在你未来生命中串联起 来。你不得不相信某些东西，你直觉、命运、生活、因缘际会… … 正是这种信仰让我不会失去希望，它让我人生变得与众不同。

4 Cf. Lin Yutang, Between Tears and Laughter, op, cit. In the chapter on " Karma, " the author expresses his astonishment at the lack of understanding of these psychic laws in Western civilization.

4 参见林语堂，《啼笑因缘》，同上。在“业力”一章中，作者表达了他对西方文明对这些心理法则缺乏理解惊讶。