"How do I know if this is true?" asked the little stream.
　　「我怎么知道这是真的？」小河流这么问。

　　 "The breeze can carry the vapor across the desert and release it as rain at an appropriate site. The rain will form a river again to continue its course," answered the desert very patiently.
　　「微风可以把水气包含在它之中，然后飘过沙漠，到了适当的地点，再把这些水气释放出来，于是就变成了雨水。然后这些雨水又会汇聚形成河流，继续向前进。」沙漠很有耐心地回答。

　　 "Will I still be what I am now?" asked the little stream.
　　「那我还是原来的河流吗？」小河流问。

　　 "Yes, and no. Whether you're a river or invisible vapor, your inner nature never changes. You stick to the fact that you're a river because you don't know your inner nature," answered the desert.
　　「可以说是，也可以说不是。不管你是一条河流或是看不见的水蒸气，你内在的本质从来没有改变。你会坚持自己是一条河流，那是因为你从来不知道自己内在的本质。」沙漠回答。

　　Deep down, the stream vaguely remembered that before she became a river, it was perhaps also the breeze that had carried her halfway up a high mountain, where she turned into rain and fell onto the ground and became what she was now. Finally the little stream gathered her courage and rushed into the open arms of the breeze, which carried her to the next stage of her life.
　　此时小河流的心中，隐隐约约地想起了自己在变成河流之前，似乎也是由微风带着自己，飞到内陆某座高山的半山腰，然後变成雨水降落地面后，才变成今日的河流。于是小河流终于鼓起勇气，投入微风张开的双臂，消失在微风之中，它让微风带着自己，奔向生命中某一段旅程的归宿。

　　The course of our lives is like the experience of little stream. If you want to surpass the obstacles in your life in order to head for the destination of Truth, Virtue and beauty, you should also have the wisdom and courage to renounce your ego (attachment to yourself).
　　我们的生命历程也像小河流一样，若想要跨越生命中的障碍，朝真善美的目标迈进，也必须具有「放下自我（执着）」的智慧与勇气。

　　Perhaps you can try asking yourself these questions: What is my inner nature? What is it that I cling to? and What is it that I really want?
　　也许你可以试着问自己：我的本质是什么？我紧抓不放的是什么？我要的究竟是什么？