该句使用定冠词特指‘我们拥有的生活’，强调现实与当下的唯一性，结构简洁有力。
"What has discarded me, the days of yesterday cannot be kept." Yesterday is gone forever, and you can never turn back to relive it. Tomorrow has not yet arrived, nor can you peek ahead to see its sun. The life we possess in reality is only today, and it is always only today. To be more specific, your life is this very instant. Everything else does not belong to you.
People always start with good intentions, wishing to "pick the most perfect leaf." However, if one persistently pursues this in an unrealistic manner, one will ultimately suffer, until one day realizing that it is a net loss to miss many opportunities in the quest for that illusively perfect leaf. Besides, how many truly perfect leaves exist in life? Many tragedies in the world occur precisely because some people are obsessed with pursuing this ethereal perfection, thereby neglecting the simplicity of life. In fact, simplicity often contains much greatness and wonder; the key lies in the attitude with which you face it.
In relationships between men and women, it is often either a blessing or a punishment. You may thank God for letting you meet this person, yet also suspect that God sent this person to punish you. Why does only he bring you happiness and also pain? Why does your willful self willingly change for him? Why does the fearless you, who fears neither heaven nor earth, fear only him? The same person is both a blessing and a punishment.
“弃我去者，昨日之日不可留”。昨天已一去不返，你绝无可能重回过去再经历一次昨天；明天尚未到来，你也无法提前窥见明日的朝阳。我们在现实中所拥有的生命，仅仅属于今天，且永远只是今天。更具体地说，你的生命就在此时此刻。其余的一切，都不属于你。
人们最初往往怀着美好的初衷，想要“拣一片最完美的树叶”。然而，若不切实际地一味追求，最终往往只会遍尝苦果，直到某天你才会明白：为了寻求那片虚无缥缈的“最完美树叶”，而错失众多机会，实乃得不偿失。况且，人生中真正完美的“树叶”又有几片呢？世间许多悲剧，恰恰源于人们热衷于追求这种虚幻的完美，从而忽视了平淡的生活。其实，平淡中往往蕴藏着许多伟大与神奇，关键在于你以何种态度去面对它。
在男女之间的情感关系中，往往不是赏赐便是惩罚。你曾感激上帝让你遇见此人，却又怀疑上帝正是派他来惩罚你的。为何唯独他能让你快乐，也能让你痛苦？为何任性的你偏偏愿意为他改变？为何天不怕地不怕的你，却偏偏怕他？同一个人，既是赏赐，也是惩罚。
"Sometimes, looking too far ahead is not necessarily a good thing."
"Do not worry about an obscure future; only strive for a clear present."
"We live in the present yet we often dwell on the past and worry about the future"
"If you pass by, do not miss the moment."
"If we take care of the present, we take care of the future."