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你和生活有多亲密?
        我越是活在当下,就越意识到自己和生活变得越来越亲密。我指的是什么?我指的是我会朝陌生人微笑,我会留心一些小细节,我会经常仰望蓝天欣赏落日,我可以越来越清楚地听见鸟儿啁啾的鸣唱声,在我眼里,表面老旧颜色剥落的老物件儿依旧精美绝伦。这些只是几个例子而已。     


I think that your level of joy in life is directly related to how intimate you are with it. If you are cut off, disconnected and numb, you’re most likely not going to feel much joy. If your mind is constantly full of chatter, you won’t be living in the present, you won’t be practicing intimacy with life. In the same way, if you’re thinking about the future all the time, you won’t be recognizing the beauty happening right here and now, before your eyes. When is the last time you felt your feet and pressure on your soles as you walked along the sidewalk? When is the last time you felt the fresh air, admired the beautiful blue sky and saw the beauty in the trees lining your street? Any answer other than today I think is too long.

          我认为,一个人生活的快乐程度与你同生活的亲密程度直接相关。如果你与生活隔绝,封闭麻木,你很有可能就享受不到多少快乐。如果你时常满脑子的抱怨,你就没有生活在当下,你就没有与生活建立亲密关系。同样的,如果你终日为未来担忧,你就意识不到此时此刻你眼前正在发生的美好事物。你最后一次在人行道上行走时感受到脚底传来的力量时是什么时候?你最后一次呼吸新鲜空气,赞叹晴空万里的蓝天,驻足欣赏街道两侧树林间的美景是什么时候?如果回答不是今天的话,我觉得你实在是太久了。

One way that I’ve realized greater intimacy with life has been carrying a digital camera with me wherever I go. I recently developed this habit and anytime I’m walking (I walk a few miles at least daily) and I see something I find interesting, I turn my camera on and take a picture of it. I make sure the batteries are fully charged before I leave so I don’t have to worry about seeing something strikingly beautiful and I can’t take a photo of it. What this has done for me is helped me recognize beauty in things I never would have noticed otherwise. I might see some peeling paint on an old wall and photograph it. I might take a picture of an old abandoned building and start to wonder what the story was behind it. I might see an interesting flower or two trees tangled together and be inspired by them. Whatever it is, chances are I wouldn’t have become as intimate, as close to these things if I wouldn’t have been taking their photo. I’m not saying you can’t do this without a camera, I’m just saying that this has been a great tool for me in realizing more of a wonder and appreciation for the world I live in.
  

       让我能够与生活更为亲密的一个办法就是随身带着数码相机,走到哪带到哪。我最近才养成这个习惯,我走路时(我每天至少步行一公里),随时发现有趣的东西,我就打开相机拍下来。每次临走前我都要把电池充满,这样就不必担心看见令人心醉的美景而没法拍下来的遗憾了。这样,我就可以发现原本从来不曾发现的美好事物。我也许看见一面老墙上剥落的彩绘就拍了下来。我也许会给一个废弃的老建筑拍张照片,然后开始探寻它背后的故事。我也许因为看见了一朵有趣的花儿或者两株缠绕在一起的树而受到启发。无论怎样,如果我没有把这些拍成照片的话,我就不可能和它们有如此紧密的关系。我并不是说没有相机你就做不了这件事,我只是说这是我的一个极好的工具,它帮助我认识到我所生活的这个世界里的美好和神奇。

Another tool that has brought me closer to and more in tune with life is meditation. When I just let my thoughts go and am not trying to make a story or talk about things in my mind, I’m able to see things as they are. I can see a tree and not have to name it, I can see a bird and really see it, I can see the sky and see that it is much more than the word sky in my mind, I experience it as it is. When you see things instead of thinking about them, you experience them as they are, and life is experienced authentically.

另外一个让我与生活更加密切和谐的办法就是冥想。当我任凭思绪游走,不刻意为脑海里的想法编译解释的时候,我就能看见事物原本的模样。我看见了一棵树而不必叫出它的名称,我能看见一只小鸟并且真的看见了,我能看见天空并且在脑海里看见了比天空这个词汇多得多的内容,我感受着它本来的样子。当你看见了事物而不是想象他们,那么你就感受到了真正的他们,而生活的体验就是真实的。

 
 
Finally, the biggest way I’ve become more intimate with life is I’ve stopped trying to multi-task. I no longer try to read my email while listening to voice messages and eating my breakfast. I don’t try to work-out, watch tv and vacuum the ceiling. I also haven’t washed the car while reading the newspaper on the treadmill lately. I take things as they come, and not only do I realize greater intimacy and a connection with what I’m doing, I’ve become better at everything I do. When I’m only focused on reading my email and nothing else, I retain information better. When I’m working out and my mind is only focused on the muscles I’m working, I get a better workout. The benefits of only focusing on one thing at a time, to me, are far greater than any time I’ve multi-tasked, having the illusion I’m getting more done when I’m really just spinning my wheels.

       最后,让我同生活更加紧密的最重要的方法就是我不再一心多用。我不再一边看电邮一边听语音留言还一边吃早饭。我不会再尽量同时干两件事,边看电视边用吸尘器吸天花板。我最近已经不再一边洗车一边看健身器上的报纸了。我学会了顺其自然,我不仅找到了自己与所做的事情之间存在的更多的关联,我不仅热爱我做的事情,而且每一件事情我都做得更好了。当我只专注看电邮而不敢其他事情时,我记住了更多的信息。健身时,我只想着我正锻炼的肌肉,结果我得到了更好的健身效果。对我而言,一次只关注一件事情的效率比我此前一心多用时的效率高多了,往往造成一种事半功倍的错觉。

I hope you can see how much your intimacy with life can change your quality of life. If you have any other ideas on how to achieve greater intimacy, please share your comments with us.


        我真心希望你能够明白,你与生活有多亲密你的生活质量就能有多大改善。如果你有其他任何关于如何变得和生活更加亲近的好主意的话,请给我们留言评论分享哦。
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