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1、雙語(yǔ)美文集錦Passage1LearntoLiveatthePresentMomentToalargedegree,themeasureofourpeaceofmindisdeterminedbyhowmuchweareabletoliveatthepresentmoment.Irrespectiveofwhathappenedyesterdayorlastyear,andwhatmayormaynothappentomorrow,thepresentmomentiswhereyouare—always.Withoutquestion,manyofushavemaster
2、edtheneuroticartofspendingmuchofourlivesworryingaboutavarietyofthings—allatonce.Weallowpastproblemsandfutureconcernsdominateourpresentmoments,somuchsothatweendupanxious,frustrated,depressedandhopeless.Ontheflipside,wealsopostponeourgratification,ourstatedpriorities,andourhappiness,oftenco
3、nvincingthat“someday”willbemuchbetterthantoday.Unfortunately,thesamementaldynamicsthattellustolooktowardthefuturewillonlyrepeatthemselvessothat“someday”neveractuallyarrives.JohnLennononcesaid,“Lifeiswhatishappeningwhilewearebusymakingotherplans.”Whenwearebusymaking‘otherplans’,ourchildren
4、arebusygrowingup,thepeoplewelovearemovingawayanddying,ourbodiesaregettingoutofshape,andourdreamsareslippingaway.Inshort,wemissoutonlife.Manypeopleliveasiflifeisadressrehearsalforsomelaterdate.Itisn’t.Infact,noonehasaguaranteethatheorshewillbeheretomorrow.Nowistheonlytimewehave,andtheonlyt
5、imethatwehaveanycontrolover.Whenweputourattentiononthepresentmoment,wepushfearfromourminds.Fearistheconcernovereventsthatmighthappeninthefuture—wewon’thaveenoughmoney,ourchildrenwillgetintotrouble,wewillgetoldanddie,whatever.學(xué)會(huì)活在此刻我們內(nèi)心是否平和在很大程度上是由我們是否能生活在此刻所決定的。不管昨天或去年發(fā)生了什么,不管明天可能發(fā)生或不發(fā)生什么
6、,現(xiàn)實(shí)才是你時(shí)時(shí)刻刻所在之處。毫無(wú)疑問(wèn),我們很多人掌握了一種神經(jīng)兮兮的藝術(shù),即把生活中的大部分時(shí)間花在為種種事情擔(dān)心憂慮上——而且常常是同時(shí)憂慮許多事情。我們聽(tīng)?wèi){過(guò)去的麻煩和未來(lái)的擔(dān)心控制我們此時(shí)此刻的生活,以致我們整日焦慮不安,萎靡不振,甚至沮喪絕望。而另一方面我們又推遲我們的滿足感,推遲我們應(yīng)優(yōu)先考慮的事情,推遲我們的幸福感,常常說(shuō)服自己“有朝一日”會(huì)比今天更好。不幸的是,如此告誡我們朝前看的大腦動(dòng)力只能重復(fù)來(lái)重復(fù)去,以致“有朝一日”不會(huì)真的來(lái)臨。約翰·列儂曾經(jīng)說(shuō)過(guò):“生活就是當(dāng)我們忙于制訂別的計(jì)劃時(shí)發(fā)生的事。”當(dāng)我們忙于制訂種種“別的計(jì)劃”時(shí),我們的孩子在忙于長(zhǎng)大,
7、我們摯愛(ài)的人離去了甚至快去世了,我們的體型變樣了,而我們的夢(mèng)想也在消然溜走。一句話,我們錯(cuò)過(guò)了生活。許多人的生活好像是某個(gè)未來(lái)日子的彩排。并非如此。事實(shí)上,沒(méi)人能保證他或她明天肯定還活著?,F(xiàn)在是我們所擁有的唯一時(shí)間,現(xiàn)在也是我們能控制的唯一的時(shí)間。當(dāng)我們將注意力放在此時(shí)此刻時(shí),我們就將恐懼置于腦后。恐懼就是我們擔(dān)憂某些事情會(huì)在未來(lái)發(fā)生——我們不會(huì)有足夠的錢(qián),我們的孩子會(huì)惹上麻煩,我們會(huì)變老,會(huì)死去,諸如此類。Passage2Whatwillmatter?Readyornot,somedayitwillallcometoanen