"Whenever we're dealing with bad news, a difficult person, or a disappoinment of some kind, most of us get into certain habits, ways of reacting to life--particularly adversity--that don't serve us well"
"When we are irratated, annoyed, and easily bothered-- our reactions not only make us frustrated but actually get in the way of getting what we want. We lose sight of the bigger picture, focus on the negative, and annoy other people who might otherwise help us. In short, we live our lives as if they were one great big emergency! We often rush around looking busy, trying to solve problems, but in reality, we are often compounding them. Because everything seems like such a big deal, we end up spending our lives dealing with one drama after another."
"When you learn the habit of reponding to life with more ease, problems that seemed insurmountable will begin to seem more manageable....... Happily, there is another way to relate to life--- a softer, more graceful path that makes life seem easier and the people in it more compatiable.......Life is too important to take seriously."
-------- Richard Carlson
三段英文大意如下:
每当我们处理坏消息,难相处的人或者其他让人失望的事情,我们中的大多数都会按照自己的习惯--尤其是不好的习惯--来反应。
当我们生气,烦躁,或者易怒的时候,我们的这个反应不但让我们自己很困惑,而且事实上阻碍了我们得到我们希望的结果。我们因此失去了对大局的注意,集中在负面的东西上,而且让其他本来可能会帮助我们的人感到厌烦。简单的说,我们就好像把我们的生活当成了不断救火的过程。整天看上去很忙,一直在想办法解决问题,但是实际上,我们常常把问题搞得一团糟。因为我们把每件事情都看得很重要,我们最后就会把日常生活都耗费在处理一个又一个让我们焦虑的事情上。
我们应该感到高兴的是,用一种更柔软,更平和的方式来对待生活是可行的。当你学会更加轻松的对待生活的时候,那些看上去无法解决的问题将会变得更容易处理。更柔软,更平和的方式会让我们的生活轻松许多,让我们周围的人也感觉更加舒服。也许可以这么说,生活太重要了,以至于我们不能把生活看得太重。
"When we are irratated, annoyed, and easily bothered-- our reactions not only make us frustrated but actually get in the way of getting what we want. We lose sight of the bigger picture, focus on the negative, and annoy other people who might otherwise help us. In short, we live our lives as if they were one great big emergency! We often rush around looking busy, trying to solve problems, but in reality, we are often compounding them. Because everything seems like such a big deal, we end up spending our lives dealing with one drama after another."
"When you learn the habit of reponding to life with more ease, problems that seemed insurmountable will begin to seem more manageable....... Happily, there is another way to relate to life--- a softer, more graceful path that makes life seem easier and the people in it more compatiable.......Life is too important to take seriously."
-------- Richard Carlson
三段英文大意如下:
每当我们处理坏消息,难相处的人或者其他让人失望的事情,我们中的大多数都会按照自己的习惯--尤其是不好的习惯--来反应。
当我们生气,烦躁,或者易怒的时候,我们的这个反应不但让我们自己很困惑,而且事实上阻碍了我们得到我们希望的结果。我们因此失去了对大局的注意,集中在负面的东西上,而且让其他本来可能会帮助我们的人感到厌烦。简单的说,我们就好像把我们的生活当成了不断救火的过程。整天看上去很忙,一直在想办法解决问题,但是实际上,我们常常把问题搞得一团糟。因为我们把每件事情都看得很重要,我们最后就会把日常生活都耗费在处理一个又一个让我们焦虑的事情上。
我们应该感到高兴的是,用一种更柔软,更平和的方式来对待生活是可行的。当你学会更加轻松的对待生活的时候,那些看上去无法解决的问题将会变得更容易处理。更柔软,更平和的方式会让我们的生活轻松许多,让我们周围的人也感觉更加舒服。也许可以这么说,生活太重要了,以至于我们不能把生活看得太重。