四六级

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　　To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined

　　by how much we are able to live in the present moment.

　　Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year,

　　or what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are—always!

　　Without question,many of us have mastered the neurotic art

　　of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things—all at once.

　　We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments,

　　so much so that we end up anxious, frustrated,depressed, and hopeless.

　　On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, our stated priorities,

　　and our happiness,often convincing ourselves that“someday” will be better than today.

　　Unfortunately, the same mental dynamics that tell us to look toward the future

　　will only repeat themselves so that “someday” never actually arrives.

　　John Lennon once said,“Life is what’s happening while we’re busy making”,

　　our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away busy dying,

　　our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away.

　　In short, we miss out on life.

　　Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal for some later date.

　　It isn’t.

　　In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow.

　　Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.

　　When our attention is in the present moment, we push fear from our minds.

　　Fear is the concern over events that might happen in the future

　　—we won’t have enough money, our children will get into trouble,

　　we will get old and die, whatever.

　　To combat fear, the best strategy is to learn to bring your attention back to the present.

　　Mark Twain said,“I’ve lived through many terrible things in my life,

　　some of which actually happened.”

　　I don’t think I can say it any better.

　　Most of us take life for granted.

　　We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future.

　　The days stretch out in an endless vista,

　　so we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.

　　The same lethargy characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses.

　　Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight.

　　I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf

　　for a few days at some time during his early adult life.

　　Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight;

　　silence would teach him the joys of sound.

　　When walking the woods, I, who cannot see,

　　find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch.

　　I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf.

　　I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch,

　　or the rough, shaggy bark of a pine.

　　In the spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud

　　—the first sign of awakening Nature after her winter’s sleep.

　　I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower,

　　and discover its remarkable convolutions;

　　and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me.

　　Occasionally, if I am very fortunate,

　　I place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happy quiver of a bird in full song.

　　I am delighted to have the cool waters of a brook rush thought my open finger.

　　To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is

　　more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

　　To me the pageant of seasons is a thrilling and unending drama,

　　the action of which streams through my finger tips.

　　If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch,

　　how much more beauty must be revealed by sight.

　　Suppose you set your mind to work on the problem of how you would use your own eyes

　　if you had only three more days to see.

　　If with the oncoming darkness of the third night you knew that the sun would never rise for you again,

　　how would you spend those three precious intervening days?

　　What would you most want to let your gaze rest upon?

　　I, naturally, should want most to see the things

　　which have become dear to me through my years of darkness.

　　You, too, would want to let your eyes rest on the things that have become dear to you

　　so that you could take the memory of them with you into the night that loomed before you.

　　Practice keeping your attention on the here and now.

　　Your efforts will pay great dividends.

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