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匆忙中停留片刻 荷叶/译 什么也别做。 仅仅片刻。 倾听周围的世界，感觉自己的呼吸，关照内心的想法，看清周围的细节。 心态平和，什么也不做。 当今世界，活动是常态，即使身体不动，大脑也在活动，在关注。我们终日奔忙，做事情，谈话，发邮件，收发信息，一个一个地点击浏览器的链接。 我们一直在忙，在联系着，在思索着，在谈论着。没有静止的时候，终日坐在狂热的电脑和多动的电视前，不算静止。 忙是有代价的，我们失去了沉思，失去了观察，失去了倾听，也就失去了平静。 更糟糕的是，你的奔波可能事与愿违。我知道，在我们的社会，行动非常重要，不行动被视为懒散，被动和一事无成。然而，有时过度行动还不如一事不做。你每日疯狂，愤怒声讨，却一件事也做不成。也许你能做许多事，但一点也不重要。也许你的行动会起到伤害作用，把事情搞糟，还不如什么也不做。 当我们被迫静止时，比如，排队等医生，等公交，等火车时，我们常常坐立不安。我们需要找些事情来做。一些人拿出手机，一些人拿出笔记本或文件夹什么的，找些事做，找点东西读，还有些人烦躁不安。我们不习惯于没有事情可做。 停留片刻，思考一下你的日子是如何度过的，你工作中，下班后，准备上班时，晚上和周末的情形。你是否一直在奔波，你是否一直在读信息，回信息，你是否一直在查看新闻和最新的各种信息？你是否总是有许多事情要做，像一台机器一样，日程很紧，一项一项地划去自己的任务？ 你愿意这样度过一生吗？ 如果愿意，愿主赐予你平安。如果不愿意，那就停留片刻，什么也别做。不要想你需要做什么，也不要想你做过了什么。只是活在当下。 平静一、两分钟后，思考一下自己的生活，你希望拥有什么样的生活。让你的生活少一些运动、工作和奔波，多一些静止、思考和平静。 然后，沉浸在这一画面里。 其实，这很简单。你所需要做的就是每天静静地坐一小会儿。一旦习惯后，每日试着少做些事情。发现自己行动太快时，深呼吸，放慢节奏，活在当下。在此时此刻中寻找幸福，而不是去等待幸福的到来。 品味平静。平静是宝，每个人都可以受用终生。 附：原文 Be still. Just for a moment. Listen to the world around you. Feel your breath coming in and going out.Listen to your thoughts. See the details of your surroundings. Be at peace with being still. In this modern world, activity and movement are the default modes, if notwith our bodies then at least with our minds, with our attention. We rusharound all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages,clicking from browser tab to the next, one link to the next. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. Thereis no time for stillness -- and sitting in front of a frenetic computer allday, and then in front of the hyperactive television, doesn't count as stillness. This comes at a cost: we lose that time for contemplation, for observing and listening. We lose peace. And worse yet: all the rushing around is often counterproductive. I know,in our society action is all-important -- inaction is seen as lazy and passiveand unproductive. However, sometimes too much action is worse than no action atall. You can run around crazily, all sound and fury, but get nothing done. Or you can get a lot done -- but nothing important. Or you can hurt things withyour actions, make things worse than if you'd stayed still. And when we are forced to be still -- because we're in line for something,or waiting at a doctor's appointment, or on a bus or train -- we often get antsy, and need to find something to do. Some of us will have our mobiledevices, others will have a notebook or folder with things to do or read,others will fidget. Being still isn't something we're used to. Take a moment to think about how you spend your days -- at work, after work, getting ready for work, evenings and weekends. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering messages, checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always trying to Get Lots of ThingsDone, ticking off tasks from your list like a machine, rushing through your schedule? Is this how you want to spend your life? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be still. Don't think about what you have to do, or what you've done already. Just be in the moment. Then after a minute or two of doing that, contemplate your life, and how you'd like it to be. See your life with less movement, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more contemplation, more peace. Then be that vision. It's pretty simple, actually: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. Once you've gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathewhen you feel yourself moving too fast. Slow down. Be present. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of waiting for it. Savor the stillness. It's a treasure, and it's available to us, always. | 
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