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Act at Once 立即行动
My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.
Never has there been a map, however carefully executed to detail and scale, which carried its owner over even one inch of ground. Never has there been a parchment of law, however fair, which prevented one crime. Action alone, is the tinder which ignites the map the parchment, my dreams, my plans, my goals, into a living force. Action is the food and drink which will nourish my success.
My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear and now I recognize this secret mined from the depths of all courageous hearts. Now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation and the flutters in my heart will vanish. Now I know that action reduces the lion of terror to an ant of equanimity.
Henceforth, I will remember the lesson of firefly who gives off its light only when it is on the wing, only when it is in action. I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen theirs yet depend on the charity of a flower for life. I will be as the firefly and my light will brighten the world.
I will not avoid the tasks of today and charge them to tomorrow for I know that tomorrow never comes. Let me act now even through my actions may not bring happiness or success for it is better to act and fail than not to be act and flounder. Happiness, in truth, may not be the fruit plucked by my action yet without action all fruit will die on the vine.
I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words again and again, each hour, each day, until the words become as much as a habit as my breathing and the actions which follow become as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every act necessary for my success. With these words I can condition my mind to meet every challenge which the failure avoids.
I will repeat these words, again and again and again. When I awake I will say them and leap from my cot while the failure sleeps yet another hour.
For now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when then evil become good. I am not evil. Tomorrow is the day when the weak become strong. I am not weak. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure.
When the lion is hungry he eats. When the eagle has thirst he drinks. Lest they act, both will perish. I hunger for success. I thirst for happiness and peace of mind. Lest I act I will perish in a life of failure, misery, and sleepless night.
Success will not wait. If I delay she will become betrothed to anther and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the man.
我的梦想毫无价值,我的计划渺如尘土,我的目标无法达到。一切的一切都毫无意义——除非我们付诸行动。
一张地图,不论标注多么详尽,比例多么精确,它也决不能带着它的主人在地面上移动半步。一部法律,不论多么公正,也决不能制止哪怕一宗罪恶。惟有行动才能使地图、法律以及我的梦想、计划和目标具有现实意义。行动,就像食物和水一样,为我们的成功提供滋养。
拖延使我裹足不前,它生于恐惧,现在我从所有勇敢的心灵深处,挖掘出并领悟到这一秘密。我知道,想克服恐惧,必须毫不犹豫,雷厉风行,唯有如此,心中的慌乱方能得以平定。现在我知道,行动可将猛狮般的恐惧,减缓为蚂蚁般的平静。
从此我要记住萤火虫的启示:只有振翅而飞的时候,只有在行动中,才能发出光芒。我要成为一只萤火虫,即使艳阳高照,也无法掩盖我的光芒。让别人像蝴蝶一样吧,精心装扮双翅,却靠花朵的施舍生活;我要做萤火虫,我的光芒照亮整个世界。
我不会把今天的事情留给明天,因为我知道明天永远不会来。让我现在就行动吧!即便我的行动不会带来幸福或成功,但是行动而失败总比坐以待毙好。坦白讲,我的行动也许不会采摘到幸福的果实,但没有行动,就算有果实也都烂在藤上。
立即行动,从今往后,我要一遍又一遍,每时每刻重复这句话,知道这几个字成为习惯,好比呼吸一般;直到随后的行动成为本能,好比眨眼一样。有了这句话,我就能调节心态,做出成功所需的每一分努力。有了这句话,我就能调节心态,迎接失败者避而远之的每一次挑战。
我将一遍一遍地重复这句话,清晨醒来时,失败者流连于床榻,我却要默诵这句话,一跃而起。
现在是我的所有。明日是懒汉为自己留的工作日,而我并不懒惰;明日是弃恶从善的日子,而我并不邪恶;明日是弱者变强者的日子,我并不软弱;明日是失败者成功的日子,而我并非失败者。
狮饥而食,鹰渴即饮,除非行动,否则它们死路一条。我因成功而饥,我为幸福安心而渴,除非行动,否则我将在失败、悲惨、夜不成寐的日子中了结此生。
成功不等人。如果我迟疑,她就会投入别人的怀抱,永远弃我而去。此时便是良辰,此时便可为洞房,我便是“成功”的新郎。
做一个心灵宽广的人
即使一个人拥有渊博的知识,良好的修养,文明的举止,优雅的谈吐,但如果缺少了博大的胸怀以及一颗充满爱的心灵,那么他一定不会活得足够潇洒漂亮!
生在这个矛盾世间,无论是达官显贵,还是一介平民,每个人的一生都必然经历种种的坎坷甚至不幸。这种种的坎坷或者不幸,无非是一些爱呀、恨呀、情呀、愁呀等等。而人世间的一切爱、恨、情、愁都有一定的时间限度,时间能够清除一切。只要时间一到,一切都会消失得无影无踪。当然,这时间有一个长短问题,时间的'长短则由个人的心灵的宽窄度所决定。
心灵宽的人,所有的一切得到释然的时间自然就短,心灵窄的人,所有的一切得到释然的时间也必然长。但就在这长短之间,上演了更多的人生悲喜剧。
人海茫茫,恩怨情仇终能相遇,生活不易,在竞争激烈、各种利益关系交错的社会中生活的每个人,都有伤害与被伤害的可能,俗话说:冤冤相报何时了?为什么不能将一切止于自己呢?人性中善恶并存,人难道真的是向恶不从善吗?
情爱是暖火,温暖了别人也温暖了自己;仇恨是烈火,燃烧了别人也烧灭了自己。
阿萨吉奥利曾说:“如果没有宽恕之心,生命就会被无休止的仇恨和报复所支配。”还有一位哲学家说:“有一颗体谅他人的心,就仿佛获得一把钥匙,它能开启未来闭着的大门。”
普济寺里有一个年近百岁的老禅师,许多人有什么解不开的难题,
都会去向这位老禅师请教。
某天,一个内心充满仇恨的人来到普济寺,他想向老禅师请教“为什么自己从来都没有开心过”。
此人正要踏进老禅师打坐念经的禅房,却发现自己脚边有个像袋子似的东西,虽然块头很小,可是看起来却是气鼓鼓的。他感到很奇怪,就抬起脚来,猛地向那东西踩去,可是那东西不但没有被踩破,反而迅速地膨胀起来。这个人一看到这种景象,犟脾气一下子就上来了,他随手抄起放在禅房门口的一根木棒向那个和他一样“气鼓鼓”的东西使劲儿砸去,到最后,那东西已经膨胀得将整条通往禅房的路都给堵死了。
这时候老禅师出来了,他对那个前来求教的人说:“快停止吧,此物叫做仇恨袋,里面装着你的仇恨,你不搭理它,它便如刚才一般大小,但一旦你要侵犯它,它便会膨胀起来,与你对抗到底。远离它,忘记它,它便伤害不了你了。”
那个正在发怒的人听了老禅师的话,如醍醐灌顶,他对老禅师说:“感谢你,我以前每天总是生活在仇恨之中,所以我从来没有开心过,现在我终于找到答案了。”
人生最大的智慧是心灵的宽度。一个人的心有多大,他的舞台就会有多大!他脚下的路就会有多宽!一个人一生的成就决不会超过他心灵的宽度!在这个复杂的社会上要想获得智慧,有一个最基本的品质,那就是把心尽量的放宽。
一个人只有带着宽广的心灵上路,才能够走得更远,从
人生旅程中获得的也会更多。即使不幸刚刚降临在他身上,让他觉得无路可走,但只要他抬起脚,哪怕踏上的是一条荆棘遍布的羊肠小道,那天上鸟的欢畅、路边野花的绽放,也能让他感到希望。即使是四周一片白雪皑皑,但他也能闻到雪底下春天的气息。脚下的路自然就会越走越宽广。而心胸狭窄的人,所面临的只能是悬崖。
在生活中我们感到有些人似乎带有一些阴气,总令你不寒而栗,总想离他(她)远一点;有些人你即使想说服自己接受,但感觉始终让你对他(她)充满警惕。原因很简单,正常人无法接受心理扭曲心态失衡的人,他们反感这类人,不屑也根本不愿意与他们交往。
其实,斤斤计较,睚眦必报的人有时也想轻松畅快地与人交流,但其骨子里时不时漏出的报复浊气,令人望而生畏。当报复心驾驭了人的灵魂时,人就无法自己。从这一刻起,报复者就自己为自己判了无期徒刑。在这种情势之下,报复者就只有一种选择就是选择孤独,直至悲哀地死去。在众人的眼中,假如往好一点说,也就是落得个“哀其不幸,怒其不争”而已。
真正的幸福来自快乐的心灵。只有心灵宽广的人,在你的眼角眉梢都洋溢着由衷的幸福。狭窄的心灵永远开不出幸福的花朵。周国平曾经说过:“人,来自于泥土,而最终归于泥土”。世间万物都最终要落入大地,一切的爱恨、贪欲、喧嚣、繁华、浮躁都只是过眼云烟,生命的本质是安静的也是丰富的,更是偶然的,何必让他在迷乱的旋涡中倒行逆施
Five Balls Of Life 生命中的五个球
Group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and in life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said,“If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other’s cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and do not change the quality of Life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided. So, don’t let the cups drive you ... enjoy the coffee instead.”
一群毕业生,各自的事业都已有所建树,相约一起去看望他们的大学教授。谈话一会儿就变成了各自对工作生活压力的抱怨。教授去厨房端来一大壶咖啡招待这些客人,拿出各式各样的咖啡杯——陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的,有普通的、有价值不菲的、有做工精致的——让他们自己挑。
当所有学生手中都拿了咖啡杯之后,教授发话了:“如果你们注意一下,就可以发现所有好看的贵的杯子都给挑走了,剩下的只是那些普通的和便宜的。当然,每个人都想给自己挑到那个最好的,这很正常,但这也正是你们的问题和压力根源之所在。
其实你们真正想要的是咖啡,而不是杯子,但你们却又都下意识去挑选最好的杯子,并观察别人拿到的杯子。
试想:如果生活是杯中的咖啡,工作、财富和社会地位就是那些杯子。它们只是维持生活的工具而已,并不改变生活质量。有时候,我们在过于关注杯子的同时却忘了去品味上帝赐予的咖啡。所以,不要成为杯子的奴隶……好好地享受品味杯中的咖啡。”
Five Balls Of Life 生命中的五个球
In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Ent-erprises, spoke of the relation of work to one’s other commitments:
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.
But the other four balls family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How?
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.
Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as they would be your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.
Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift: that’s why we call it ‘The Present’.
几年前,在一所大学的开幕典礼中,可口可乐的首席执行官布赖恩·戴森讲到工作与其他义务的关系:
想象生命是一场不停丢掷五个球于空中的游戏。这五个球分别为工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵,而且你很努力地掷着这五个球,不让它们落地。很快地你会了解工作是一个橡皮球。如果你不幸失手落下它,它还是会弹回来。
但是家庭、健康、朋友和心灵这四个球是用玻璃做成的。一旦你失手落下,它们可能会少了一角,留下无法挽回的记号、刻痕、损坏甚至碎落一地。它们将永远不会跟以前一样。你必须了解这个道理,并且为平衡你的生命而努力。但要怎么才做得到呢?
别拿自己和他人比较,这只会降低了你原有的价值。因为我们都是独一无二的,因为我们每一个人都很特别。
别人认为重要的事不一定是你的目标。只有你才知道什么最适合你。
不要将贴近你的心的人、事物视为理所当然的存在。你必须将他们视为你的生命一般好好地抓牢他们。没有他们,生命将失去意义。
别让你的生命总在依恋过去种种或是寄望未来中逝去。如果你活在每个当下,你就活出了生命中的每一天。
当你还能给予的时候别轻言放弃。只要你不放弃,就有无限延伸的可能。
别害怕承认你并非完美。正因如此,我们才得以藉由这脆弱的细丝紧密地串绑在一起。
别害怕遇到危险。正因如此,我们才得以藉由这些机会学习勇敢。
别以爱太难找到作为借口而紧闭你的心扉。最迅速找到爱的方法就是给予你的爱;最快速失去爱的方法就是紧紧地守着你的爱不放;维持爱的最好方式就是给爱一双翅膀。
莫要匆忙地
度过你的一生,那匆忙让你忘了曾经到过哪里,也让你忘了你要去哪里。
莫忘记,人类情感上最大的需要是感恩。
莫害怕学习。知识没有重量,它是可以随意携带的珍宝。
莫漫不经心地蹉跎光阴或口无遮拦。时间与言词两者都是一放便收不回来。
生命不是一场赛跑,而是一步一个脚印的旅程。
昨天已是历史,明天还是未知,而今天则是一个上天的礼物:那就是我们为什么称它为“现在”的原因。
把自己带到悬崖
儿子要到更远的地方去历练自己,左思右想,舍不得放下现在自己拥有的一切。在他非常困惑的时候,父亲给他讲了一个故事。
有一个乡下老人在山里打柴时,拾到一只很小的样子怪怪的鸟,就把这只怪鸟带回家给小孙子玩耍。老人的小孙子将怪鸟放在小鸡群里,让母鸡养育着。后来发现那只怪鸟竟是一只鹰,人们担心鹰再长大一些会吃鸡。然而人们的担心是多余的,那只鹰始终和鸡相处得很和睦。时间久了,村里的人们对于这种鹰鸡同处的状况越来越看不惯,如果哪家丢了鸡,首先便会怀疑被它吃掉了。越来越不满的人们一致强烈要求:要么杀了那只鹰;要么将它放生,让它永远也别回来。
这一家人却舍不得杀它,于是决定将鹰放走,让它回归大自然。他们把鹰带到村外的田野上,过不了几天那只鹰又飞回来了,他们驱赶它不让它进家门,甚至将它“打”得遍体鳞伤……许多办法试过了都不奏效。最后他们终于明白:原来鹰是眷恋它从小长大的家园。
后来村里的一位老人说:“把鹰交给我吧,我会让它重返蓝天,永远不再回来。”老人将鹰带到附近一个最陡峭的悬崖绝壁旁,然后将鹰狠狠地向悬崖下的深涧扔去,如扔一块石头。那只鹰开始也如石头般向下坠去,然而快要到涧底时,它只轻轻展开双翅就稳稳托住了身体,开始缓缓滑翔,然后它只轻轻拍了拍翅膀,就飞向蔚蓝的天空。
它越飞越高,越飞越远,渐渐变成了一个小黑点,飞出了人们的视野,永远地飞走了,再也没有回来。
听了父亲的故事,年轻人痛下决心,终于明白了父亲的告诫。其实每个人又何尝不像那只鹰一样,总是对现有的东西不忍放弃,对舒适平稳的生活恋恋不舍呢。一个人要想使自己的人生有所造就,就必须懂得在关键时刻把自己带到人生的悬崖,给自己一片悬崖其实就是给自己一片蔚蓝的天空啊。
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