雙語美文欣賞：簡單生活，你可以選擇

簡單生活，你可以選擇

You’re waiting fior something to change in your life before you can be happy.You might think if only you had a different partner (or one at all), a better job, or kids that did their homework then surely you’d be happy. Surely then you'd wake each morning with the glow of one living a life worth loving. Enough! Here are 5 ways to get started:

也許你在等待你生命中出現(xiàn)某種轉(zhuǎn)機后，你才能開心。你可能認為假如你有了一個不同的搭檔(或是所有的一切)，一個更好的工作，或者是孩子完成了他們的家庭作業(yè)之后你才能開心。這樣你每天醒來的時候才能懷著一縷希望。夠了!這里有5種方法幫助你重新開始:

1.Be present.

1.活在當下。

You must be aware of your current existence and that you have control over your perspective. Whether you’re willing away early morning grouchiness or seeing a messy house as a chance to teach teamwork, your choice of perspective will make all the difference between just living and loving.

你必須意識到你在當前是真實存在的，你完全可以掌控自己的未來。無論你是想逃離晨間的抱怨，或者是見到一團糟的屋子，其實都可以作為一次團隊精神教育的機會。你對前途的選擇定會讓生活和愛大不相同。

2.Practice gratefulness.

2.學會感恩。

Every day, no excuses. Pretend to be grateful if you must. It's one of those thirngs that catches up to you quickly as life reciprocatedsyour emotional generosity.Seeing the good in your life will allow you to keep your heart fed while you work to change the more unsavory parts. Try it. live it. You’ll love it.

每天都要感恩，不要找任何借口逃避。假如有必要，哪怕是假裝會感恩也好，這是一樣能讓你快速上癮的事情，就像生活在回報你在感情上的寬容。當你嘗試改變生活中令你討厭的地方時，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)生活之美會使你的心變得很充實。嘗試一下，這樣的生活，你會愛上的。

3.Pursue balance.

3.尋求平衡。

As a person given to extremes this has always been a tough one for me. I'll go from taking great care of myself and communicating well to abandonment and silence as I let work consume me. The pursuit of balance requires constant adjustment as your life shifts but every time I really try for the middle I end up happier about my life. And that’s truly the point.

作為一個人，要走向極端，對我而言是件很艱難的事。我能做到從用心關心自己，溝通能力良好，到放棄一切，選擇靜默，就好像工作非常讓我著迷一樣。這種對平衡的追求需要你隨著生活的轉(zhuǎn)變不斷地做出調(diào)整，但是每次在我試著求得平衡后，我的生活就變得更加開心，這才是最重要的。

4.Nurture friendships.

4.維系友情。

You know the people who for some reason or other welcome you into their lives? Treasure them. Make time to spend with them. It is those relationships that you’II look back on with satisfaction when you get old and begin to wonder what your life was worth. Many of us spend far too much time thinking about how some material possession will improve our lives. An Mac would be nice. A good friend is worth just about everything though!

你了解那些因這樣或那樣原因而歡迎你進入他們生活的人嗎?請珍惜他們，抽出些時間和他們在一起。等你變老，開始懷疑你的生活是否有價值的時候，你將會走向回憶，而這些人際關系能帶給你滿足感。很多人花費了很多時間去思考怎樣的物質(zhì)擁有才能改善自己的生活，一臺蘋果電腦就很好。事實上，一個好友抵得上世間的一切。

5.Embrace simplicity.

5.擁抱簡單生活。

You don't need to have all your gold-plated ducRcs in a row in order to love the lifie you're living. You don't need lots of stuff and relationships so driven by drama that you often wish just to be left alone in silence. Instead you might try for a simpler approach and enjoy things because they are useful and not because they are expensive. You might join a friend just to talk and not worry about all the expensive trappings we so often heap on get-together's. Try for simplicity and if complexity sneaks up on you, so be it. In learning to love the basics you’II find a wondrous appreciation for the nicer things that come along.

你不需要一排排的鍍金鴨子才能愛上你現(xiàn)在過的生活。你不需要戲劇中那么多的東西和各種人際關系來驅(qū)動自己，那只會讓你希望獨自一人，清靜一下。你可能會想嘗試一下更加簡單的生活方式，你會喜歡某些東西，只是因為它們很實用，而不是因為它們有多昂貴。你可能會想和一個朋友隨便聊聊，不用擔心平時扎堆聚會的高昂花費。試試簡單一點兒，如果復雜靠近你，就順其自然。學會熱愛生活的本質(zhì)，你將會發(fā)現(xiàn)隨之而來的是那種對美好事物的美妙感受。

What have you found helps bring you back to the moment you’re in and really start to enjoy the life you’re living right now?

什么能幫你回歸到你當下的生活?什么能讓你真正地享受你此刻正在過的生活?