現在是一切開始的地方,沒有時間像現在。在不成為過去的囚徒的情況下,勝利者更喜歡在變化的現在朝著不可預知的未來工作。有些人的問題是,他們只計劃在不可預見的時間到來,而不是現在面對現實。
Paradoxically, the future is now. It is more realistic to regard life as an awareness of the present rather than a prediction beyond knowledge. Since the future is anybody's guess, "one today is worth two tomorrows," to quote Benjamin Franklin. Therefore, the way we live and the way we work ought to keep in step with the present leading to the future. The logic may be that we can only learn from the past, and on the other hand the future does not affect us now as much as does the present. It also makes sense that the way to plan tomorrow is to enjoy living and working as wisely and beautifully today as possible.
矛盾的是,現在是未來。把生命看作是對當下的意識,而不是超越知識的預測,這是更為現實的。因為未來是每個人的猜測,“一個今天抵得上兩個明天”,引用本杰明富蘭克林的話。因此,我們的生活方式和工作方式應該與現在的未來保持步調一致。我們的邏輯可能是,我們只能從過去中學習,而另一方面,未來并不會像現在一樣影響我們。還有一點很合理,那就是明天的計劃就是盡可能地享受生活和工作的美好。
Our argument for focusing on today may as well be based on the fact that the present does not sit still for a portrait, but is changing constantly. Change being the law of life, concentrating our mind on what is happening in the present is probably more true to life than dreaming of the future. It means that life for us today is always becoming and never being. Obviously, today has its own problems to be solved, so there is no need to be over troubled about the future. Accordingly, it is better not to foresee the future but be concerned about taking care of the present. It is one thing to prefer planning for the future, but it is quite another to control the change that follows soon enough.
我們今天關注的論點可能也基于這樣一個事實,即現在不是靜止不動的肖像,而是不斷變化的。改變是生活的法則,把我們的注意力集中在當下發(fā)生的事情上,也許比夢想未來更真實。這意味著,我們今天的生活永遠都是,永遠也不會存在。顯然,今天有自己的問題需要解決,所以沒有必要為未來擔憂。因此,最好不要預見未來,而是要關心如何照顧好現在。對于未來的規(guī)劃,這是一件事,但控制這種變化很快就會是另一回事了。
Focusing on the present is more important than merely planning for the future because right now is one of the moments we are influencing our future. Practically, we should see the future in the present which carries more weight in real life. It stands to reason that the future actually begins now.
關注當下比僅僅規(guī)劃未來更重要,因為現在是我們影響未來的時刻之一。實際上,我們應該看到在現實生活中更有分量的未來。這就說明了未來實際上是開始的。