雙語(yǔ)美文：愛(ài)自己才能更好愛(ài)別人

I used to believe that love meant putting everyone else and their needs first, before my own. While I do think there is some truth to that, in the sense that being a giving person is one of the ultimate acts of being a loving person, I came to realize that I must give to and love myself first and foremost.

以前，我相信愛(ài)就意味著要把他人和他人的需求放在自己的需求之前。現(xiàn)在我仍然認(rèn)為這種觀點(diǎn)有一定的道理，因?yàn)樽饕粋€(gè)“施愛(ài)者”的最高境界之一就是作一個(gè)“給予者”。但是，我漸漸意識(shí)到，給予自己、愛(ài)自己才是最重要的。

Here's why:

原因如下：

When you put everyone and everything else above you, you are no longer valuing yourself and your needs. And when you are not meeting your needs, and you don't take care of yourself (emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually), you can't be the best version of yourself to the special people in your life. So in essence, you don't love them at your full potential!

當(dāng)你把一切其他人、其他事都置于自己之上時(shí)，你就不能再看到自己的價(jià)值、考慮自己的需求了。而當(dāng)你無(wú)法滿足自己的需求時(shí)，你就不能(從心理上、生理上、思想上、精神上)好好照顧自己了。這樣，對(duì)你生命中那些特別的人來(lái)說(shuō)，你便無(wú)法成為那個(gè)最好的自己。所以，從本質(zhì)上說(shuō)，你沒(méi)有盡自己一切潛能來(lái)愛(ài)他們!

Here are some things to consider —

你需要思考一下：

1. Are you physically taking care of yourself? Do you nourish yourself with the right foods, get enough sleep, exercise, are at a healthy weight, and on top of your check-ups? If not, I bet your energy is low, you're tired and stressed, and your confidence isn't the highest (because you probably don't feel your best). Now think about how much more you could give to others when you aren't exhausted, you're happy with what you see in the mirror, and you aren't on edge with stress.

1、你好好照顧自己的身體了嗎?你有沒(méi)有做到合理飲食以獲得營(yíng)養(yǎng)、得到足夠的睡眠和鍛煉、維持健康體重并保持體檢各項(xiàng)指標(biāo)都正常?如果沒(méi)有，我敢說(shuō)你的能量肯定很有限，你感到疲倦、壓力很大，而且信心也不在最高值(因?yàn)槟愫芸赡懿辉谧罴褷顟B(tài))?，F(xiàn)在，想象一下，如果你不疲憊，樂(lè)于看到鏡中的自己，而且沒(méi)有因?yàn)閴毫Χ械綗┰瓴话?，你能為別人多做多少事啊!

2. Are you emotionally and mentally healthy? As humans, we're so complex and having ups and downs is normal. But in general, assess where you stand emotionally. If it's in a healthy place and you can manage your emotions in a healthy way — great! But if you self-soothe in destructive ways and have a negative attitude and energy about you, realize that it's not just affecting you, but others too. When you aren't an emotionally and mentally healthy person, that energy pours into everything you do, and everyone you're around will feel the effects, too.

2、你的情緒和思想都是健康的嗎?作為人類，我們是非常復(fù)雜的，心情時(shí)好時(shí)壞很正常。但是你可以總體評(píng)估一下自己的情緒狀況。如果你的情緒很健康，而且你可以以一種健康的方式來(lái)掌控自己的情緒，那太棒了!但是，如果你的自我安慰方式是毀滅式的、對(duì)自己的態(tài)度消極悲觀、充滿負(fù)能量，那么你要意識(shí)到這種情況不僅會(huì)影響到你自己，還會(huì)影響到別人。如果你不是一個(gè)情緒、思想都健康的人，那么負(fù)能量會(huì)傾瀉到你做的所有事情上，而你周圍的每個(gè)人都會(huì)受到影響。

3. How's your spirituality? In this sense, spirituality is about having an ultimate purpose and being intune with your true self. Do you wake up every day excited for what your life is about, and havegratitude for all the abundance you already have? If not, you may not be listening and living to what your heart truly desires. Living this way long term, may affect the essence of your inner being and, in turn, may not allow you to show up your very best for the world.

3、你的精神狀況如何?在這里，精神狀況指的是懷有一個(gè)終極人生目標(biāo)，并且和真實(shí)的自己合拍。你是不是每天早晨醒來(lái)都會(huì)為自己的人生感到很興奮，為你擁有的一切心懷感恩之情?如果不是，也許你沒(méi)有傾聽(tīng)自己心中真實(shí)的渴望、沒(méi)有活成真正的自己。長(zhǎng)此以往，可能會(huì)影響到你的內(nèi)在自我本質(zhì)。話說(shuō)回來(lái)，你也無(wú)法向這個(gè)世界呈現(xiàn)最棒的自己。

Be kind to yourself. It can be difficult to put your health and wellbeing first when life is demanding between your career, family, friendships, relationships, and so on. If you can think of any ways to improve your wellbeing and love yourself more, start today! Take a baby step towards this. Perhaps try getting an hour more of sleep. Move your body in a way that feels good. Take time for yourself to be with your thoughts and without distractions and feel that peace.

善待自己吧。把自己的健康和幸福放在前面可能會(huì)很難，因?yàn)槲覀冃枰胶馐聵I(yè)、家庭、友誼、愛(ài)情，等等。但如果你想到什么方法，可以提高自己的幸福感，可以更愛(ài)自己一些，那么就從今天開(kāi)始實(shí)踐吧!先向這個(gè)方向邁出一小步也是好的——比如，盡量多睡一小時(shí)，以自己感到舒服的方式活動(dòng)活動(dòng)身體，拿出時(shí)間與自己對(duì)話，遠(yuǎn)離紛擾，感受那份安寧。