世界越快,心則慢? 金城武這樣說,但是他自己應該是在平行時空過著悠哉的生活吧。
小時候曾聽說,生命的層次越高,他們生活的步調越慢,例如神仙下盤棋的時間,我們人類已經過了一百年?
我覺得也不無道理,你看蜉蝣的生命,朝生暮死,所以在一天當中他就過完一生了!
所以,當今我們這些人在生存的滾輪上越跑越快的時候,也許我的精神層次也在下降當中。
怎麼能在瞬息萬變的世界還保持著悠哉的生活,是我想探討的,不隨波逐流的生活,能夠靜下心來品味的步調。
分享一段我很喜歡Max Ehrman的詩:
1. 在匆忙與嘈雜之中仍然保持著平靜,記住,心平氣和是存在於沉靜之中。對任何人都心存善念。平靜且清楚地說出你的真實感受,並傾聽他人,即使是最愚蠢、無知的人,都有他自己的故事。
2. 遠離粗魯和有攻擊性的人,他們是心靈苦惱的來源。
3. 喜愛並享受你的計劃和成就。
4. 對自己的生涯永遠保持鮮活的興趣,即使它是卑微的。在變動的時間裡,它是你真正擁有的東西。
5. 事事仔細些,因為這世界充滿詭譎,但願這並沒有阻礙你看清美好的事物。許多人追求崇高的理想,人生處處皆可成為英雄。
6. 做你自己,千萬不要掩飾虛偽;不要諷刺愛,因為它是沙漠中的甘霖。
7. 從歲月中吸取經驗,不要留戀過去。
8. 不要讓想像造成你的困擾,許多的恐懼是源於疲倦和寂寞。在自我管理之際,對自己溫柔一點。
9. 雖然世界上有虛偽、痛苦和破碎的夢,但它仍然是個美麗的世界。振奮些,努力追求快樂。
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
希望大家都能找到內心的平靜,我覺得平靜可能不是來自於滑手機,還是要多看點書,才有沉靜的感覺。
well, happy that today is Monday~