英语美文

Learn to live in the Present Moment

To a laege degree,the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we able to live in the present moment.Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year,and what may or may not happen tomorrow,the present moment is where you are-always!

很大程度上，能不能生活在此时此刻，是衡量我们内心世界是否平衡的一个标准。无论昨日或去年发生了什么，也不管将会发生什么，此刻才是我们的真正所在——并且始终都是！

Without question,many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things-all at once.We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments,so much so that we end up anxious,fruasted,depressed,and hopeness.On flip side,we also postpone our gratification,our stated priorities,and our happiness,often convincing ourselves “someday’ will be batter than today.Unfortunately,the same mental dynamcics that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that “someday” never actually arrives.John Lennon once said,“Life is what’s happening while we’re busy making other plans.”When we’re busy making “other plans”,our children are busy growing up,and people we love are moving away and dying,our bodiesare getting out of shape,and our dreams are slipping away.In short,we miss out in life.

诚然，许多人把生命耗费在焦虑之中，我们同时对一连串的事情忧心，因此而导致神经过敏几乎成为了一种我们熟稔的艺术。对过去的困惑和对未来的忧虑占据了我们当前的每时每刻。于是，我们整日忧心忡忡，灰心丧气，情绪低落，甚至悲观绝望。另一方面，我们不断推延让自己获得满足感的时间，推延因当优先考虑的事，推后自己的幸福感，并用最有力的理由说服自己，“有一天”将会比今天更加美好。遗憾的是，如此期待未来的精神安慰只会周而复始地重复。所以，“有一天‘永远不会真正到来。约翰.列侬曾经说过，“生命就是我们忙于制定其他计划时所发生的一切。”当我们正制定“其他计划”时，孩子们正迅速地成长，爱人或离去或死亡。我们的身体开始变形，梦想开始消逝。总之，我们正失去生活。

Many people lives ae life were a dress rehearsal for some later date.It isn’t.In fact,no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow.Now is the time we have,and the only time we have any control over.When we aer attention in the present moment,we push fear from our minds.Fear is the concern over events that mingh happen in the future------we won't have enough money,our children will get into trouble,we will get ole and die,whatever.

许多人沉迷于对未来的幻想中。现在的生活，对他们而言，就像是未来生活的彩排。然而，生活绝非如此。事实上，任何人都不能保证自己明天仍存于世间。此刻是我们拥有的唯一时间，也是唯一能控制的时间。当我们的注意力集中于刻时，就会将恐惧抛之脑后。恐惧是我们对未来可能发生之事的忧虑——我们没有足够的钱，我们的孩子陷入麻烦，我们将会变老甚至死亡，等等。

To conbet fear,the best srategy is to learn to bring your attention back to the present.Mark Twian said,“I have been though some terrible things in my