閒情片語
輯錄自《希望小書、平靜小書》
作者：保羅•威爾森
許自己一個願
仰望長空.....找一顆流星，許一個熱切的、必能成真之願。
Grant
Yourself A Wish
Look
heavenward......note a falling star, then make a passionate wish that you know
will come true.
確定人生方向
任何一個經驗豐富的水手都會告訴你，如果你不知道自己的船該航向哪個港口，那麼就不會有任何一陣風是適合你的。
你的未來也是如此。如果你自己心裡面沒有明確人生方向，那麼即使適合你的發展的機運到臨，你也只會任其擦肩而過白白流逝。
計劃好人生目標，放輕鬆，然後掌握機運。
Take
The Course Of Good Hope
As
any old salt will tell you, if you don't know what harbour you're heading for,
no breeze will be the right breeze.
Same
with the future, if you have no destination in mind, you won't know the right
breezes when they come along.
Plan,
relax, and go with the breeze.
認為
如果你心裡面認為自己的未來是有希望的，那就是保證了你的未來的確會有希望。
但願生命中的萬事萬物都能如此單純明白。
Assume
If
you assume that there is hope for your future, you guarantee there will be hope
for you future.
If
only all things in life were as uncomplicated as that.
你並不孤單
人家說，一個人會產生無助感覺最主要的原因在於，人處於孤獨寂寞中，內心會昇起孤立感。
要克服這種情緒，就得先認清一個事實，你其實並不孤單，這世上有無數的人會因著有你作伴而心感激。
敞開胸懷隨時準備好他們的到臨，而他們很快就會出現在你生命中。
You
Are Not Alone
One
of the main causes of hopelessness, we are told, is the feeling of
isolation that stems from loneliness.
To
overcome this feeling, recognise that you are not alone - there are countless
people about who would be grateful for your company.
Be
open to their arrival, and soon they will appear.
回首來路時
你是否注意到，那些今日看來令人煩惱不已的大事，結果卻成了明天想起來最有趣的一樁軼事？
一般來說，許多眼前的問題，會隨著時間流逝而遞減威脅性。試著想像自己站在未來某個時點上，然後回過頭來看待如今你所面對的煩惱憂愁，就會發現其實這些事並沒有想像中那麼嚴重。
Look
Forward To An Interesting Anecdote
How
often have you noticed that today's biggest worry turns out to be tomorrow's
most interesting anecdote?
Generally,
the problems of the day become less threatening with the passage of time.
If you imagine yourself at some time in the future, looking back on your worries
of today, you will discover they are lessened substantially.
收集美好的回憶
把美好的回憶寫下來，保存照片，或是儲存在電腦裡，並不時回味，從中得到樂趣，將此當作例常生活中的一部分。
Stockpile
Beautiful Moments
White
them down, keep a photo, keep a record in your computer. Then recall these
moment often, reflecting on them, taking pleasure in them, integrating them into
your day-to-day routine and outlook.
抬頭看天空
一個人若只顧著低頭看地上，他很可能錯過生命中最樂觀的象徵 － 彩虹。
能夠抬頭望見美麗的彩虹，常使人覺得即使必須站在雨中等待也是值得的。
Look
Up
One
of the drawbacks of spending too much time with downcast eyes is you tend
to miss one of life's most optimistic symbols. The rainbow.
Usually
this one image makes up for having to stand in the rain.
遠離塵囂
漫步在鄉間小路比都市道路來得輕鬆；欣賞連綿的山丘比注視股票指數要來得舒服；在寬闊開放的海面駕帆比繁忙的港口來得優閒。
Leave
Down
It
is more relaxing to come down a country road than a suburban street. It is
more comforting to gaze on rolling hills than on rolling stock.
It
is more relaxing to sail in the wide open sea than it is on a busy harbour.
住前走
人生中有許多事是你根本無能為力的，而這些事情大部份都已經發生過了。
即使這些往事造成的心靈創痕仍歷歷在目，但過去的已然過去；如果你執意沉溺於從前，剩下的也只有記憶。
你若專注於現在和未來的生活，那些記憶也會漸漸褪色黯然無光。
Go Forward
There are
many things in life that you simply cannot do anything about. Foremost
among these are things that have already happen.
Even if you
still bear the scares from it, the past no longer exists - except as a memory if
you choose the recall it. And even that memory fades if you concentrate on now,
and what lies ahead.
