Ten years from now you might think, Where did my life go? When we live mindfully we immerse ourselves in moments. These are the moments that make up our lives. If you don’t practice mindfulness you run the risk of having these precious moments of your life lost to a string of foggy over-thinking. Rest in the spaces in between the major events, these spaces are your life。
十年后你可能会问:我这辈子是怎么过来的?如果用心生活,你会尽情过好每分每秒,而正是这些分分秒秒构成了全部生活;要是麻木生活,你会错失生活中美好的瞬间,以后只留下一抹模糊的掠影。享受里程碑间的间歇时光吧——这些就是你的生活呵。
10. Stop chasing money, fame, and possessions
停止追逐金钱、名利和财富
We crave wealth, prestige, fame and popularity, we crave material things and beautiful people. We mistakenly think that happiness is going to arrive when we meet these goals. Instead of enjoying our life, we are in a constant pursuit of something other than where we are right now。
我们渴望财富、声望与名利,我们渴望物质和俊男美女。我们错误地以为,只要得到这些,幸福就会降临。我们忘了要享受生活、忽视当下时光,转而乐此不疲地追求其他东西。
At the end of your life, your expensive BMW will not be what’s flashing through your mind. You will more likely smile at the memory of your loyal dog. Stop chasing material possessions, there is no real happiness there, only an endless pursuit。
咽气之际,你脑中闪现的或许不是宝马汽车,而是让你微笑的忠诚老狗。停止追逐物质财富吧。物质并不能带来真正的快乐,只会招来永无止境的贪婪。
11. Always practice gratitude
常常感恩
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend。” — Melody Beattie
“感恩开启生活的圆满。它使我们拥有更多,变拒绝为接受,化混乱为有序,使困惑变澄澈。它能将简餐变成盛宴、房屋变成家园、陌生人变成好朋友。”—— 梅洛迪-贝蒂
Gratitude improves health, happiness, spirituality, connection, relationships, self-worth and simply gives life intense meaning。
感恩改善健康、快乐、精神、关系、人际和自我价值,并赋予生活深刻内涵。
Even if your life isn’t perfect—and here’s a secret, it never will be perfect—you still have a lot to be grateful for. So every day remember to take the time to smile, laugh and truly say thanks for all the small and big joys in your life。
哪怕你的生活并不完美(其实生活从来不曾完美),你仍有许多可以感恩的地方。所以,每天要记得微笑大笑,感激生活中或大或小的乐趣。
12. Love
爱心
This is an excerpt by the famous Martha Beck that has made an enormous impact on my life. It sums up regret beautifully:
下面一段话摘自玛莎-贝克的文字,把遗憾总结非常美妙,我感到受益匪浅:
“So the ultimate lesson of regret, the one that will help guide you into a rich and satisfying future, is this: Every time life brings you to a crossroads, from the tiniest to the most immense, go toward love, not away from fear. Think of every choice in terms of “What would thrill and delight me?” rather than “What will keep my fear—or the events, people, and things I fear—at bay?”
“最后一课是关于遗憾。能指引你走向丰富而圆满的未来的是:每次生活中遇到十字路口,不论大小,都选择爱心那条路,而不是恐惧方向。每次都告诉自己‘前方有什么有趣的事情在等我’,而不是暗示自己‘前方有什么可怕的事情或人物’。”
Pay attention to all of the sources of love in your life and you’ll develop a growing sense of abundance of how much beauty surrounds you each day。
关注生活中的点滴爱心,慢慢你会发现,每天的生活都那么丰富而美妙!
So let’s summarize: A cheat sheet to living without regrets
现在让我们总结一下:无悔生活的贴士
Take care of your health
保持健康
Make time to do the things you love, work less, laugh and play
花时间做喜欢的事,少操心工作、多享受欢乐
Say what you need to say
说该说的话
Practice mindfulness
用心生活
Change your perspective
改变视觉
Let go of the past
放开过去
Accept the things you can not change
接受无法改变的事情
Stop thinking happiness is a future event
不要再认为幸福在于未来
Stop chasing money and material wealth
停止追逐金钱和物质财富
Live authentically
真实生活
Take off the mask
摘下面具
Follow your instincts
听从直觉
Practice gratitude
学会感恩
Don’t make your decisions based on fear
别让恐惧牵制你的决定
Love, love love!
充满爱心!
There is no guarantee that you won’t make any bad decisions, but when you start living your life with these tools in mind, your days will naturally become meaningful. Your wise eyes will be full of adventure and tales: adventures that might not be perfect, but at the very least won’t be filled with regrets。
谁也不能保证你绝不会做出糟糕的决定,但一旦你在生活中谨记以上建议,一切自然会变得充满意义。你的眼里写满冒险和故事:冒险或许并不完美,但绝对会让你无悔!