知音美文精選幾則
Act at Once 立即行動(dòng)
My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.
Never has there been a map, however carefully executed to detail and scale, which carried its owner over even one inch of ground. Never has there been a parchment of law, however fair, which prevented one crime. Action alone, is the tinder which ignites the map the parchment, my dreams, my plans, my goals, into a living force. Action is the food and drink which will nourish my success.
My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear and now I recognize this secret mined from the depths of all courageous hearts. Now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation and the flutters in my heart will vanish. Now I know that action reduces the lion of terror to an ant of equanimity.
Henceforth, I will remember the lesson of firefly who gives off its light only when it is on the wing, only when it is in action. I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen theirs yet depend on the charity of a flower for life. I will be as the firefly and my light will brighten the world.
I will not avoid the tasks of today and charge them to tomorrow for I know that tomorrow never comes. Let me act now even through my actions may not bring happiness or success for it is better to act and fail than not to be act and flounder. Happiness, in truth, may not be the fruit plucked by my action yet without action all fruit will die on the vine.
I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words again and again, each hour, each day, until the words become as much as a habit as my breathing and the actions which follow become as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every act necessary for my success. With these words I can condition my mind to meet every challenge which the failure avoids.
I will repeat these words, again and again and again. When I awake I will say them and leap from my cot while the failure sleeps yet another hour.
For now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when then evil become good. I am not evil. Tomorrow is the day when the weak become strong. I am not weak. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure.
When the lion is hungry he eats. When the eagle has thirst he drinks. Lest they act, both will perish. I hunger for success. I thirst for happiness and peace of mind. Lest I act I will perish in a life of failure, misery, and sleepless night.
Success will not wait. If I delay she will become betrothed to anther and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the man.
我的夢(mèng)想毫無(wú)價(jià)值,我的計(jì)劃渺如塵土,我的目標(biāo)無(wú)法達(dá)到。一切的一切都毫無(wú)意義——除非我們付諸行動(dòng)。
一張地圖,不論標(biāo)注多么詳盡,比例多么精確,它也決不能帶著它的主人在地面上移動(dòng)半步。一部法律,不論多么公正,也決不能制止哪怕一宗罪惡。惟有行動(dòng)才能使地圖、法律以及我的夢(mèng)想、計(jì)劃和目標(biāo)具有現(xiàn)實(shí)意義。行動(dòng),就像食物和水一樣,為我們的成功提供滋養(yǎng)。
拖延使我裹足不前,它生于恐懼,現(xiàn)在我從所有勇敢的心靈深處,挖掘出并領(lǐng)悟到這一秘密。我知道,想克服恐懼,必須毫不猶豫,雷厲風(fēng)行,唯有如此,心中的慌亂方能得以平定。現(xiàn)在我知道,行動(dòng)可將猛獅般的恐懼,減緩為螞蟻般的平靜。
從此我要記住螢火蟲(chóng)的啟示:只有振翅而飛的時(shí)候,只有在行動(dòng)中,才能發(fā)出光芒。我要成為一只螢火蟲(chóng),即使艷陽(yáng)高照,也無(wú)法掩蓋我的光芒。讓別人像蝴蝶一樣吧,精心裝扮雙翅,卻靠花朵的施舍生活;我要做螢火蟲(chóng),我的光芒照亮整個(gè)世界。
我不會(huì)把今天的事情留給明天,因?yàn)槲抑烂魈煊肋h(yuǎn)不會(huì)來(lái)。讓我現(xiàn)在就行動(dòng)吧!即便我的行動(dòng)不會(huì)帶來(lái)幸;虺晒Γ切袆(dòng)而失敗總比坐以待斃好。坦白講,我的行動(dòng)也許不會(huì)采摘到幸福的果實(shí),但沒(méi)有行動(dòng),就算有果實(shí)也都爛在藤上。
立即行動(dòng),從今往后,我要一遍又一遍,每時(shí)每刻重復(fù)這句話(huà),知道這幾個(gè)字成為習(xí)慣,好比呼吸一般;直到隨后的行動(dòng)成為本能,好比眨眼一樣。有了這句話(huà),我就能調(diào)節(jié)心態(tài),做出成功所需的每一分努力。有了這句話(huà),我就能調(diào)節(jié)心態(tài),迎接失敗者避而遠(yuǎn)之的每一次挑戰(zhàn)。
我將一遍一遍地重復(fù)這句話(huà),清晨醒來(lái)時(shí),失敗者流連于床榻,我卻要默誦這句話(huà),一躍而起。
現(xiàn)在是我的所有。明日是懶漢為自己留的工作日,而我并不懶惰;明日是棄惡從善的日子,而我并不邪惡;明日是弱者變強(qiáng)者的日子,我并不軟弱;明日是失敗者成功的日子,而我并非失敗者。
獅饑而食,鷹渴即飲,除非行動(dòng),否則它們死路一條。我因成功而饑,我為幸福安心而渴,除非行動(dòng),否則我將在失敗、悲慘、夜不成寐的日子中了結(jié)此生。
成功不等人。如果我遲疑,她就會(huì)投入別人的懷抱,永遠(yuǎn)棄我而去。此時(shí)便是良辰,此時(shí)便可為洞房,我便是“成功”的新郎。
做一個(gè)心靈寬廣的人
即使一個(gè)人擁有淵博的知識(shí),良好的修養(yǎng),文明的舉止,優(yōu)雅的談吐,但如果缺少了博大的胸懷以及一顆充滿(mǎn)愛(ài)的心靈,那么他一定不會(huì)活得足夠?yàn)t灑漂亮!
生在這個(gè)矛盾世間,無(wú)論是達(dá)官顯貴,還是一介平民,每個(gè)人的一生都必然經(jīng)歷種種的坎坷甚至不幸。這種種的坎坷或者不幸,無(wú)非是一些愛(ài)呀、恨呀、情呀、愁呀等等。而人世間的一切愛(ài)、恨、情、愁都有一定的時(shí)間限度,時(shí)間能夠清除一切。只要時(shí)間一到,一切都會(huì)消失得無(wú)影無(wú)蹤。當(dāng)然,這時(shí)間有一個(gè)長(zhǎng)短問(wèn)題,時(shí)間的長(zhǎng)短則由個(gè)人的心靈的寬窄度所決定。
心靈寬的人,所有的一切得到釋然的時(shí)間自然就短,心靈窄的人,所有的一切得到釋然的時(shí)間也必然長(zhǎng)。但就在這長(zhǎng)短之間,上演了更多的人生悲喜劇。
人海茫茫,恩怨情仇終能相遇,生活不易,在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈、各種利益關(guān)系交錯(cuò)的社會(huì)中生活的每個(gè)人,都有傷害與被傷害的可能,俗話(huà)說(shuō):冤冤相報(bào)何時(shí)了?為什么不能將一切止于自己呢?人性中善惡并存,人難道真的是向惡不從善嗎?
情愛(ài)是暖火,溫暖了別人也溫暖了自己;仇恨是烈火,燃燒了別人也燒滅了自己。
阿薩吉奧利曾說(shuō):“如果沒(méi)有寬恕之心,生命就會(huì)被無(wú)休止的仇恨和報(bào)復(fù)所支配!边有一位哲學(xué)家說(shuō):“有一顆體諒他人的心,就仿佛獲得一把鑰匙,它能開(kāi)啟未來(lái)閉著的大門(mén)!
普濟(jì)寺里有一個(gè)年近百歲的老禪師,許多人有什么解不開(kāi)的難題,
都會(huì)去向這位老禪師請(qǐng)教。
某天,一個(gè)內(nèi)心充滿(mǎn)仇恨的人來(lái)到普濟(jì)寺,他想向老禪師請(qǐng)教“為什么自己從來(lái)都沒(méi)有開(kāi)心過(guò)”。
此人正要踏進(jìn)老禪師打坐念經(jīng)的禪房,卻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己腳邊有個(gè)像袋子似的東西,雖然塊頭很小,可是看起來(lái)卻是氣鼓鼓的。他感到很奇怪,就抬起腳來(lái),猛地向那東西踩去,可是那東西不但沒(méi)有被踩破,反而迅速地膨脹起來(lái)。這個(gè)人一看到這種景象,犟脾氣一下子就上來(lái)了,他隨手抄起放在禪房門(mén)口的一根木棒向那個(gè)和他一樣“氣鼓鼓”的東西使勁兒砸去,到最后,那東西已經(jīng)膨脹得將整條通往禪房的路都給堵死了。
這時(shí)候老禪師出來(lái)了,他對(duì)那個(gè)前來(lái)求教的人說(shuō):“快停止吧,此物叫做仇恨袋,里面裝著你的仇恨,你不搭理它,它便如剛才一般大小,但一旦你要侵犯它,它便會(huì)膨脹起來(lái),與你對(duì)抗到底。遠(yuǎn)離它,忘記它,它便傷害不了你了!
那個(gè)正在發(fā)怒的人聽(tīng)了老禪師的話(huà),如醍醐灌頂,他對(duì)老禪師說(shuō):“感謝你,我以前每天總是生活在仇恨之中,所以我從來(lái)沒(méi)有開(kāi)心過(guò),現(xiàn)在我終于找到答案了!
人生最大的智慧是心靈的寬度。一個(gè)人的心有多大,他的舞臺(tái)就會(huì)有多大!他腳下的路就會(huì)有多寬!一個(gè)人一生的成就決不會(huì)超過(guò)他心靈的寬度!在這個(gè)復(fù)雜的社會(huì)上要想獲得智慧,有一個(gè)最基本的品質(zhì),那就是把心盡量的放寬。
一個(gè)人只有帶著寬廣的心靈上路,才能夠走得更遠(yuǎn),從
人生旅程中獲得的也會(huì)更多。即使不幸剛剛降臨在他身上,讓他覺(jué)得無(wú)路可走,但只要他抬起腳,哪怕踏上的是一條荊棘遍布的羊腸小道,那天上鳥(niǎo)的歡暢、路邊野花的綻放,也能讓他感到希望。即使是四周一片白雪皚皚,但他也能聞到雪底下春天的氣息。腳下的路自然就會(huì)越走越寬廣。而心胸狹窄的人,所面臨的只能是懸崖。
在生活中我們感到有些人似乎帶有一些陰氣,總令你不寒而栗,總想離他(她)遠(yuǎn)一點(diǎn);有些人你即使想說(shuō)服自己接受,但感覺(jué)始終讓你對(duì)他(她)充滿(mǎn)警惕。原因很簡(jiǎn)單,正常人無(wú)法接受心理扭曲心態(tài)失衡的人,他們反感這類(lèi)人,不屑也根本不愿意與他們交往。
其實(shí),斤斤計(jì)較,睚眥必報(bào)的人有時(shí)也想輕松暢快地與人交流,但其骨子里時(shí)不時(shí)漏出的報(bào)復(fù)濁氣,令人望而生畏。當(dāng)報(bào)復(fù)心駕馭了人的靈魂時(shí),人就無(wú)法自己。從這一刻起,報(bào)復(fù)者就自己為自己判了無(wú)期徒刑。在這種情勢(shì)之下,報(bào)復(fù)者就只有一種選擇就是選擇孤獨(dú),直至悲哀地死去。在眾人的眼中,假如往好一點(diǎn)說(shuō),也就是落得個(gè)“哀其不幸,怒其不爭(zhēng)”而已。
真正的幸福來(lái)自快樂(lè)的心靈。只有心靈寬廣的人,在你的眼角眉梢都洋溢著由衷的幸福。狹窄的心靈永遠(yuǎn)開(kāi)不出幸福的花朵。周?chē)?guó)平曾經(jīng)說(shuō)過(guò):“人,來(lái)自于泥土,而最終歸于泥土”。世間萬(wàn)物都最終要落入大地,一切的愛(ài)恨、貪欲、喧囂、繁華、浮躁都只是過(guò)眼云煙,生命的本質(zhì)是安靜的也是豐富的,更是偶然的,何必讓他在迷亂的旋渦中倒行逆施
Five Balls Of Life 生命中的五個(gè)球
Group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and in life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said,“If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other’s cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and do not change the quality of Life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided. So, don’t let the cups drive you ... enjoy the coffee instead.”
一群畢業(yè)生,各自的事業(yè)都已有所建樹(shù),相約一起去看望他們的大學(xué)教授。談話(huà)一會(huì)兒就變成了各自對(duì)工作生活壓力的抱怨。教授去廚房端來(lái)一大壺咖啡招待這些客人,拿出各式各樣的咖啡杯——陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的.、水晶的,有普通的、有價(jià)值不菲的、有做工精致的——讓他們自己挑。
當(dāng)所有學(xué)生手中都拿了咖啡杯之后,教授發(fā)話(huà)了:“如果你們注意一下,就可以發(fā)現(xiàn)所有好看的貴的杯子都給挑走了,剩下的只是那些普通的和便宜的。當(dāng)然,每個(gè)人都想給自己挑到那個(gè)最好的,這很正常,但這也正是你們的問(wèn)題和壓力根源之所在。
其實(shí)你們真正想要的是咖啡,而不是杯子,但你們卻又都下意識(shí)去挑選最好的杯子,并觀察別人拿到的杯子。
試想:如果生活是杯中的咖啡,工作、財(cái)富和社會(huì)地位就是那些杯子。它們只是維持生活的工具而已,并不改變生活質(zhì)量。有時(shí)候,我們?cè)谶^(guò)于關(guān)注杯子的同時(shí)卻忘了去品味上帝賜予的咖啡。所以,不要成為杯子的奴隸……好好地享受品味杯中的咖啡!
Five Balls Of Life 生命中的五個(gè)球
In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Ent-erprises, spoke of the relation of work to one’s other commitments:
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.
But the other four balls family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How?
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.
Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as they would be your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.
Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift: that’s why we call it ‘The Present’.
幾年前,在一所大學(xué)的開(kāi)幕典禮中,可口可樂(lè)的首席執(zhí)行官布賴(lài)恩·戴森講到工作與其他義務(wù)的關(guān)系:
想象生命是一場(chǎng)不停丟擲五個(gè)球于空中的游戲。這五個(gè)球分別為工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心靈,而且你很努力地?cái)S著這五個(gè)球,不讓它們落地。很快地你會(huì)了解工作是一個(gè)橡皮球。如果你不幸失手落下它,它還是會(huì)彈回來(lái)。
但是家庭、健康、朋友和心靈這四個(gè)球是用玻璃做成的。一旦你失手落下,它們可能會(huì)少了一角,留下無(wú)法挽回的記號(hào)、刻痕、損壞甚至碎落一地。它們將永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)跟以前一樣。你必須了解這個(gè)道理,并且為平衡你的生命而努力。但要怎么才做得到呢?
別拿自己和他人比較,這只會(huì)降低了你原有的價(jià)值。因?yàn)槲覀兌际仟?dú)一無(wú)二的,因?yàn)槲覀兠恳粋(gè)人都很特別。
別人認(rèn)為重要的事不一定是你的目標(biāo)。只有你才知道什么最適合你。
不要將貼近你的心的人、事物視為理所當(dāng)然的存在。你必須將他們視為你的生命一般好好地抓牢他們。沒(méi)有他們,生命將失去意義。
別讓你的生命總在依戀過(guò)去種種或是寄望未來(lái)中逝去。如果你活在每個(gè)當(dāng)下,你就活出了生命中的每一天。
當(dāng)你還能給予的時(shí)候別輕言放棄。只要你不放棄,就有無(wú)限延伸的可能。
別害怕承認(rèn)你并非完美。正因如此,我們才得以藉由這脆弱的細(xì)絲緊密地串綁在一起。
別害怕遇到危險(xiǎn)。正因如此,我們才得以藉由這些機(jī)會(huì)學(xué)習(xí)勇敢。
別以愛(ài)太難找到作為借口而緊閉你的心扉。最迅速找到愛(ài)的方法就是給予你的愛(ài);最快速失去愛(ài)的方法就是緊緊地守著你的愛(ài)不放;維持愛(ài)的最好方式就是給愛(ài)一雙翅膀。
莫要匆忙地
度過(guò)你的一生,那匆忙讓你忘了曾經(jīng)到過(guò)哪里,也讓你忘了你要去哪里。
莫忘記,人類(lèi)情感上最大的需要是感恩。
莫害怕學(xué)習(xí)。知識(shí)沒(méi)有重量,它是可以隨意攜帶的珍寶。
莫漫不經(jīng)心地蹉跎光陰或口無(wú)遮攔。時(shí)間與言詞兩者都是一放便收不回來(lái)。
生命不是一場(chǎng)賽跑,而是一步一個(gè)腳印的旅程。
昨天已是歷史,明天還是未知,而今天則是一個(gè)上天的禮物:那就是我們?yōu)槭裁捶Q(chēng)它為“現(xiàn)在”的原因。
把自己帶到懸崖
兒子要到更遠(yuǎn)的地方去歷練自己,左思右想,舍不得放下現(xiàn)在自己擁有的一切。在他非常困惑的時(shí)候,父親給他講了一個(gè)故事。
有一個(gè)鄉(xiāng)下老人在山里打柴時(shí),拾到一只很小的樣子怪怪的鳥(niǎo),就把這只怪鳥(niǎo)帶回家給小孫子玩耍。老人的小孫子將怪鳥(niǎo)放在小雞群里,讓母雞養(yǎng)育著。后來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)那只怪鳥(niǎo)竟是一只鷹,人們擔(dān)心鷹再長(zhǎng)大一些會(huì)吃雞。然而人們的擔(dān)心是多余的,那只鷹始終和雞相處得很和睦。時(shí)間久了,村里的人們對(duì)于這種鷹雞同處的狀況越來(lái)越看不慣,如果哪家丟了雞,首先便會(huì)懷疑被它吃掉了。越來(lái)越不滿(mǎn)的人們一致強(qiáng)烈要求:要么殺了那只鷹;要么將它放生,讓它永遠(yuǎn)也別回來(lái)。
這一家人卻舍不得殺它,于是決定將鷹放走,讓它回歸大自然。他們把鷹帶到村外的田野上,過(guò)不了幾天那只鷹又飛回來(lái)了,他們驅(qū)趕它不讓它進(jìn)家門(mén),甚至將它“打”得遍體鱗傷……許多辦法試過(guò)了都不奏效。最后他們終于明白:原來(lái)鷹是眷戀它從小長(zhǎng)大的家園。
后來(lái)村里的一位老人說(shuō):“把鷹交給我吧,我會(huì)讓它重返藍(lán)天,永遠(yuǎn)不再回來(lái)!崩先藢Ⅹ棊У礁浇粋(gè)最陡峭的懸崖絕壁旁,然后將鷹狠狠地向懸崖下的深澗扔去,如扔一塊石頭。那只鷹開(kāi)始也如石頭般向下墜去,然而快要到澗底時(shí),它只輕輕展開(kāi)雙翅就穩(wěn)穩(wěn)托住了身體,開(kāi)始緩緩滑翔,然后它只輕輕拍了拍翅膀,就飛向蔚藍(lán)的天空。
它越飛越高,越飛越遠(yuǎn),漸漸變成了一個(gè)小黑點(diǎn),飛出了人們的視野,永遠(yuǎn)地飛走了,再也沒(méi)有回來(lái)。
聽(tīng)了父親的故事,年輕人痛下決心,終于明白了父親的告誡。其實(shí)每個(gè)人又何嘗不像那只鷹一樣,總是對(duì)現(xiàn)有的東西不忍放棄,對(duì)舒適平穩(wěn)的生活戀戀不舍呢。一個(gè)人要想使自己的人生有所造就,就必須懂得在關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻把自己帶到人生的懸崖,給自己一片懸崖其實(shí)就是給自己一片蔚藍(lán)的天空啊。
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