英文愛藏：淡定的人生不寂寞

2021年9月19日 星期日 祝福早安 主日平安 天氣多雲 氣溫19℃ 《淡定的人生不寂寞》 今天終於可以出校門了 我要淡定 淡定 我要淡定 可這顆躁動的心不能淡定 今天早晨七點半剛剛走出校門 我要奔向愛我的上帝那裏去了 希望我的中秋佳節註定不是寂寞 就像我剛剛在朋友圈分享的文字: 有什麼能使我與神的愛隔絕 從八月底開學直到九月中旬 我們一直被封在了校園裏面 週日只能選擇網絡形式聚會 終於今天可以申請出校門了 願記錄一下此刻的美好感動 疫情也好洪水也好饑荒也好 都不能使我與神的愛隔絕的 週日本應該是敬拜上帝之日 但因爲各種原因不重視這日 生命中不以耶和華爲樂的人 在末後的日子應該警醒度日 今天的天氣並不是萬里晴空 但只要心情是美好的就夠了 祝福今天我可以遇見耶和華 在中秋佳節人渴望家的溫暖 背井離鄉的我依然找到了家 在上帝愛的家中與祝福相擁 2021年9月19日 主日平安 祝福早安 真心期待我們每個人的人生都不孤獨 書本摘錄 The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings， but shorter tempers； wider freeways， but narrower viewpoints； we spend more， but have less； we buy more but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families； more conveniences， but less time； we have more degrees， but less sense； more knowledge， but less judgment； more experts， but more problems； more medicine， but less wellness. We drink too much， spend too recklessly， laugh too little， drive too fast， get too angry too quickly， stay up too late， get up too tired， read too little， watch TV too much， and pray too seldom. We talk too much， love too seldom， and hate too often. We’ve learned how to make a living， but not a life； we’ve added years to life， not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back， but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We’ve conquered outer space， but not inner space； we’ve done larger things， but not better things. We’ve cleaned up the air， but polluted the soul； we’ve split the atom， but not our prejudice. We write more， but learn less； we plan more， but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush， but not to wait； we have higher incomes， but， lower morals. We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever， but have less communication； we’ve become long on quantity， but short on quality. These are the days of two incomes， but more divorce； of fancier houses， but more broken homes. These are the days of quick trips， disposable diapers， throw away morality， one night stands， overweight bodies， and pills that do everything from cheer， to quiet， to kill. Where are we heading... If we die tomorrow， the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it， we pour ourselves more into work than to our family an unwise investment indeed. So what is the morale of the story？ Don’t work too hard... and you know what’s the full word of family？ FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER， (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU. 我們的時代就是這樣矛盾。樓房高了，脾氣卻暴了；馬路寬了，視野卻窄了；付出的多了，擁有的卻少了；買的多了，享受的卻少了。 我們的房子大了，家卻小了；生活便捷了，時間卻少了；學歷高了，見識卻少了；知識多了，觀點卻少了；專家多了，問題也多了；藥物多了，健康卻少了。 我們喝得太多，花得太多，笑得太少，車開得太快，太易生氣，熬夜太晚，賴牀太久，書讀得太少，電視看得太多，卻很少向上帝祈禱。 我們說得太多，愛得太少，且常生怨恨。我們學會的是如何生存，而不是生活。我們延長了壽命，並沒有延長生活的期限。 我們成功登月並返回，卻不能拜訪鄰里。我們能夠征服月球，卻逾越不了自己的內心。我們辦事能力大有提高，但是辦事質量毫無進展。 我們清潔了空氣，卻污染了靈魂；我們分離了原子，卻拋不掉偏見；我們寫得更多，可學到更少；我們的計劃更多，可是完成得更少。 我們學會了奔跑，卻不懂得等待；收入水平高了，可道德水準低了。 我們製造了更多的計算機，存儲了更多的信息，製造了最多的副本，但是溝通更少了；我們開始渴望數量，卻忽視了質量。 這個時代就是這樣：有了雙收入，也有了更高的離婚率；有了更華麗的房屋，卻有了更多破碎的家庭。 這個時代就是這樣：有了快速旅遊，免洗尿布，敗壞的道德，一夜情，超重的身體，以及可以結束快樂走向靜止、死亡的藥物。我們將走向何方…… 如果我們明天就死去，我們所在的公司很容易在數日內找到人來替代我們的位置。但是，我們撒手留下的家人，會在餘生裏懷念你。 仔細想一下吧，我們將太多的精力放在了工作上，而不是我們的家人身上，這的確不是明確的投資。 那麼，這則故事的含義何在呢？ 不要太拼命地工作，你知道“家”的全稱嗎？ 家＝爸爸+媽媽，我愛你們。 等待是幸福的反方向 Happiness 佚名 / Anonymous Many people think that when they become rich and successful， happiness will naturally follow. Let me tell you that nothing is further from the truth. The world is full of very rich people who are as miserable as if they were living in hell. We have read stories about movie stars who committed suicide or died from drugs. Quite clearly， money is not the only answer to all problems. Wealth obtained through dishonest means does not bring happiness. Lottery winnings do not bring happiness. Gamble winnings do not bring happiness. To my mind， the secret to happiness lies in your successful work， in your contribution towards others’happiness and in your wealth you have earned through your own honest effort. If you obtain wealth through luck or dishonest means， you will know that it is ill earned money. If you get your money by taking advantage of others or by hurting others， you will not be happy with it. You will think you are a base person. Long-term happiness is based on honesty， productive work， contribution， and self-esteem. Happiness is not an end； it is a process. It is a continuous process of honest， productive work which makes a real contribution to others and makes you feel you are a useful， worthy person. As Dr. Wayne wrote， “There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.” There is no use saying “Some day when I achieve these goals， when I get a car， build a house and own my own business， then I will be really happy”. Life just does not work that way. If you wait for certain things to happen and depend on external circumstances of life to make you happy， you will always feel unfulfilled. There will always be something missing. 很多人認爲，擁有財富與聲望之時，便是幸福到來之際。我得告訴你，事實並非如此。這個世界，富有卻痛苦得如同生活在地獄的人比比皆是。關於電影明星自殺或吸毒致死的報道，我們不是沒有見過。毫無疑問，金錢並非解決全部問題的唯一辦法。 不義之財無法帶來幸福。彩票中獎不能帶來幸福。賭博所得不可能帶來幸福。在我看來，幸福的祕訣在於工作卓有成效，在於對他人的幸福有所貢獻，在於誠實致富。憑運氣或靠欺騙得來的錢財是不義之財。利用他人或傷害他人得來的錢財，你不會樂於接受，你會覺得自己自私而卑鄙。 建立在誠實正直、卓有成效的工作、貢獻和自尊的基礎上的幸福纔會長久。幸福不是終點，而是一個過程。這個過程需要連續不斷的誠實正直和卓有成效的工作。它讓你真正有益於他人，讓你意識到自身的價值。正如韋恩博士所說：“沒有通向幸福的路，幸福本身就是路。”“有朝一日，我實現了自己的目標，有車有房，擁有自己的事業，那麼我就會幸福。”——這種說法毫無意義。生活不會是這樣的。若是等到某些東西的出現，依賴外部環境的改變，你才感到幸福，那你永遠若有所失，總會錯過某些東西。 儘管每個人對幸福的理解不同，但是幸福的含義是從來不變的。幸福不是發生在我們周圍的事——而是我們如何去看待周圍發生的事。祕訣就在於，我們以積極的心態面對逆境，變壓力爲動力。幸福並不是祈求我們所沒有的，而是享受我們所擁有的。 通往幸福的旅途 Our Pursuit of Happiness 佚名 / Anonymous We chase after it， when it is waiting all about us. “Are you happy？” I asked my brother， Ian， one day. “Yes. No. It depends on what you mean.” He said. “Then tell me，” I asked， “when was the last time you think you were happy？” “April 1967.” He said. It served me right for putting a serious question to someone who has joked his way through life. But Ian’s answer reminded me that when we think about happiness， we usually think of something extraordinary， a pinnacle of sheer delight—and those pinnacles seem to get rarer the older we get. For a child， happiness has a magical quality. I remember making hide-outs in newly cut hay， playing cops and robbers in the woods， getting a speaking part in the school play. Of course， kids also experience lows， but their delight at such peaks of pleasure as winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved. In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement， love， popularity and whether that zit will clear up before a prom night. I can still feel the agony of not being invited to a party that almost everyone else was going to. But I also recall the ecstasy of being plucked from obscurity at another event to dance with a John Travolta look-alike. In adulthood the things that bring profound joy—birth， love， marriage also—bring responsibility and the risk of loss. Love may not last， sex isn’t always good， loved ones die. For adults， happiness is complicated.

Here you are.Our Pursuit of Happiness.

纔看了一會兒就被這本書深深吸引，雖說都是雞湯，但是卻甚合胃口，而且英文的表達句句都讓人印象深刻，好書，值得看！As it says:  The joy of living comes from what we  put in life, not from what we seek to get from it.