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在闷热的日子里读到一篇清凉的短文，转录下： Be Happy! by Lloyd Morris "The days that make us happy make us wise."---John Masefield When I first read this line by England's Poet Laureate,it startled me.What did Masefield mean?Without thinking about it much,I had always assumed that the opposite was true.But his sober assurance was arresting.I could not forget it. Finally,I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound observation.The wisedom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception,not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom,and without the blind spots caused by fear. Active happiness--not mere satisfaction or contentment--often comes suddenly,like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud.Then you discover what kind of wisedom has acompanied it.The grass is greener;bird songs are sweeter;the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable.Happiness is like a pair of eyegrasses correcting your spiritual vision. Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near arround you.Unhappy,with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes,your vision is cut short as though bu a wall.Happy,the wall crumbles. The long vista is there for the seeing.The ground at your feet,the world about you--people,thoughts,emotions,pressures--are now fitted into the larger scene. Everything assumes a fairer proportion.And here is the beginning of wisedom. 乱想：
１．快乐／感恩的心态确实是智慧的源泉；恨与怨，只会使我们的眼界和格局变得狭隘．
２．那么多宗教，都教人爱，教人体悟给比受有福的道理.
３．那么，恨的种子又从哪里来的呢? 恨，又给我们什么呢？
[此贴子已经被作者于2006-7-4 8:48:54编辑过] | 
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