书城外语用自己最爱的方式过一生
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第15章 快乐生活ABC The ABCs of Living a Happy Life

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A表示你承认并欣赏自己作为人的价值,你与生俱来便拥有自我意识、创造性的想象力、道德心、独立性、意志力和各种智能。

B表示相信自己,相信自己有能力开发,并利用自身的潜能,使生活更有意义。

C表示关爱自己与他人,关注自己对生活、学习、爱情和留下遗产的基本需求,并设身处地地为周围的人着想。

D表示要有远大抱负,追求那些看似无法实现的梦想,这将指引你朝某一方向前进。

E表示要对他人抱有同情心,理解他人的情绪和思想。

F表示情趣,要享受生活,享受自己所做的事和自己做事的方式。

G表示慷慨地将你的时间、积极的思想、善良的心和你能付出的所有都给予他人。

H表示幸福,要对你的生活现状和所作所为感到幸福。

I表示想象,要拓展你的思维,追逐梦想,寻找实现目标的途径。

J表示喜悦,要把喜悦带给与你邂逅的人,以及与你一起生活和工作的人。

K表示知识,要不断地学习,并将所学知识用于改善生活、改变社会。

L表示关爱,无条件地去爱,不仅要在情绪和身体上,更要在精神上给予他人关爱。

M表示动机、自律、自勉,同时也要激励他人进步。

N表示友善,即使是对陌生人也要亲切友好。

O表示开明,善于接纳他人、接受新思想以及荒谬却很有蛊惑力的想法。

友好。

P表示耐心,要控制并调整自己,耐心地与天性同步。

Q表示宁静,寻找宁静之地,进行内心反思,使自己活力四射。

R表示尊重,要尊重种族、宗教、文化、信仰等价值观的差异性。

R表示信赖,要信赖自己、亲朋好友,以及其他人。

S表示微笑,即使在绝望之时也要微笑面对。

T表示信赖,要信赖自己、亲朋好友,以及其他人。

U表示团结,与人和睦相处,重视家人、朋友、同事这样的统一团队。

V表示胜利,不管你做什么,对微不足道的胜利都要加以赞赏并庆祝。

W表示好奇,对人类、男人和女人以及自己和自然要满怀好奇心。

X表示未知因素,探求自己及他人的独特之处,发现每个人独有的制胜因素。

有积极的挑战和冒险。

Y表示“是”,要敢于迎接所有积极的挑战和冒险。

Z表示生活中的热情,无论做什么事都要满怀激情。

希望这些生活中的基本要素能引导你的生活。你也可以将这些用自己的话总结,让它们对你更有意义。

“A”is for acknowledging or appreciating your value as a person,gifted with endowments of self-awareness,creative imagination,conscience,independence,will and multipleintelligence.

“B”is for believing in yourself,that you have the ability to tap into your endowments to lead an effective,meaningful life.

“C”is for caring about yourself and people,taking care of your basic needs to live,learn,love and leave a legacy while caring for similar needs of other people around you.

“D”is for dreaming big dreams,to search for the wildest wishes that may seem impossible,but that begin to point you in certain directions.

“E”is for empathizing with people,understanding their feelings and their thinking.“F”is for fun,allowing yourself to enjoy life,what you do and how you do things.

“G”is for giving generously your time,your positive thoughts,your kindness and whatever you can afford to bring to others.

“H”is for happiness,being happy with who you are and what you do in life.

“I”is for imagination,stretching your mind to search for dreams and solutions to achieve your goals.

“J”is for joy,bringing joy to people you meet,live with or work with.

“K”is for knowledge,always learning and using what you know for the betterment of life and society.

“L”is for love,loving unconditionally,not only emotionally or physically but spiritually.

“M”is for motivation,self-discipline and spurting yourself on as well as motivating people to excel.

“N”is for being nice,amiable and friendly even to strangers.

“O”is for openness,being open to people,new ideas and absurd but intriguing ideas.

“P”is for patience,to control oneself,to pace oneself and to follow certain steps in nature.

“Q”is for quiet,to find moments of quiet within yourself,to find a quiet spot to review,reflect and rejuvenate yourself.

“R”is for respect,to value diversity of races,religions,cultures,beliefs and values.“S”is for smiling,the ability to smile freely even in moments of despair.

“T”is for trust,trusting yourself,your relatives,your friends and people.

“U”is for unity,in living peacefully with people and in valuing the input of a unified team of family,friends and colleagues.

“V”is for victory,recognizing and celebrating even the smallest victory in whatever you do.

“W”is for wonder,wondering about mankind,men and women,yourself and nature.“X”is for the“X”factor,seeking the extra dimension in yourself and in people,finding the winning trait in each person.

“Y”is for saying“yes”to positive challenges and adventures.

“Z”is for zest in life,in whatever you set out to do.

May you be guided by these ABCs of life.Perhaps you can substitute your own words to make them more meaningful for you.