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活得轻松--在现实中生活
Learn to Live in the Present Moment
By Richard Carlson
To a large degree,the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present of what happened yesterday or last year,and what may or may not happen tomorrow,the present moment is where you are --always.
Without question,many of us have mastered the neurotic1) art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things --all at allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments,so much so that we end up anxious,frustrated,
depressed,and the flip side,we also postpone our gratification,our stated priorities2),and our happiness,often convincing ourselves that ‘someday’ will be better than ,the same mental dynamics3) that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that ‘someday ’never actually Lennon once said,‘Life is what’s happening while we’re busy making other plans.’When we’re busy making ‘other plans’,our children are busy growing up,the people we love are moving away and dying,our bodies are getting out of shape,and our dreams are slipping short,we miss out4) on life.
Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal5) for some later isn’ fact,no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here is the on