在这个春天，把握住自己的阳光

Joseph Ghabi

约瑟夫•加比

Having spring around makes you feel different after such a long winter journey. How well do you feel when you have a little bit of sunshine in your life? What effect does it have on our psyche? The power of sunshine brings us a lot of comfort, optimism, self-confidence and of course a smile. Imagine how great it would be if we were so positive all year round!

在如此漫长的冬季过后，春天会让你有不同的感觉。当你生活中有一点阳光时，你感觉有多好？阳光对我们的精神到底有什么影响？阳光能给我们带来许多安慰、乐观和自信，当然还有微笑。想象一下，如果一年到头我们都这么积极该多好！

Living like this is possible if you really think about it. In order to exist in such a state of happiness though, we must have sunshine radiating from within ourselves, shining from our hearts, our minds and from our souls. I bet many of you are reading this now and saying, "Yeah, that is easier said than done!" And what do we say to that? Well, in the end that's your choice, and if you think that way then your own life will reflect that attitude of yours!

如果你真想的话，像这样生活是可能的。然而为了这样快乐的状态生活，我们必须让阳光发自内心，发自心灵、头脑和灵魂。我相信很多正在读这篇文章的人都会说：“是啊，说着容易做着难！”对此我们该说些什么呢？嗯，最后做决定的是你自己。如果你真那么想，你自己的生活就会反映出你的那种态度！

In order to make "sunshine" or rather, "light" a part of our being, it is so important that you watch your thoughts, your words and your actions so that you do not contradict what you really feel you'd like to create in your own life. Watch your thoughts and really become aware of how many negative thoughts pass through your mind about yourself and other people around you. Watch to see how often you gossip about other people, and when you become aware of it you will see how often it is actually attached with feelings of jealousy, envy and insecurity about yourself.

为了使“阳光”——或者说是“光明”——成为我们生命的一部分，我们得去审视自己的理、言辞和行为，以使自己不和真正想要在生活中创造出东西相矛盾，这一点非常重要。要审视自己的想法，完全弄清自己头脑中有多少有关你自己和周围其他人的消极想法。注意自己是否经常说别人的闲话，当你意识到时，你就会明白那实际上源自你自身的嫉妒和不安全感。

You should also take a close look at your "intention". How many of you do something for another person without expecting to receive something in return? It might not even have to be a material or physical thing you expect; expecting recognition or acknowledgment for what you have intention. Think about it! We may not always pay attention to what our true intentions are behind our words, thoughts and actions because many of us are not aware of the power and effect they have when it comes to creating our lives.

你还应该好好审视自己的“动机”。有多少人为别人做事却不求回报？你期待的回报可能不一定非得是物质上的或身体上的；期待认可或感谢已经足以成为动机了。想一想吧！我们可能不会总是注意言行和思想背后的真正动机，因为我们汇总的许多人并没有意识到动机在创造生活上的力量和影响。

Putting all of these together, it seems that most of us are creating monsters inside of us just by simply talking, thinking and not putting our heart out with the right intention towards helping someone else. All of these things are born from a "negative" attitude and will not help us in any way at all when it comes to bringing a brighter "sunshine" into our lives. If you took all your negative attitudes in one hand and measured your need to feel "sunshine" in the other, you would see how both these elements really contradict each other.

考虑到所有这些，似乎大多数人都在自己的内心创造出了一个怪物，我们只是在谈论、思考，并没有带着适当的动机，真心地去帮助别人。所有这些都源于一种否定的态度，而当涉及到给我们的生活带来更为明亮的阳光时，这些根本没有帮助。如果你把所有的消极态度都放在一只手中，并在另一只手上衡量你对“阳光”的需要，你就会发现这些因素是多么地相互矛盾。

Be brave and break your patterns and your habits this spring, and by doing so you will allow the true sunshine to take place by radiating out from your heart and into your life and the lives of the people who are around you!