当我真正开始爱自己

你爱自己吗？ 我开始爱自己了…… As I began to love myself 当我真正开始爱自己， I found that anguish andemotionalsuffering are only warning signs that I waslivingagainst my own truth. 我才认识到，所有的痛苦和情感的折磨，都只是提醒我：活着，不要违背自己的本心。 Today, I know, this is AUTHENTICITY. 今天我明白了，这叫做 “真实”。 I understood how much it can offend somebody as I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knewthe time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. 我才懂得，把自己的愿望强加于人，是多么的无礼，就算我知道，时机并不成熟，那人也还没有做好准备，就算那个人就是我自己。 Today I call it RESPECT. 今天我明白了，这叫做 “尊重”。 I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. 我不再渴求不同的人生， 我知道任何发生在我身边的事情，都是对我成长的邀请。 Today I call it MATURITY. 如今，我称之为 “成熟”。 I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment, so I could be calm. 我才明白，我其实一直都在正确的时间，正确的地方，发生的一切都恰如其分。由此我得以平静。 Today I call it SELF-CONFIDENCE. 今天我明白了，这叫做 “自信”。 As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stoppeddesigninghuge projects for the future. 我不再牺牲自己的自由时间，不再去勾画什么宏伟的明天。 Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. 今天我只做有趣和快乐的事，做自己热爱，让心欢喜的事，用我的方式，以我的韵律。 Today I call it SIMPLICITY. 今天我明白了，这叫做 “单纯”。 I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, 我开始远离一切不健康的东西，不论是饮食和人物，还是事情和环境， and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. 我远离一切让我远离本真的东西。从前我把这叫做“追求健康的自私自利”。 Today I know it isLOVEOF ONESELF. 但今天我明白了，这是 “自爱”。 I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. 我不再总想着要永远正确，不犯错误。 Today I discovered that is MODESTY. 我今天明白了，这叫做 “谦逊”。 I refused to go onlivingin the past and worry about the future. 我不再继续沉溺于过去，也不再为明天而忧虑， Now, I only live for the moment, where EVERYTHING is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, 现在我只活在一切正在发生的当下，今天，我活在此时此地，如此日复一日。 and I call it FULFILLMENT. 这就叫 “完美”。 I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But As I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. 我明白，我的思虑让我变得贫乏和病态，但当我唤起了心灵的力量，理智就变成了一个重要的伙伴， Today I call this connection WISDOM OF THE HEART. 这种组合我称之为， “心的智慧” We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashingnewworlds are born. 我们无须再害怕自己和他人的分歧，矛盾和问题， 因为即使星星有时也会碰在一起，形成新的世界， Today I know THAT IS “LIFE“! 今天我明白，这就是“生命”！