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