英語美文朗讀 第348期 Making Positive Changes

Let's talk about stress and being stress-free. This is the moment in which you are either enjoying or not enjoying your life. What you are thinking now is creating the way you feel in your body now and your experiences tomorrow. If you are stressing yourself out over every little thing and making mountains out of molehills, you will never find inner peace. We talk a lot about stress these days. Everyone seems to be stressed out by something.

 

我們再來談談壓力和無壓力。在這個時刻里，你可能享受生活，也可能并不享受它。你現(xiàn)在的想法決定了你當下的感受以及你明天的經(jīng)歷。如果你在每一件小事上都給自己太大的壓力，小題大做，那你永遠不會獲得內(nèi)心的平靜。如今，我們總是聊到壓力，好像每個人都因為某些事感到壓力山大。

 

Stress seems to be a buzzword and we use it to the point where I think it's a cop-out. I'm so stressed. Or this is so stressful. All there's stress, stress, stress. I think that stress is a fearful reaction to life's constant changes. It is an excuse we often use for not taking responsibility for our own feelings. If we can put the blame out there on someone or something, then we can just play the innocent victim. But being the victim doesn't make us feel good and it doesn't change the situation. Often, we are stressing ourselves because we have our priorities mixed up. So many of us feel that money is the most important thing in our lives. But this is not true.

壓力貌似是一個熱詞，我們頻繁地使用這個詞，以至于它變成了一個借口。我壓力好大。這壓力也太大了。壓力無處不在。我認為壓力其實是我們對生活中的變化的恐懼。我們總是用壓力作為不愿意為自己的情緒負責的借口。如果我們能把責任推到某個人或某件事身上，那我們就可以當一個無辜的受害者了。然而，作為受害者，我們并不好受，而且這并不能改變現(xiàn)狀。在很多時候，我們給自己太多的壓力，是因為我們無法分清主次。太多人把金錢看做人生中最重要的東西，但這并不是正確的。

 

There is something far more important and precious to us without which we could not live. What is that? It's our breath. Our breath is the most precious substance in our lives. And yet we totally take for granted when we exhale that our next breath will be there. If we did not take another breath, we would not last three minutes. Now if the power that created us has given us enough breath to last as long as we shall live, can we not trust life that everything else we need will also be supplied?

對于我們來說，有一個東西比金錢重要得多、珍貴得多，沒有它，我們就活不下去。是什么呢？是我們的呼吸。在我們的生命中，呼吸是最重要的東西。然而，我們把呼吸當作自己理所應當擁有的東西，當我們呼氣的時候，我們覺得下一口氣肯定會緊接著到來。如果我們不吸下一口氣的話，幾分鐘之內(nèi)我們就會一命嗚呼。如果，那創(chuàng)造了我們的生命的神奇力量給了我們足夠的呼吸，足夠我們用一輩子，那么我們是否也可以相信，一切都會有的？

 

When we trust life to take care of us and all our little problems, then stress just melts away. You do not have time to waste on negative thinking or emotions because that only creates more of what you say you don't want. If you are doing some positive affirmations and you are not getting the results you want, then check to see how often during the day you allow yourself to feel bad, to be upset. These emotions are probably exactly what is frustrating you and delaying the manifestation of your affirmations and stopping the flow of your good. The next time you realize how stressed you are, ask yourself what is scaring you.

當我們將自己以及自己的一些小問題放心地交給人生時，壓力就會煙消云散。你完全沒有時間去浪費在消極的想法和感受，因為這只會帶來你不想要的東西。如果你確實讓自己的想法變得積極了，但是卻沒有得到理想的結果，那就反思一下，一天中有多少時間你是允許自己感到難過和沮喪的。也許，這些情緒正是讓你消極的原因，它們讓你的積極想法失效，阻止了你生命中那些美好品質(zhì)的自然流動。下一次你意識到自己的壓力有多大時，問問自己，你到底在害怕什么？

 

Stress is just fear. It's that simple. You do not need to be afraid of life or afraid of your own emotions. Find out what you are doing to yourself that is creating this fear within you. Your inner goal is joy and harmony and peace. Harmony is being at peace with yourself. It is not possible to have stress and inner harmony at the same time. When you are at peace you do one thing at a time and you don't let things get to you. When you feel stressed, do something to release the fear. Breathe deeply or go for a brisk walk. Remind yourself that I am the only power in my world, and I create a peaceful, loving, joyful, fulfilling life.

壓力不過是恐懼而已，就這么簡單。你不需要害怕生活，不需要害怕你自己的情緒。想一想，是你對自己做了什么，才導致你感到恐懼。你內(nèi)心的目標應該是快樂、和諧和平靜。和諧意味著與自己和平共處。壓力和內(nèi)心的平靜是不可能共存的。當你感到平靜時，你會專注于一件事，一件一件地來，你不會讓外物左右自己。當你感到有壓力時，做一些能消除恐懼的事情。深呼吸，或者出去走走。要告訴自己，在我的世界里，我是唯一的主導，我創(chuàng)造平靜的、充滿愛的、快樂的、令我滿意的生活。

 

You want to move through life feeling safe. Don't give a little word like stress a lot of power. Don't use it as an excuse to create tension in your body. Nothing, no person, place or thing has any power over you. You are the only thinker in your mind. And it is your thoughts that create your life. So train yourself to think thoughts that make you feel good. That way you will always be creating your life out of joy and enjoy. Joy always brings more to be joyous about.

安然的生活，是你想要的。不要讓壓力這種小事支配你。不要把壓力當做借口，去給自己制造太多的焦慮。任何事，任何人，任何地方，都無法左右你。在你的思維世界里，你是唯一的思想家。你的想法造就了你的生活。那么，訓練自己，讓自己想一些愉悅的東西。這樣，你就會一直讓你的生活充滿愉悅，并且你能享受生活。快樂會帶來更多的快樂，這是良性循環(huán)。

 

Affirmations for a stress-free life: I let go of all fear and doubt. And life becomes simple and easy for me. I create a stress-free world for myself. I relax all my neck muscles and I let go of any tension in my shoulders. I slowly breathe in and out and I find myself relaxing more and more with each breath. I am a capable person and I can handle anything that comes my way. I am centered and focused. I feel more secure each day. I am safe when I express my feelings. I can be serene in any situation. I am comfortable with my finances. I am always able to pay my bills on time. I trust myself to deal with any problems that arise during the day. I realize that stress is only fear. I now release all fears. I am in the process of making positive changes in all areas of my life.

關于零壓力生活的積極話語：我讓我的恐懼和疑慮遠去。于我而言，生活變得簡單且容易。我為自己創(chuàng)造了一個零壓力的世界。我讓自己脖子上的肌肉放松，釋放肩上所有的緊張感。我緩慢地呼吸，并且發(fā)現(xiàn)，每次呼吸都會讓我更放松。我是一個有能力的人，我可以處理好生活中發(fā)生的事情。我很專注。每一天我都感到越來越安心。當我表達自己的感受時，我沒有任何顧慮。在任何情況下，我都能保持平靜。我對自己的財務狀況感到舒適自如。我總是能夠按時處理賬單。我相信自己能夠處理好每一天中出現(xiàn)的任何問題。我意識到，壓力只是恐懼而已。我現(xiàn)在釋放自己所有的恐懼。在生活的方方面面中，我都正在做出積極的改變。

 

（文本聽寫、翻譯：新浪微博@跟著U君學英語）