閱讀，不是為了得到什么，而是在被生活打擊的無路可退時最后的安身之所。靜靜等待，閱讀，一定會給予你獎勵。下面是英語美文:靜勝躁，寒勝熱的資料，希望你會喜歡！

靜亦動

“Activity conquers cold, but stillness conquers heat.” -- Lao Tzu

It’s a bias of our culture that stillness is regarded as lazy, as being stuck in inaction, as a negative.

It’s not. It’s an action, and a powerful one. What’s more, it can change your day, and in doing so change your life.

You’re in the middle of a frazzled day, swamped by work and meetings and emails and interruptions, or hassled by kids and phone calls and errands and chores.

You pause. Stay still for a minute, and breathe. You close your eyes, and find a stillness within yourself. This stillness spreads to the rest of your body, and to your mind. It calms you, centers you, focuses you on what you’re doing right now, not on all you have to do and all that has happened.

The stillness becomes a transformative action.

Stillness can be a powerful answer to the noise of others. It can be a way to push back against the buzz of the world, to take control. It can remind you of what’s important.

How to Practice

Stillness, oddly, doesn’t come naturally to many people. So practice.

1. Start your day in stillness. Whether it’s sitting with a cup of coffee as the world awakes, or sitting on a pillow and focusing on your breath, stillness is a powerful way to start your day. It sets the tone for things to come. Even 5-10 minutes is great.

2. Take regular stillness breaks. Every hour, set an alarm on your computer or phone to go off. Think of it as a bell that rings, reminding you to be still for a minute. During this minute, focus first on your breathing, to bring yourself into the present. Let the worries of the world around you melt away — all that is left is your breath. And then let your focus expand beyond your breath to your other senses, one at a time.

3. When chaos roars, pause. In the middle of a crisis or a noisy day, stop. Be still. Take a deep breath, and focus on that breath coming in, and going out. Find your inner stillness and then let your next action come from that stillness. Focus on that next action only.

Let stillness become your most powerful action. It could change your life.

“Through return to simple living Comes control of desires. In control of desires Stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored.” - Lao Tzu

靜勝躁，寒勝熱。-老子

關于靜，在我們的文化中一直有一種偏見，那就是我們簡單的把靜視作一種懶惰，一種消極對待或者將其視作一種不主動的姿態(tài)。

然而，事實卻不然。靜并非像我們上述所認為的那樣，相反它是一個強有力的“動”。它可以改變我們的觀念，在這種靜中我們也將得到關于人生的一次轉變。

每天我們疲于應對工作、會議、電子郵件、突如其來的打斷，煩惱于孩子、差事以及日常的事物。我們就以這樣一種疲憊不堪的形式生活在這個世界里。

停下來吧！待著別動，呼吸并閉上你的眼睛，你將會在你的內在中發(fā)現(xiàn)這種寧靜。慢慢的，這種寧靜擴散到你身體的每一個角落，包括你的大腦。它使你變得平靜，將你的不安的內心集中起來，并使你專心于你正在做的事，而非你所有需要做或者已經(jīng)完成了的事。

這樣，靜就成為了一種變形的“動”。

在這個嘈雜喧鬧的世界里，靜給了這些喧囂一個有力的一擊。它能讓你去奮起抵制這些來自外界的嘈雜。它也在不停的告訴你什么是你最重要的東西。

怎樣去練習？

反常的是，靜并非是我們天生就具有的一種本領，所以我們要通過練習來獲得它。

1.每天在寧靜中開始一天的生活。無論是在天色既白的時候坐著與一杯咖啡相伴還是坐在墊子上全神貫注于自己的呼吸。靜始終是開始新的一天的一種很棒的方式。它為你所需要面對的事情定下了一個音調。即使這種寧靜只有五到十分鐘也是很有成效的。

2.養(yǎng)成一種有規(guī)律的靜的習慣。在你的鬧鐘或者手機里設定一個以一個小時為間隔的停下來的時間。把它視作一種提醒你去靜的鈴音。這個靜的時間可以設為幾分鐘，在這幾分鐘內，先集中精神于你的呼吸，這種集中將你帶回到現(xiàn)實，讓你所有的煩惱慢慢的消失，消失—這就好比把你的煩惱視作你的呼氣，隨著呼吸，你將你的煩惱一點點的拋去。然后在把這種全神貫注依次蔓延到你的其他感官上。記住，要循序漸進，一次只能一個。

3.當煩惱來臨的時候，停下來吧！當你處于危機或者生活不如意的時候，停下來吧！停下你的心來，來個深呼吸，仔細觀察你呼吸的每一個節(jié)拍。你將找到你內心中的那份寧靜安謐，而你的下一個動作也將在這份安謐中呼之欲出。注意你的下一個動作！

就讓靜成為你強有力的“動”，你也將這種靜中發(fā)現(xiàn)生命正在慢慢的發(fā)生變化。

鎮(zhèn)之以無名之樸，夫將不欲。不欲以靜，天下將自正。-老子