loveyourlife
热爱生活
davidthoreau/大卫·梭罗
howevermeanyourlifeis,meetitandliveit;donotshunitandcallithardnames.itisnotsobadasyouare.itlookspoorestwhenyouarerichest.thefau-finderwillfindfausinparadise.loveyourlife,poorasitis.youmayperhapshavesomepleasant,thrilling,glorioushours,eveninapoor-house.thesettingsunisreflectedfromthewindowsofthealms-houseasbrightlyasfromtherichman’sabode;thesnowmesbeforeitsdoorasearlyinthespring.idonotseebutaquietmindmaylivesascontentedlythere,andhasascheeringthoughts,asinapalace.thetown‘spoorseemtomeoftentolivethemostindependentlivesofany.maybetheyaresimplygreatenoughtoreceivewithoutmisgiving.mostthinkthattheyareabovebeingsupportedbythetown;butitoftenhappensthattheyarenotabovesupportingthemselvesbydishonestmeans,whichshouldbemoredisreputable.cuivatepovertyagardenherb,likesage.donottroubleyourselfmuchtogetnewthings,whetherclothesorfriends.turntheold,returntothem.thingsdonotchange;wechange.sellyourclothesandkeepyourthoughts.
不论你的生活如何卑贱,你要面对它,生活它,不要躲避它,更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你认为那样坏。你最富有的时候,倒是看似最贫穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。你要爱你的生活,尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫院里,你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上,像射在富户人家窗上一样光亮,在那门前,积雪同时在早春融化。我只看到,一个从容的人,在那里也像在皇宫中一样,生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。城镇中的穷人,我看,倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很伟大,所以受之无愧。大多数人以为他们是超然的,不靠城镇来支持他们,可是事实上他们是往往用了不正当的手段来对付生活,他们是毫不超脱的,也是不体面的。视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧!不要找新的花样来麻烦你自己,无论是新的朋友或新的衣服。找旧的,回到那里去。万物不变,是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉,但要保留你的思想。(未完待续)