你對未來有焦慮嗎？

摘自：successtory.org.uk

華中科技大學 侯冬意 編譯

你對未來有焦慮嗎？

Anxious About Your Future?

摘自：successtory.org.uk

華中科技大學 侯冬意 編譯

Once two villagers were sitting under a tree and watching the sunset.

They were very close friends.After sitting quietly for some time,one asked the other,“What are you thinking?I am planning to buy five acres1of land,a garden.”The other friend immediately said,“Don’t buy the garden! ”

The first one was surprised.He asked,“Why?”The second one replied,“I am planning to buy a buffalo2.Then,my buffalo willenteryourgarden and we willfight,have misunderstandings and lose our friendship.I do not want to lose our friendship.”

The first one said,“Then,you cancel your plan of buying a buffalo.I am going to buy my garden.”The second one said,“No,no,no.I have already decided to buy a buffalo.”The first one said,“How will your buffalo enter my garden?I will fence3it thoroughly4.”

The second one said,“No,you see,it can just enter;a buffalo is a buffalo.Who can stop it?It can do anything.”

Then the fight went to such an extent that both of them were badly beaten!

Neither has bought buffalo nor any land.Nothing has happened.Just the mind’s race and both of them were badly beaten!Our fears are also like that.The future has not yet come.But you just sit there and think,“Oh!What will happen?”So much anxiety about the future!In this run,the mind gets into such a mess.It is unable to see the present moment as it unfolds!

When people are newly married they say,“We will be husband and wife for many life times to come!This one birth is not enough.We will be man and wife for the next seven births!”In reality,they may be fed up of5each other in this birth itself,but they talk of the next seven births!

You are afraid of opening your fists.What is there with you that you have to hold your fists?You have actually nothing in it.Open your fists.The whole sky will be in your hands.

Be natural.Be with love.Celebrate life.

從前有兩個村民坐在樹下看日落。

他們是非常要好的朋友。安靜地坐了一會兒，一個人問對方：“我打算買五畝地，（建）一個花園。你覺得怎么樣？”另一個人馬上說，“別買花園！”

第一個人很驚訝。他問：“為什么？”第二個人回答說：“我打算買一只水牛。然后，我的水牛會闖進你的花園，我們將因此打架，產生誤解，然后失去我們的友誼。我不想失去我們的友誼。”

第一個人說：“那么，你取消購買水牛的計劃。我要買我的花園。”第二個人說：“不，不，不。我已經決定了買一只水牛。”第一個人說：“你的水牛怎么會進我的花園？我要把花園徹底地圍起來。”

第二個人說：“不，你看，它進得去；水牛就是水牛。誰能阻止它？它什么都能干得出來。”

他們就這樣打了起來，打得頭破血流。

他們既沒有買水牛也沒有買地。什么也沒有發生。只是頭腦在發揮想象，就讓他們打得頭破血流！我們的恐懼也是如此。未來還沒有到來。但你只是坐在那里想：“哦！會發生什么？”對未來太過焦慮了！在這種情況下，頭腦陷入了大混亂。當思緒延伸太遠，就無法看到當下這一刻！

當人們剛結婚時，他們會說：“我們將生生世世永遠都是夫妻！這一世是不夠的。我們接下來七輩子都要做夫妻！”事實上，他們可能這輩子就受夠對方了，但他們卻談到了接下來七輩子！

你害怕打開你的拳頭。有什么東西在里面需要你握緊你的拳頭？事實上，你的手中一無所有。打開你的拳頭。整個天空都將在你手中。

你要順其自然，與愛同行，為生命喝彩。

Notes：

5.be fed up of極厭倦；吃得過飽