心有多大,舞台就有多大

1、Keep ing Our Hearts Open at Workand at Home心有多大，舞台就有多大“A person s world is only as big as their heart.” A.TMooreI had a great boss. He was a creativ e spirit, just like me. He gav e me total autonomy and creativ e license, and honestly , I d id the bestwork of my career under his leadership.I can re

2、member coming to him with outlandish ideasnever-been-done-bef ore ideas and he would listen, and then we d spend hoursbrain storm ing how to bring them to life. When we brought them to lif e, we alway s shared in their success.We had a special relati on ship, and I felt like we could talk about any

3、thi ng.And the n all of a sudde n we stopped talki ng.The bus in ess climate cha nged dramatically. We were in the midst of a severe econ omic recessi on. Our in dustry washit v ery hard. Wehad no time to talk.The recessi on was a metaphor f or all the relati on ships in my lif e. Lack, an xiety and

4、 shortf alls, dise ngageme nt.There was no time f or questi ons, no room f or ideas. It was too painf ul to go deep. There was just eno ugh time and en ergy to stay afloaton the surf ace.I nev er ev en realized I closed off my heart. And then something awakened me to thisreality.I was on a bus in es

5、s trip in the mountains ofUtah duri ng early summer.My the n estra nged boss and I had a full dayof meet in gs, and our two hosts invited us to takea ride onthechairlift before dinner.Somehow, our two hosts got pulled awayto ano ther meet ing, so it was just the two ofus me and my bossfor the chairl

6、ift ride.There we were, two people on a f our-person lift sitting as f ar apart as possible, in total silenee, looking out into the distanee.It was a beautif ul evening, and there were many young couples snuggled in warm blankets, riding the ehairlif ts opposite us.They began to heckle me.“Why don t

7、(yu sit closer. He won t biteoy! ”“Why areoyi sitting so f ar apart? ”After about the f ourth heckle, I angrily y elled at the y oung guy who was telling me to sit closer,“Hd boss, okay. Leav e me alone!After that outburst, my boss and I looked at each other, and we burst into laughter.And then a ma

8、gical thing happened. There, at 7, 000 f eet in the air, with our f eet dangling, no emergencyexit, only the snowcappedmountains and a nearby waterf all, we began to talk.The conv ersation f lowed about our kids, our dreams, our work, our passions just about ev erything.I felt a tremendous healing t

9、hat night, as I ref lected on how much I missed his f riendship, and how easily I had closed off my heart.The in terest ing thi ng was, I in sta ntly became aware that I had closed off my heart in all myrelati on ships.When stress and hardship hit, it s easier to aid pain that way.With our bus in es

10、s colleagues, we don t en gage in con wrsati on, we just do our jobs. With our childre n, we tell them theyshou ld justliste n and stop resisti ng. With our sig nif ica nt others, we become too tired to make time f or conn ecti on.And the worst part is that we make decisi ons to av oid pain, or the

11、path of least resista nce.When we close our hearts, we f orget that this one, sin gle beautiful mome nt is all we truly hav e right now.心有多大，舞台就有多大我有一个很棒的老板。和我一样，他也很富有创新精神。他给予我绝对的自主和创新权，坦白说在他的领导之下，我取得了自己事业的巅峰。我记得我总是带着稀奇古怪的想法找他-从来没有实现过的想法-他总会听，然后我们花数个小时来谈论怎么样把这个头脑风暴变成现实。当我们实现时，我们会一起分享成功的喜悦。我们有着特殊的关系，

12、我感觉我们可以我们可以谈论任何事情。但是，突然我们不再讨论了。经济气氛发生了极大的改变。我们正在经历一场严重的经济衰退。我们的工厂收到了重创，我们没有时间讨论。衰退可以形象的形容我生活中的所有关系。缺乏，焦虑，不足和脱离。没有时间回答问题，没有空隙产生想法。太多的痛苦以至于无法深入。只有足够的时间和经历浮在问题的表面。我从来都没有意识到自己关闭了心扉。然后由一件事情唤醒了我，让我面对现实。暑假早些时候，我去犹他州的一个山区出差。我那当时疏远的老板和我开了一整天的会，晚饭之前，两位主人邀请我们玩升降椅。莫名其妙地，我们两位主人不得不参加另外一个会议，所以只剩下我们两个-老板和我-玩升降椅。坐在4

13、个人的升降椅上，我们两个人保持着尽可能远的距离，完全沉默，都看着一边。那是一个美丽的夜晚，我们对面的升降椅上坐了许多情侣，他们互相依靠着坐在温暖的毯子里。他们对我开始起哄，为什么不坐的近点，他不会吃你的！为什么坐这么远？ ”当他们第四次起哄后，我生气的对着那对告诉我坐得近点的年轻情侣大喊道，他是我老板，好吧。别打扰我！”经过那个发泄之后，老板和我互相看着彼此，突然笑了起来。然后神奇的事情发生了。 7000英尺的高空中，任由脚在下面摇摆着，没有紧急出口，只有白雪覆盖的大山，和瀑布，我们开始说话了整个谈话都围绕着我们的孩子，梦想，工作和激情-所有的一切。那个晚上，我感觉好了很多，突然意识到自己对所有