AS I BEGAN TO LOVE MYSELF(当我真正开始爱自己)卓别林

1、AS I BEGAN TO LOVE MYSELF:CHARLIES CHAPLIN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAYAS I BEGAN TO LOVE MYSELF:CHARLIES CHAPLIN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY当我真正开始爱自己卓别林，写于70岁生日当天As I began to love myself, I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.Today, I know, thi

2、s is AUTHENTICITY.當我真正開始愛自己，我才認識到，所有的痛苦和情感的折磨，都只是提醒我：活著，不要違背自己的本心。今天我明白了，這叫做真實。As I began to love myself, I understood how much it can offend somebody as I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this pers

3、on was me. Today I call it RESPECT.當我真正開始愛自己，我才懂得，把自己的願望強加於人，是多麼的無禮，就算我知道，時機並不成熟，那人也還沒有做好準備，就算那個人就是我自己，今天我明白了，這叫做尊重。As I began to love myself, I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it MATURITY.當我開始愛自己，我不再渴求不同的

4、人生，我知道任何發生在我身邊的事情，都是對我成長的邀請。如今，我稱之為成熟。As I began to love myself, I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment, so I could be calm. Today I call it SELF-CONFIDENCE.當我開始真正愛自己，我才明白，我其實一直都在正確的時間，正確的地方，發生的一切都恰如其分。由此我得

5、以平靜。今天我明白了，這叫做自信。As I began to love myself I quit steeling my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it SIMPLIC

6、ITY.當我開始真正愛自己，我不再犧牲自己的自由時間，不再去勾畫什麼宏偉的明天。今天我只做有趣和快樂的事，做自己熱愛，讓心歡喜的事，用我的方式，以我的韻律。今天我明白了，這叫做單純。As I began to love myself, I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first,I called this attitude a he

7、althy egoism.Today I know it is LOVE OF ONESELF.當我開始真正愛自己，我開始遠離一切不健康的東西。不論是飲食和人物，還是事情和環境，我遠離一切讓我遠離本真的東西。從前我把這叫做“追求健康的自私自利”，但今天我明白了，這是自愛。As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since, I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is MODESTY.當我開始真正愛自己，我不再總想著要永遠正確，不

8、犯錯誤。我今天明白了，這叫做謙遜。As I began to love myself, I refused to go on living in the past and worry about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where EVERYTHING is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it FULFILLMENT.當我開始真正愛自己，我不再繼續沉溺於過去，也不再為明天而憂慮，現在我只活在一切正在發生的當下，今天，我活在此時此地，如此日復一日。

9、這就叫完美。As I began to love myself, I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But , as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection WISDOM OF THE HEART.當我開始真正愛自己，我明白，我的思慮讓我變得貧乏和病態，但當我喚起了心靈的力量，理智就變成了一個重要的夥伴，這種組合我稱之為，心的智慧。We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even