心灵美文_只为今天 Just for Today
美式发音 适合背诵
Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for 12 hours that would 1)appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.
只为今天,我将只为度过今天而努力,而不是意想一下子解决所有人生的大问题。有些事情我只能坚持做十二个小时——要是让我坚持一辈子,我会恐惧不已。
Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
只为今天,我会保持快乐的心情。亚伯拉罕·林肯说过:“大多数人都是决定想怎么高兴就能怎么高兴。”这已经被认为是真理。
Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my “luck” as it comes.
只为今天,我会根据现实情况做自我调整,而不是想方设法使每一件事都满足自己的要求。当机会来临时,我会抓住它。
Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental 2)loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and 3)concentration.
只为今天,我会尽力做到心强志坚。我会学习,学一些有用的东西。我不会做一个精神上的浪荡者。我会读一些需要脑力、思考和注意力集中的读物。
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways. I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out: If anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do—just for exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt: they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.
只为今天,我会用三种方法来磨炼我的灵魂。我会做对别人有利的事但不让被发现,若有人发现了就不算数。我将会做至少两件我不愿做的事情——只为了自我磨炼。我不会让任何人感到我的感情受到了伤害:我可能受到了伤害,但今天我不想表现出来。
Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act 4)courteously, criticize not one bit, and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself.
只为今天,我会过得很惬意。我会尽可能地展现出自己最佳的状态,穿着得体、讲话谦虚、举止有礼、一点不吹毛求疵,不尝试改变或控制别人的言行,只管好自己。
Just for today I will have a program, I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and 5)indecision.
只为今天,我会制定一个计划,我也许不会严格地遵守它,但我一定要有计划。我会避免两种错误:仓促行事和优柔寡断。
Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better 6)perspective of my life.
只为今天,我将会独自静静地呆上半小时好好放松。在这半小时里的某个时刻,我会努力对自己的人生有一个更好的认识。
Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.
只为今天,我将不再害怕。尤其是我不会再害怕享受美好的事物,并且相信我施予世界,世界也会回赠给我。
翻译:微风
