卓別林《當我開始愛自己》
As I Began to Love Myself
Charlie Chaplin on his 70th Birthday
當 我 開 始 愛 自 己
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, this is AUTHENTICITY.
當我開始愛自己，
我發現所有痛苦和情感折磨，
只不過是在提醒我：
活著，不要違背初心。
今天，我明白這叫「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 person was me.
Today I call it RESPECT.
當我開始愛自己，
我懂得，將私慾強加於人多麼無禮，
儘管我知道，時機不對，人也沒準備好，
即便那個人是我自己。
今天，我管它叫「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，
我不再渴求不同的人生，
我理解發生在我身邊的任何事，
都在激勵我成長。
今天，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.
當我開始愛自己，
我明白在任何情況下，
我都佔盡天時地利，發生的一切都剛剛好，
因而我能保持平靜。
今天我明白，這是「自信」。
As I began to love myself
I quit stealing 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 SIMPLICITY.
當我開始愛自己，
我不再浪費自己的時間，
不再為未來制定宏偉計劃。
今天，我只以自己的方式和節奏,
做給予我快樂和幸福的事，
做自己喜愛、讓心愉悅的事，
今天我明白，這叫「簡單」。
As I began to love myself
I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health
– food, people, things, situations, and everything the drew me down and away from myself.
At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.
Today I know it is LOVE OF ONESELF.
當我開始愛自己，
我拋棄一切對健康不利的事物，
無論是食物、人、事、環境，
拋棄讓我遠離真我的一切。
最初我稱這種態度為「健康的利己主義」，
今天我明白，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.
當我開始愛自己，
我不再試圖追求永遠正確。
從那時起，我犯的錯誤少了。
今天我發現，那就是「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.
當我開始愛自己，
我拒絕繼續活在過去，擔心明天。
如今，我只活在一切正在發生的當下，
今天，我活在每一天，日復一日。
我稱之為「成就」。
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.
當我開始愛自己，
我意識到，我的思想會讓我煩憂、生病。
但當我把思想與內心連接，
它就變成我的重要盟友，
今天，我把這種組合稱作「心的智慧」。
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others.
Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born.
Today I know THAT IS 「LIFE「!
我們不再需要害怕與自己或他人發生爭論、對抗或其他任何矛盾。
即便星辰也會碰撞，產生新的世界。
今天我明白：這就是「生命」。
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