双语美文Youneverknowwhatyoumightfind

1、These arent even that good. I think I could do better. Thats one of the reasons I started writing.Because I was reading other articles and that thoughtcameto mind. Ive even thought that about books. Famous books. Brilliant books.“这些都不够好,我觉着自己能做得更好.这就是我开始 写作的原因之一,由于我读别人的文章时就有了那样的想 法.我甚至对书也有过那样的想法,包括名

2、著和经典著作.Who the fuck am I to think that?我是谁呀怎么有资格那么想Thats my ego.这就是我的自我价值感.And Im grateful for it.而且我很感谢这种自我价值感.Because I never wouldve started writing without it.I never wouldve found something I love to do withoutit. I never wouldve been able to quit my 9-5 without it.由于要不是自我价值感,我绝不会开始写作,绝不会发现自 己喜

3、爱的事,绝不会放弃朝九晚五的生活.But.但是Sometimes I get too caught up in it. Ill let otherpeoples accomplishments get inside me and make mefeel bad. I become jealous. I become resentful.有时我太过于深陷其中,心里会一直想着别人的成就从而产 生对自己的不满,我开始嫉妒、开始愤怒.I let myself be tricked into think Im not good enough, or doing enough, or being enou

4、gh. Thats when my ego becomes unhelpful.我开始这样想：我不够好,或做得不够,或有很多缺乏.就 在那时我的自我价值感开始变得全无益处.I dont think having an ego is good or bad.我觉着自我价值感既不是好事也不是坏事.I think its good and bad.我认为它其实好坏兼备.About a month ago, I thought I would try to go a whole day without judging anyone else I encountered. Have any of you

5、 ever tried it? Its incredibly hard.大约一个月前的一天,我突然想要尝试坚持一天不去评判任 何人.有人试过这么做吗真的很难.There was the woman walking down the street blowing cigarette smoke in her kids face; the guy at the beach wearing his bright yellow banana hammock; and the woman at the grocery store with 30 items in the 15-items-or-less

6、 line.一位女士在街上走着,喷了一口烟在她孩子的脸上；沙滩上,一位男子躺在香蕉型大吊床上；杂货店的某个女人带着三十 多件商品却跑去“ 15件以下的队伍结账 My challenge of going a whole day without judging actually turned into an exercise that said less about the people around me and more about myself; it caused me to start examining myself.坚持一天不去评判别人,这项挑战到后来更像是一种练习, 锻炼我少说闲

7、话,多关注自己.它让我开始审视我自己.I wonder if sometimes we fear the way others respond to us because the way they treat us is a mirror of the way we ourselves behave. Maybe thats why we notice certain attributes in others, and maybe thats why those attributes can get under our skin. Perhaps its because deep down w

8、e identify with these behaviors that rub us the wrong way.我很好奇,是不是有时我们害怕别人对待自己的态度是由于 这恰好映射生了我们的行为.也许,这也是为什么我们会对 别人身上某些特质特别敏感、特别抓狂.During my day of no judgment, I tried hard to focus my thoughts inward, so as not to be tempted to judge. And while I was taking a good hard look at myself, I realized th

9、at my fear of being judged came from my own tendency to judge.在没有了评判的一整天中,我试着关注自己的内心,这样就 不会有对人指手画脚的想法了.然而当我好好反省自己的时 候,我熟悉到,我对外界评判的恐惧竟然来源于自己评判别 人的习惯.Look at her shoes; I cant believe she wore that dress; check out that guys hair. Maybe its just humannature to do this, but once I became conscious of t

10、he habit, I realized how often I do it, which brought up the million-dollar question: Who am I to judge? No one, thats who!“看她那双鞋啊！ “这种裙子她也敢穿由来 “看那男 人的发型.也许这些都是人之本性,而一旦我注意到这一 习惯,就会发现它有多频繁.接着关键问题就来了： “我有 什么资格去评判答案就是：没有！After a day of working hard not to judge anyone, I was exhausted. I was grateful t

11、o get home where I didnt have to interact with anyone. But the day of examining myself had left me reeling.在没有了评判的一整天中,我身心俱疲.我很庆幸终于能够 回到家,不用再和任何人打交道.不过这一天的自我反省让 我内心大为震动.If youve never examined yourself, go ahead and do it!If youre afraid to do it (because youre afraid of what youll find out) thats even more of a reason to go ahead with the exercise. Examining yourself can help you build a healthy self-awar