As I Began to Love Myself (Charles Chaplin)
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”.
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”.
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”
As I began to love myself, I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place and right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment, and so I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.
As I began to love myself, I quit steeling my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for future.Today I only do what brings me joy and happiness, and 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“HONESTY”.
As I began to love myself, and 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 call this attitude a healthy egoism.Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.
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”.
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 call it “PERFECT”.
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”.
We no longer need to fear arguments, collide, 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”.
當(dāng)我真正開始愛自己，我才意識到所有的痛苦和情感的折磨都只是在提醒我，活著，不要違背自己的本心。今天我明白了，這叫做真實(shí)；
當(dāng)我真正開始愛自己，我才懂得把自己的愿望強(qiáng)加于人是多么的無理，就算我知道，時(shí)機(jī)并不成熟，那人也還沒有做好準(zhǔn)備，就算那個(gè)人是我自己。今天我明白了，這叫做尊重；
當(dāng)我真正開始愛自己，我不再渴求不同的人生，我知道任何發(fā)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；
當(dāng)我真正開始愛自己，我才明白我一直都在正確的時(shí)間，正確的地方，發(fā)生的一切都恰如其分，由此我得以平靜。今天我明白了，這叫做自信；
當(dāng)我真正開始愛自己，我不再犧牲自己的自由時(shí)間，不再去勾畫什么宏偉的明天，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，我的韻律。今天我明白了，這叫做單純；
當(dāng)我真正開始愛自己，我不再總想著永遠(yuǎn)正確不犯錯(cuò)誤。我今天明白了，這叫做謙遜；
當(dāng)我真正開始愛自己，我不再繼續(xù)沉溺于過去，也不再為明天而憂慮，現(xiàn)在我只活在一切正在發(fā)生的當(dāng)下，今天，我活在此時(shí)此地，如此日復(fù)一日。這，就叫做完美
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Charles Chaplin.當(dāng)我開始愛自己[J].新高考(英語進(jìn)階),2016,(02):22-23.?
