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FOUR FOOLPROOF WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES, TODAY
當(dāng)今改善我們生活的四種途徑
So, my life is perfect. (Yeah.I wish!) Well, it isn't too bad. But can it be better? I've been asking myself this question for several years. The answer is simple:Yes, it can!
這樣看來，我的生活是完美的，（是的，我也希望如此?。┢鋵嵨业纳钜膊徊?，但是可以更好嗎？ 這幾年來我我一直在問自己這個問題．答案和簡單：是的，它可以！
I don't care what we are doing or how we're doing it, there is always a way to improve upon our lifetyle.
我不介意我們在做什么和怎么做，總有改善我們生活方式的方法．
How can it be better? Well, I can share some things I've done that helped me. And, hopefully, if you're dealing with the same chalenges or situations in life, these ideas might help you.
怎樣使我的生活變得更好呢？我可以和你們分享我的方法．如果你們在生活中也面對同樣的情況或挑戰(zhàn)的話，希望這些想法可以給你們一些幫助．
Here are four rules I've come to live by:
以下是我生活的四條生活法則
First, do what I love
首先，做自己喜歡的事情．
If I don't enjoy something, I get rid of it or don't do it. Sounds crazy, right? I worked for three years to build up a one-man band act with my saxophone, a keyboard, and my flute. Then, one day, after doing the gig for a corporate Christmas party, I decided that the one-man band act might pay enough, and might be fun, but it would not be the musical outlet I was truly seeking: that of interacting with other musicians and touring around the country (or world). So I stopped doing it. I sold most of my gear, including my P.A. system, flute, and keyboard, for pennies on the dollar. Then, I focused on talking to people about my aspiration to play in a band, to front a band, and make great things happen musically. Two years later,I met Dino, and we started a band called The Olive Club. We;re playing music we enjoy and the band is growing into the type of band I had envisioned.
如果我不喜歡一些事，我就擺脫它或不做它．這聽起來很荒唐，是吧？我花了三年的時間組織一個由薩克管、電子琴和長笛組成的一人樂隊。然而，有一天，在為一個公司的圣誕晚會做了表演之后，我認為這個一人樂隊雖然收入頗豐且充滿樂趣，但是我真正在尋找的是音樂上的出路：我應(yīng)該在全國（或是全世界）做巡回演出并和其他音樂家合作。于是我停止表演。我廉價出售了我的樂器，包括我的Ｐ.Ａ.系統(tǒng)、長笛和電子琴。然后，我把重點放在告訴眾人我想在樂隊表演，想擔(dān)任一支樂隊的領(lǐng)奏，想讓偉大的事情像音樂一樣發(fā)生。兩年后，我遇見了笛努并和他開創(chuàng)了一支叫橄欖俱樂部的樂隊。我們演奏我們喜歡的音樂，樂隊朝著我們心目中的樣子成長。
However, achieving this vision might have been possible even if I had continued doing the one-man-band act.Some roads, after all, do lead to the same destination-they just take longer to arrive there. My position on our decisions is to just make them and don't look back. Why have regrets? Regret doesn't help us with where we are today. Nor does it help us with where we are going. What does help is to make a decision, and move on, and be satisfied that is was right, no matter what we did.
然而，也許一個人的樂隊也能夠達到這個目標(biāo)。畢竟有些道路是殊途同歸的－－只是它要花更長的時間到達目的地而已。在作決定的時候，我的立場是一旦做出決定就絕不后悔。為什么要有遺憾呢？遺憾不能夠?qū)ξ覀兘裉斓木硾r有任何幫助，也不能在我們前進的道路上有任何幫助。能夠幫助我們的就是決定，繼續(xù)前進，無論做什么都堅持它是正確的并為此感到滿意。
Second, do the hardest things first.
第二、先做最難的事情。
I know that when I do the hard things first that my life seems so easy I wonder how it counld have been any other way. Just doing the easy things caused our life to become cluttered. We might as well face our challenges head-on and then cruise through the easy part.
我知道當(dāng)我把難的事情做完了后，我的生活就變得簡單，我就可以想想改變生活的方法。知識做簡單的事情會使我們的生活變得混亂。我們也許得先面對生活的挑戰(zhàn)，才能夠悠閑地穿過簡單的部分。
Third, allow myself to feel emotions.
第三，容許自己感受各種感情
When I'm happy, I like being happy and laughing. If I get angry, I gave myself permission to scream or break something. Go ahead, really,it is okay to feel! I once heard Kevin Ryerson say, " I believe we were supposed to have emotions. Such as joy, anger, happiness,sorrow. As the Old Testament said, "I am a loving God, I am a jealous God, I am an angry God, etc."--if it is good enough for God, it is good enough for me! When we allow ourselves to feel, yet remain "aware" of what we are doing or saying, we enable ourselves to become fully human.
當(dāng)我高興的時候，我喜歡表現(xiàn)出高興的神情和開懷大笑。如果我生氣另外，我會大叫或摔東西。真的，去盡量感受吧，很不錯！我曾經(jīng)聽凱文說：“我相信我們本該有的感情的，例如喜悅、憤怒、高興、悲傷?！闭纭杜f約》上說的：“我是個充滿愛心的神，我是個愛妒忌的神、我是個愛發(fā)怒的神等等－－如果神也覺得好的話，對我也是好的！”當(dāng)我們允許自己去感受，但是仍然“意識到”在做什么或說什么的時候，我們才成為一個完整的人。
Fourth, be positive and have faith in myself, and in my ability to manifest.
第四、樂觀、自信，善于表達自己
I like to look up at the blue sky, see the birds chirping, and smile. And find something to laugh about. If we aren't laughing, we aren't living,. With once ounce of joy we replace a thousand sorrows. Through faith in our self, we enable the world around us to give back to us. Through our belief in our self, we create our world, our life, our potential.
我喜歡抬頭看藍天，聽小鳥喳喳叫，然后會心一笑。我找一些令自己發(fā)笑的事情。如果缺少笑聲，生活將暗淡無光。所謂一笑解千愁。對自己充滿信心，周圍的人也會對你持同樣的信心。相信自己，我們創(chuàng)造了世界，我們的生活和潛力。
Taking a look at how we live our lives can be be refreshing. By leaving the things that aren't working((after seriously trying), doing the hard things first, allow our emotions to be real, and smile and laugh along the way, the journey can be better for all of us.
看看我們是怎樣生活的將令你精神一振。事情行不通就暫時放在一邊（當(dāng)然要經(jīng)過努力的嘗試），先把難的事情做完，讓自己真情流露，一路走來笑聲朗朗，人生旅途將變得更美好。
We welcome your comments and success stories about living an elegant simplicity life and making your life more fun and abundant feedback.
我們歡迎大家各抒己見，也歡迎大家跟我們分享你們的成功故事，講講你們是這樣開創(chuàng)簡單而優(yōu)雅的生活的。這樣，你們的生活會有更多的樂趣，同時也會有更多的回報。
