雷雨中的醒悟經(jīng)典勵(lì)志文章
暴風(fēng)雨不會(huì)永不停息，任何不適也并非難以容忍。只要勇敢地面對(duì)困難、失望而不沮喪，成功而不驕傲，那我們的人生之戰(zhàn)便取得了一半的勝利。
Discovery in a Thunderstorm
Dr. Nelson Glueck
Many years ago I was on a bicycle trip through some exceedingly picturesque countryside. Suddenly, dark clouds piled up overhead and rain began to fall, but strange to relate, several hundred yards ahead of me the sun shone brilliantly. Pedaling, however, as rapidly as I could, I found it impossible to get into the clear. The clouds with their rain kept advancing faster than I could race forward. I continued this unequal contest for an exhausting half hour, before realizing that I could not win my way to the bright area ahead of me.
Then it dawned upon me that I was wasting my strength in unimportant hurry, while paying no attention whatsoever to the landscape for the sake of which I was making the trip.
The storm could not last forever and the discomfort was not unendurable. Indeed, there was much to look at which might otherwise have escaped me. As I gazed about with sharpened appreciation, I saw colors and lines and contours that would have appeared differently under brilliant light. The rain mists which now crowned the wooded hills and the fresh clearness of the different greens were entrancing. My annoyance at the rain was gone and my eagerness to escape it vanished. It had provided me with a new view and helped me understand that the sources of beauty and satisfaction may be found close at hand within the range of one’s own sensibilities.
It made me think, then and later, about other matters to which this incident was related. It helped me realize that there is no sense in my attempting ever to flee from circumstances and conditions which cannot be avoided but which I might bravely meet and frequently mend and often turn to good account. I know that half the battle is won if I can face trouble with courage, disappointment with spirit, and triumph with humility. It has become ever clearer to me that danger is far from disaster, that defeat may be the forerunner of final victory, and that, in the last analysis, all achievement is perilously fragile unless based on enduring principles of moral conduct.
I have learned that trying to find a carefree world somewhere far off involves me in an endless chase in the course of which the opportunity for happiness and the happiness of attainment are all too I often lost in the chase itself. It has become apparent to me that I cannot wipe out the pains of existence by denying them, blaming them largely or completely on others, or running away from them.
The elements of weakness which mark every person cannot absolve me from the burdens and blessings of responsibility for myself and to others. I can magnify but never lessen my problems by ignoring, evading or exorcising them. I believe that my perplexities and difficulties can be considerably resolved, if not completely overcome, by my own attitudes and actions. I am convinced that there can be no guarantee of my happiness except that I help evoke and enhance it by the work of my hands and the dictates of my heart and the direction of my striving. I believe that deep faith in God is necessary to keep me and hold mankind uncowed and confident under the vagaries and ordeals of mortal experience, and particularly so in this period of revolutionary storm and travail. If my values receive their sanction and strength from relationship to divine law and acceptance of its ethical imperatives, then nothing can really harm me. “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
雷雨中的醒悟
內(nèi)爾松.格盧克博士
多年前，我曾騎著自行車從一片風(fēng)景如畫的郊野中穿過(guò)。突然，烏云密布，大雨滂沱，然而令人驚奇的是，在前方幾百碼的地方卻是陽(yáng)光燦爛。我蹬著車使勁往前沖，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)怎么也到不了那片陽(yáng)光普照之地。烏云夾著大雨比我沖得還快。半小時(shí)后，精疲力盡的我停止了這場(chǎng)不公平的抗?fàn)帲庾R(shí)到自己根本無(wú)法到達(dá)那片晴朗的天地。
頓時(shí)，我豁然開(kāi)朗，我在毫不重要的事情上疲于奔波，卻不曾欣賞途中的景致，忘記了自己旅行的目的。暴風(fēng)雨不會(huì)永不停息，任何不適也并非難以容忍。的確，我差點(diǎn)錯(cuò)過(guò)了途中許多美好的景致。我滿懷感激地凝望著眼前的景色，此刻所見(jiàn)的色彩、線條和輪廓比起陽(yáng)光下別有一番風(fēng)味。樹(shù)木繁茂的山上，煙雨朦朧；別樣的綠樹(shù)清新明朗，令人神迷。大雨帶給我的煩惱頓時(shí)消散，想要逃離的欲望也不復(fù)存在。相反，它帶給我一種全新的視覺(jué)景觀，讓我懂得美與滿足就源自于我們身邊，只要細(xì)心發(fā)現(xiàn)便能唾手可得。
這次經(jīng)歷從此也引導(dǎo)著我去思考相關(guān)的事物。它讓我明白，對(duì)于無(wú)法避免的環(huán)境與條件，企圖逃避毫無(wú)意義，但我可以勇敢面對(duì)它們，并常常對(duì)其進(jìn)行修整與改善。我知道，只要勇敢地面對(duì)困難、失望而不沮喪，成功而不驕傲，那我們的人生之戰(zhàn)便取得了一半的勝利。我也更清楚地意識(shí)到，危險(xiǎn)遠(yuǎn)非災(zāi)難，而失敗也許就是最終勝利的先行者。因此，歸根結(jié)底，一切成就如果不經(jīng)受道德準(zhǔn)則的考驗(yàn)，就會(huì)脆弱不堪，危機(jī)重重。
我已經(jīng)明白，當(dāng)自己無(wú)休止地追尋，試圖在遙遠(yuǎn)之地尋找一個(gè)無(wú)憂無(wú)慮的世界時(shí)，也常常會(huì)在追尋中錯(cuò)過(guò)獲得幸福與成就的機(jī)會(huì)。顯然，拒絕承認(rèn)生存的痛苦，將它們多數(shù)或全部歸咎于他人，或者逃避，都無(wú)法將它消除。
每個(gè)人都有不足之處，但我為自己與他人排憂解難和祈求祝福的責(zé)任并不能因此免除。我可以將問(wèn)題放大，卻絕不會(huì)為縮小問(wèn)題而忽視、逃避或求助神靈。我相信，通過(guò)自己的態(tài)度與行為就可解決我的疑惑與難題，即使無(wú)法克服全部。我確信，要想使幸福有所保障，接受心靈的指引，就必須靠自己的雙手，朝著目標(biāo)努力奮斗，去創(chuàng)造并積累幸福。我相信，若想在人世間的變幻莫測(cè)與嚴(yán)酷考驗(yàn)中，特別是當(dāng)今革命風(fēng)暴的艱難時(shí)刻，保持無(wú)所畏懼與信心十足，就必須對(duì)上帝保持虔誠(chéng)的`信仰。如果我的價(jià)值觀能從其與神律的聯(lián)系和倫理要求的承諾中獲得支持與力量，那任何事物都無(wú)法給我造成真正的傷害。“耶和華是我的牧者，我將一無(wú)所求。”
本文選自《這，我相信》，該書共選取自述性散文七十二篇。原文作者用簡(jiǎn)潔、樸實(shí)的文字講述自己如何在逆境中領(lǐng)悟到生活的真諦而最后獲得成功。原文短小精悍、語(yǔ)言平實(shí)，啟迪讀者心智。譯文忠實(shí)于原文的內(nèi)容和風(fēng)格，可讀性強(qiáng)。本書不僅是一本英漢對(duì)照的優(yōu)秀勵(lì)志讀物，而且還是翻譯佳作，可供在校大學(xué)生、英語(yǔ)自學(xué)者和翻譯愛(ài)好者閱讀學(xué)習(xí)。
本書譯自美國(guó)暢銷書This I Believe。This I Believe起初是一個(gè)廣播節(jié)目，策劃于1949年，旨在幫助美國(guó)人克服看重物質(zhì)享受而輕視精神情操的社會(huì)傾向。該節(jié)目每日播出，每位嘉賓講敘五分鐘，其講稿為一篇六百字的短文，每周在報(bào)紙上刊登。這些嘉賓或是社會(huì)名流，或是無(wú)名小卒，他們的膚色、職業(yè)、種族均不相同，但他們必須有一點(diǎn)共同之處——事業(yè)成功，應(yīng)對(duì)生活成功。該節(jié)目獲得巨大的成功!每天約有三千九百萬(wàn)美國(guó)人圍在收音機(jī)旁聆聽(tīng)羅斯福總統(tǒng)夫人、海倫·凱勒、公司老板、商人或出租車司機(jī)講述他們的信仰。
該廣播節(jié)目最后成為一種文化現(xiàn)象，共有用六種語(yǔ)言播出、八十五家主要報(bào)紙開(kāi)辟專欄每周刊登此節(jié)目的文章。1952年經(jīng)仔細(xì)挑選，選中一百人的一百篇短文匯集出版。書名是This I Believe，暢銷三十萬(wàn)冊(cè)，是當(dāng)年銷售量?jī)H次于《圣經(jīng)》的暢銷書。該書的阿拉伯譯本創(chuàng)下了三天內(nèi)售出三萬(wàn)冊(cè)的記錄。This I Believe至今仍然是美國(guó)全國(guó)性的媒體節(jié)目。它邀請(qǐng)各行各業(yè)的美國(guó)人撰文討論指導(dǎo)他們生活的哲學(xué)。聽(tīng)眾每周可在兩個(gè)廣播節(jié)目中聽(tīng)到這些人的自述，還可以在網(wǎng)上閱讀他們的短文。
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