abt letting go... a bk intro.. very interesting.. love the way the author writes...


-我們都忘了，「放下」也是一種選擇-

人生就像跑馬拉松，有人揹了十公斤的糧食還擔心半路會餓死，
有人卻帶著一瓶水就出發，沒有罣礙，跑得自在。
無知的人只知占有，不懂放手，
就像買了電腦，急於加裝各種軟體，
卻忘了要定期刪除垃圾信件，系統必然愈跑愈慢，最後當機。
智者卻了解生命一切俱足，執著才是一切煩惱的起因，
放下，反而是離苦止憂的關鍵。
然而，放下的能力不是與生俱來，是需要學習的。
如果我們能停止用頭腦自尋煩惱，
如果我們能夠真正體認到：人，才是幸福的尺度。
那麼，半調子的人生，也是幸福的。
「放下」是每個陷入執著困境的人，最好的出路，
只是我們都忘了，在放下的那一瞬間，
我們並沒有失去什麼，反而是一個新的開始。

　　人生是一場奮鬥的旅程，有順境也有逆境，有快樂也有悲傷。而每個人都有與生俱來的能力、無限發展的潛能，我們也經由不斷的學習來累積智慧，讓我們克服無數的困難。

　　但是，人的頭腦也是煩惱製造機，所有的不安、恐懼就像小狗脖子上的項圈，把我們牽著走，我們自己卻無從抵抗。我們也時常背著包袱趕路，把壓力、焦慮往身上扛，更把自己壓得喘不過氣；萬萬沒想到，原來，困住我們的其實是我們自己，給我們帶來麻煩和危害的，也是我們自身。

　　面對人生的困境，你可以有很多選擇，你曾考慮「放下」這個選項嗎？靜下心來想一想，你會發現，阻礙自己的其實是心理的障礙和思想的頑石，只要輕輕的把它們移開，煩惱就會消失無影無蹤。即便是險惡的危機，只要放下心中的牽絆與恐懼，用坦然的態度處理，最終都能圓滿的解決。

　　想法決定你的心態，心態決定你的生活，換一個角度思考，跳出固有的思維框架，人生的哲理會如浪花般在你的腦海湧現。本書的78則小寓言，雖然是看似簡單的道理，但是絕對能給你意義深長的啟發。當你放下沉重的包袱，拋開一切的執著，抬起頭大步向前走，你會感覺「幸福」隨時跟在你的左右。

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we have forgotten that letting go is also a choice.

life is like a marathon, some ppl carried a 10kg pack of food but still worry that they will die of hunger half way, some ppl only brought along a bottle of water with no worry and ran freely.. ppl who are naive only know how to possess but don't know how to let go, just like hurriedly adding alot of software to a computer but forgetting to delete useless programs and causing the system to slow down and crash eventually.. wise man understands that obsessing/holding on is the root of all troubles and letting go is the key to leaving worry and pain behind.. ppl are not born to know how to let go, it needs practice.. if we can stop our mind from troubling ourselves, if we can really understand that life is the true measurement of happiness, then even a life that is not filled with achievements or liven to the fullest is also a happy one.. letting go is the best way to free anyone who is stuck, just that we have all forgotten that when we let go, we do not lose anything, we can move off with a fresh start.

life has its ups and downs, happy and sad, and everyone is born with the ability and the potential to learn and accumulate wisdom to overcome countless obstacles. but, human mind is also a worry-producing machine, all the uneasiness and fear is like a dong chain, leading us, preventing us from fighting against it. we also often carry with us baggages along the way, carrying the weight of stress and anxiety on our shoulders and always stressing ourselves out; but ppl have never thot that in actual fact that we are the ones who trapped ourselves, who bring ourselves trouble and hurt. facing life's challenges, you have have alot of choices, have you ever considered the option of letting go? stop for a moment and think, you will realise that wat is blocking yourself is your own issues and stubborness of view pt, just lightly place them aside and all the troubles will disappear. even if it is a dangerous situation, by putting aside the concerns and fears and use a honest and open attitude to handle, the situation will resolve eventually. thot decides attitude, attitude decides life, changing a new way of thinking about things and jumping out of the structured way your thot process goes, allows you to see many possibilities. when you let go the heavy baggage and stubborness, you will feel that happiness is by your side.

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gah.. my translation sucks... eek..