你是不是有時候會找不到生命的方向？
有時候會不知道活著的意義？
是不是每天得過且過，讓日子過一天算一天？
生命其實可以是充滿熱情與力量的，
今天就讓這位經歷人生百態的71歲的大姐姐Isabel，
從生命有限與人會漸漸老化的角度，
來教我們怎麼活出精彩！
先請大家思考一下…..
Society decides when we are old, usually around 65, when we get Medicare.
社會上認為65歲左右開始接受醫療照護就算是老化，
But we really start aging at birth. We’re aging right now.
其實，打從一出生，老化就開始了，每個人都正在老化。
Maybe you are still in your young age.
或許你還在你的青少年階段，
But actually your body is dramatically consumed.
但事實上你的身體正在急劇的被耗用。
你的生命還剩下多少時間呢？
Mary Oliver says in one of her poems,
“Tell me, what is it that you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Mary Oliver的一首詩寫道：「告訴我，你打算在瘋狂珍貴的有限生命裡做些什麼？」
告訴大家該怎麼做，
你會活得更熱情、更精彩！
- 1.You don’t have to prove anything, and you gain freedom. 不需要努力去證明任何事情
- 2.Don’t be stuck in the idea of who you are, who you want to be or what other people expect you to be. 不需要去回應外人期待，苦苦思索自己是誰、煩惱你想要變成什麼樣的人
- 3.Keep telling your superego to back off, and enjoy what you still have.
告訴自己不要總是嘗試各種方法來超越自己，應該盡情享受手邊擁有的 - 4.Don’t carry grudges, ambition, vanity, none of the deadly sins that are not even worth
the trouble. It’s great to let go.
心中不要有怨恨、野心、虛榮，放手的感覺很棒 - 5.Try to live mindfully and be present in the moment. 全心全意地生活，試著活在當下
- 6.Train by saying yes to whatever comes your way, drama, comedy, tragedy, love, death, losses.學著接受面對生命的一切，接受所有，不論喜劇、悲劇、擁抱、戀愛、死亡、失去
- 7.Yes to life. 對生命說「是」
- 8.Trying to stay in love. 試著保持戀愛的狀態
We all feel younger than our real age, because the spirit never ages.
我們的心理永遠比生理年輕 因為靈魂不會老化
生命珍貴而有限，該如何活得精采？
全看你如何選擇！
最後分享給大家一些諺語：
● Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. 多想想你目前擁有的幸福，這是每人都擁有很多的。不要回想以前的不幸，這也是每人多多少少都有
● A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鳥在手勝於兩鳥在林。擁有的才是最真實的。把握現在。
● A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常樂
● We only live once, but if we do it right, once is enough. 我們的生命只有一次，但活的精彩一次就足夠
● Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. 生命的價值是用思想和行為來衡量的，而不是壽命的長短。
作者：Gisele Sung