自然、美与感恩

分享一个TED演讲：《自然、美与感恩》。

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摘自演讲中一个老人眼中的世界：

你认为这只是你人生中另一个平白无奇的日子？
不是的，这是被赐予的一天
今天，是上天赐给你的，是一个礼物
这是你手头唯一的礼物，
唯一的恰当反应是感恩。

如果你去培养这种反应，对这恩赐的日子充满感恩
如果你学会这种反应，就好像这是你人生的第一天，也是最后一天，
你就能很好地度过这一天。
以睁开双眼为始，对自己目能视物充满惊喜，
时刻能感受到色彩那不可思议的光芒而带来的纯粹的享受。

看看天空，
我们很少看天，
我们很少能注意到这一刻与下一刻的不同、云彩的来去，
我们只是关心天气，就算是天气，我们也不曾关注天气的各种细微之处，
我们只是关心天气是好是坏。
今天，此时此刻，有特别的天气，
也许这种天气再也不会以同样的方式再现，
云彩的组合也再不会出现与现在一模一样的。

睁大你的双眼，看看这些
看看你遇到的人的脸庞，
每一张脸后面都有一个不平凡的故事，
一个你无法完全理解的故事，
这个故事不仅关于他们自己，还关于他们的祖先。

我们回顾过去，但此时此刻
你遇到的所有人、所有的生命，跨越时间和距离与你相遇了。
就像生命之水，只要你打开心扉喝下它，
打开心扉去接受文明带给我们的不可思议的礼物：
拨一下开头电灯就亮了，
打开水龙头，就有热水和冷水，还有饮用水，
这是世界上成千上万的人所无法体验的礼物，
这只是无数礼物中的几件我们能够打开心扉对待的。

我祝愿你们能打开心扉，
让这些福祉荡漾在你身心，
你们今天遇到的每个人都能因为蒙荫，
因你的双眸、你的微笑、你的触摸，以及你的出现，
让这份感激充满你们身边，
今天将会是真正美好的一天。

You think this is just another day in your life? It's not just another day. It's the one day is given to you today. It's given to you, It's a gift. It's the only gift that you have right now. and the only appropriate response is gratefulness.

If you do nothing else but to cultivate that response to the great gift that this unique day is, If you learn to respond as if it were the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well. Begin by opening your eyes and be surprised that you have eyes you can open, that incredible array of colors that is constantly offered to us for pure enjoyment.

Look at the sky, We so rarely look at the sky. We so rarely note how different it is from moment to moment, with clouds coming and going. We just think of the weather, and even with the weather, we don't think of all the many nuances lf weather. This day, right now, has unique weather, maybe a kind that will never exactly in that from come again. That formation of clouds in the sky will never be the same as it is right now.

Open your eyes, Look at that. Look at the faces of people whom you meet. Each one has an incredible story behind their face, a story that you could never fully fathom. not only their own story, but the story of their ancestors.

We all go back so far, and in this present moment, on this day, all the people you meet, all that life from generations and from so many places all over the world flous together and meets you here, like a life-giving water, if you only open you heart and drink. Open your heart to the incredible gifts that civilization gives to us. You flip a switch and there is electric light. You turn a faucet and there is warm water and cold water, and drinkable water. It's a gift that millions and millions in the world will never experience. So these are just a few of an enormous number of gifts to which we can open your heart.

And so I wish you that you will open you heart to all these blessings, and let them flow through you, that everyone whom you will meet on this day will be blessed by you, by your eyes, by your smile, by your touch, just by your presence. Let the gratefulness overflow into blessing all around you, and then it will really be a good day.

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