Renew your life!Change Up the Routine 中英对照

Renew your life!Change Up the Routine 中英对照
Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the leading American Rabbis,theologians,and social activists of the 20th century.He said something that I’ll never forget and that has stayed with me since the moment I heard it.In his book God in Search of Man,he wrote,“Life is routine and routine is resistance to wonder.”
There's a true story of a man I have worked with who has spent his entire life believing that his ears were not symmetrical and therefore sunglasses always looked crooked on his face.He came to accept this over time,until he came in touch with mindfulness practice.
One day as he was standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom he chose to take a moment to come down from his busy mind,become present,and really look at himself.What he noticed was astonishing.
He suddenly realized that he had not been standing straight and that one shoulder was slightly lower than the other.In that moment,he chose to stand up straight and low and behold his eyeglasses were no longer crooked on his face.All this time he thought his face was lopsided in some way when in effect,it was his posture.
This story is just a metaphor for the rest of us in our lives.Over time,what do we just get used to and learn to accept that keeps us limited in how we see things?What in our lives has become routine to a point that we have lost our sense of wonder in this world?
When dealing with a myriad of mental health conditions (e.g.,stress,anxiety,depression,or addiction),we get stuck in routine ways of reacting to things.A challenge may arise and the automatic reaction is “who cares,I’ll never succeed anyway.” As we become accustomed to this,it can be likened to unknowingly walking around with crooked posture.Once we become aware of it,we can begin the process of straightening ourselves out.
It's a worthy question to explore:What do you notice in your life that's routine?
Do you watch TV every night?Do you take the same route to work every day?If you are in a relationship,do you sleep on the same side of the bed night after night or does only one of you cook the meals or clean?Do you often shoot down new ideas?Do you react to stress or pain with routine avoidance?Is this routine taking away the wonder in everyday life?”
To do:Pick one thing from your “routine list” and choose to begin becoming aware of it and switching it up.

Abraham Joshua Heschel是20世纪美国一位拉比(犹太教神职人员,leading American Rabbi是否有什么专有名词不知道),神学家和社会活动家.他有一句话对我影响非常大,我从看到它的一刻起就常记心间,从未忘记.他在自己的著作写道,生活就是循规蹈矩,循规蹈矩是阻碍改变的绊脚石.
有一个真实的故事,我有一个旧同事,他一直以来就认为自己的两个耳朵长得不对称,因此带太阳镜的时候总是看起来歪歪扭扭的.他本来已经接受了这个现实,直到他遇到一个让他刻骨铭心的场景.
有一天他站在浴室的镜子前,想要从纷乱的思想中放松片刻,好好看看他自己.他看到了意想不到的画面,他突然意识到他从来没有好好站直过,这使得他的两肩不一样高,这时,他重新站直,戴在脸上的眼镜不在歪歪扭扭了,一切正常!他一直以来都认为是自己的脸长得畸形是罪魁祸首,但实际上是他站姿不对造成的.
这个故事对其他人来说只是个例子.一直以来,是什么使我们习惯了例行公事般的生活,接受现实而局限了我们的思维?是什么让我们的生活变得如一潭死水,毫无波澜,让我们失去了发现精彩世界的兴趣?
当我们面对各种各样的情绪时(如紧张,焦虑,抑郁或上瘾),我们始终在以固有的方式做事.当我们面对一个挑战时,首先冒出的想法是“谁在乎呀,反正我也不会成功”,当我们习惯如此思维时,这就成为我们在不知不觉中走了样的站姿.一旦我们意识到这一点,我们就可以行动起来让自己从这种状态跳出来.
有一个问题值得我们探索,你能意识到什么是你生活中的例行公事了吗?你每晚看电视吗?你每天工作的模式都一样吗?如果你在同居中,你每天都睡在床的同一边吗?或者只有一方每天做饭和打扫卫生吗?你经常否定新想法吗?在面对紧张和烦恼的时候你会习惯性的逃避吗?这种习惯性做法是否扼杀了每天生活中的乐趣?
接下来要做的是,从你的例行公事清单上挑出一件事情,重新审视它,改变它.