Have Just a Little Willingness to Celebrate Ourselves
亨利·大卫·梭罗 / Henry David Thoreau
What would our world be like if each person made it his or her concern to catch someone doing something right? Wouldn't we have cause to celebrate daily?
So often our focus is on the negatives in life. We look for what is wrong, for weaknesses, for holes in the armor of another. Why? Perhaps the answer lies in our need to feel superior to another — in our learned behavior, to compare ourselves constantly to those around us. If our self-concept is low, we feel that almost everyone is better, more likable, stronger, more talented, more capable, more everything than we are. On the other hand, a poor self-image can also result in what we interestingly call a superiority complex. To cover up our own feelings of inadequacy, we behave as though we know better, act better, think better and, even, are better than those around us.
A healthy self-concept allows us to acknowledge our abilities and talents, our strengths and weaknesses. There is no need to compare ourselves to others in order to recognize traits in ourselves!Self-acknowledgment is not conceit or arrogance. Self-acknowledgement is perceiving the truth about oneself so that one may freely move forward in life without the fetters of unproductive modesty. Self-acknowledgement is inner work, not shouted from the rooftops but cherished within. This is cause for celebration !
Are you willing to feel good about yourself ? To notice when you do things well and enjoy the feeling? Are you willing to celebrate your uniqueness and the unique gift you have to offer to the world? Are you willing to acknowledge others for the things they do well? For the contributions they make to your life? Are you willing to catch yourself and others doing something right? Wonderful!Then you have the willingness to celebrate, to join with others to make the world a place of celebration. After all, all it takes is a little willingness!
如果每个人都看到他人做好事时，我们的世界会是什么样子呢？我们会不会因此而每天都庆祝呢？
我们一般只是看到生活的消极面，只是在寻找什么是错的，什么是脆弱的，以及他人内心的弱点。这是为什么呢？或许答案是我们的行为上感觉比别人强，我们总是不断的和我们身边的人比较。如果我们的自我观念不强，我们就会觉得所有人都比我们强、更受别人喜欢、更强壮、更聪明，我们什么都比不上别人。另一方面，一个较差的自我形象，就会变成我们经常所说的一个高傲的符合体。为了掩饰我们虚假的感觉，我们表现得好像知道的很多，表现得更好，思维更活跃，比我们身边的人都强。
拥有一个良好的自我，就可以发挥自己的能力和天赋，增强我们的实力，克服我们的弱点。也没有必要为了突显自己的特性而去和别人比较。自我承认不是自负或高傲自大。自我承认就是认识到真实的自己。不受非良性的谦虚的束缚，我们才能在生活中自由地发展。自我承认是内心的认识，不是从外表对它呼喊，而是用内心去拥抱它。只有这样才值得我们欢呼！
你是否愿意自我感觉良好？你是否注意自己的优秀表现并享受那种感觉？你是否愿意赞美自己的独特性和你为人类所贡献的独特礼物？你是否愿意承认别人的优秀之处？为了他们对你的生活作出的贡献？你是否愿意看到自己和他人做的好事呢？太美妙了！这样，你将愿意去欢呼，去加入创造美好世界的队伍。毕竟，这一切只需一点点意愿。
记忆填空
1. So our focus is on the negatives in life. We look for what is , for weaknesses, for holes in the armor of another. ? Perhaps the answer in our need to feel superior to another — in our behavior, to compare ourselves constantly to those around us.
2. There is no to compare ourselves to in order to recognize traits in ourselves!Self-acknowledgment is not conceit or arrogance. Self-acknowledgement is perceiving the about oneself so that one may freely move forward in life the fetters of unproductive modesty.
佳句翻译
1. 如果我们的自我观念不强，我们就会觉得所有人都比我们强、更受别人喜欢、更强壮、更聪明，我们什么都比不上别人。
2. 你是否注意自己的优秀表现并享受那种感觉？
3. 这样，你将愿意去欢呼，去加入创造美好世界的队伍。
短语应用
1. Perhaps the answer lies in our need to feel superior to another.
lie in：在于……；睡懒觉；待产
2. To cover up our own feelings of inadequacy.
cover up：掩盖，盖住