作者：Sujata

譯者：Cheng Chen-huang

【語錄】

1.

at the end of the day

make a list of the good things

which happened to you

在每天的盡頭

列一張表寫下

發生在你身上的好事情

2.

be kind and merciful

let no one ever come to you

without going away better and happier

慈悲關懷

讓每一個來到你跟前的人

離開你時

能夠更美好  更快樂

3.

meditation does not necessarily make us feel good

but it does awaken us to the many things we do feel

坐禪不見得會讓我們覺得好過

但確實會讓我們了了分明我們的一切感覺

4.

our characters are developed by persistent practice

if we practice love

we become more loving

if we practice patience

we become more patient

if we practice generosity

we become more generous

我們的性格

可以由精進修行來培養

如果我們修持慈悲

就可以變得更慈悲

如果我們修持忍辱

就可以變得更能忍辱

如果我們修持布施

就可以變得更有能力布施

5.

our mind is a garden by selecting what it thinks upon,

we can grow either thorny weeds or beautiful tender flowers

(but even a little weed can learn to grow flowers)

心就是一座花園

我們想什麼

它就長什麼

或雜草叢生

或鮮花滿園

（但即使是一株雜草

也可以學習開花）

6.

every day you are responsible for how you feel

no one can make you unhappy or nervous

每一天你都要為自己的感覺負責

誰都不能讓你不快樂或緊張

7.

are you content with where you are right now?

because “right nows” are all you have

你滿意當下的你嗎？

因為「當下」是你所能擁有的一切