以下是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編整理的哲理類(lèi)英語(yǔ)美文欣賞：放松自我 relax ， 希望對(duì)你有所啟發(fā)。

　　What does it mean to relax? Despite hearing this term thousands of times during the course ofour lives, very few people have deeply considered what it's really about.

　　放松是什么意思?盡管一生中我們會(huì)成千上萬(wàn)次地聽(tīng)到這個(gè)詞，但是幾乎沒(méi)有什么人好好琢磨過(guò)它到底意味著什么。

　　When you ask people (which I have done many times) what it means to relax, most will answerin a way that suggests that relaxing is something you plan to do later ?? you do it on vacation,in a hammock1, when you retire, or when you get everything done. This implies, of course, thatmost other times (the other 95 percent of your life) should be spent nervous, agitated2,rushed, and frenzied3. Very few actually come out and say no, but this is the obviousimplication. Could this explain why so many of us operate as if life were one great bigemergency? Most of us postpone relaxation until our “in?basket4” is empty. Of course itnever is.

　　當(dāng)你問(wèn)別人(我曾問(wèn)過(guò)許多次)放松意味著什么，大多數(shù)人的答案不外乎是，放松就是某些有朝一日你會(huì)做的事——那些你計(jì)劃在假期里，躺在吊床上，退休以后，或把該干的事都做完之后才有時(shí)間做的事。這自然意味著大部分時(shí)間(你生命中95%的時(shí)間)應(yīng)該是在緊張、焦慮、匆忙、瘋狂中度過(guò)。沒(méi)有什么人會(huì)站出來(lái)說(shuō)不是這么回事，而事實(shí)就是那么回事。這是否能解釋為什么我們那么多的人把人生看作是一件連續(xù)不斷的緊急事件而奔忙不停?我們很多人把放松推遲到我們的“收文籃”清空之后。但我們的“收文籃”當(dāng)然是永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)空的。

　　It is useful to think of relaxation as a quality of heart that you can access on a regular basisrather than something reserved for some later time. You can relax now. It's helpful toremember that relaxed people can still be superachievers and, in fact, that relaxation andcreativity go hand in hand5. When I'm feeling upright, for example, I don't even try to write.But when I feel relaxed, my writing flows quickly and easily.

　　不妨把放松理解成一種心態(tài)，是你可以時(shí)常受用、而不是什么非要留到以后才能享受的東西。你現(xiàn)在就可以放松。記住，會(huì)放松的人依然可以取得輝煌的成就。事實(shí)上，放松和創(chuàng)造往往如影隨形。比如說(shuō)，當(dāng)我感到繃得緊緊的時(shí)候，我甚至不會(huì)試著去寫(xiě)點(diǎn)什么。但是我放松時(shí)，會(huì)感到下筆流暢自如。

　　Being more relaxed involves training yourself to respond differently to the dramas of life ??turning your melodrama6 into a mellow?drama7. It comes, in part, from reminding yourselfover and over again (with loving kindness and patience) that you have a choice in how yourespond to life. You can learn to relate to8 your thinking as well as your circumstances in newways. With practice, making these choices will translate into a more relaxed self

　　要想變得更為放松，需要訓(xùn)練自己換一種方式對(duì)待生活中出現(xiàn)的種種事件——把生活中的“情節(jié)劇”變成一出溫馨的戲劇。要做到這一點(diǎn)，在一定程度上就需要不斷地用愛(ài)心和耐心提醒自己：對(duì)于生活的挑戰(zhàn)做出何種反應(yīng)的決定權(quán)在你自己手中。你可以學(xué)著去用新的方式對(duì)待自己的心緒和周遭情形。只要多實(shí)踐，這些選擇會(huì)幫你造就更放松的自我。