I’ve always worried about everything. I don’t know exactly when being caught up with the future became a natural state for me, but eventually it did. Every now and then I found myself living in the past, wondering how things would’ve been if I would have made different choices.

我總是覺得憂心。 我不知道什么時(shí)候未來的事情會(huì)以最自然地方式發(fā)生，但是最終也還是以最自然的方式發(fā)生了。經(jīng)常都發(fā)現(xiàn)自己活在過去，總在思考著要是我那時(shí)候做了不同的選擇會(huì)有些什么不一樣的結(jié)果。

I was never truly present, and thinking about what might happen in the future consumed my energy and sucked the joy out of each moment. I wasn’t able to appreciate my everyday life.

我從沒有真正的活在現(xiàn)在，思考將來會(huì)發(fā)生些什么就花去了我大部分的時(shí)間，也沒法兒享受每一刻的歡樂。我沒能好好地珍惜每一天的生活。

Why do I believe enjoying each moment is a learnable skill and the most required to get what you want in life?

為何我會(huì)認(rèn)為享受現(xiàn)在是一項(xiàng)必學(xué)的技能，大部分人都得明白你想要從生活中得到什么？

1.The future doesn’t exist

未來的不確定性

Everyone wants to be happy, but no matter how many people you ask what happiness really means, you’ll get just as many different definitions,

Many of us, including me in a not too distant past think: “one day when this and that happens, I will finally be happy”, like happiness lies only in the future.

每個(gè)人都想要得到幸福，關(guān)于幸福這個(gè)話題你問多少人，你就會(huì)得到很多種不一樣的答案，大部分人，包括我在內(nèi)都認(rèn)為：“某天當(dāng)這個(gè)/那個(gè)事情發(fā)生了，我就會(huì)覺得快樂了”，似乎幸福只存在于未來。

In our imagination the future is always different – at its worst it can make you worry but it can also get you fired up. Both states are just a product of your imagination; they don’t really exist and can only bring fear or disappointment.In fact, we are complete, and all we need and can have in life is in the here and now, because nothing else really exists.

我們想象的未來似乎總是有些差異----情況不好可能會(huì)讓你憂慮但也可能會(huì)激勵(lì)你。兩種情況都只是我們想象的產(chǎn)物。也許并不會(huì)真的發(fā)生，它能帶給我們的只有恐懼和失望。事實(shí)上，我們都是完整的，我們在生活中所需要的、可以擁有的都在這里。

2.What we worry about probably won’t happen

你所擔(dān)心的也許并不會(huì)真的發(fā)生

I realize that most of the things I worried about rarely actually happened. And if they did the outcome was usually positive or wasn’t nearly as bad as I’d imagined. Worrying is just an unnecessary habit which only drains your life energy.

我發(fā)現(xiàn)我所擔(dān)心的很多事情都鮮有發(fā)生，要是真的發(fā)生了，結(jié)果通常都是好的或者沒有我想象得那么糟。那么擔(dān)心就只是一個(gè)浪費(fèi)我們精力的、且完全沒必要的習(xí)慣。

When you start worrying, ask yourself a few questions: Is it actually possible for the worst-case scenario to happen? If yes, is it really life-threatening? What am I missing in the present moment?

當(dāng)你開始憂慮的時(shí)候，問你自己幾個(gè)問題：最糟的情形真的有可能會(huì)發(fā)生嗎？如果是，那又會(huì)對(duì)我們的生活造成困擾嗎？現(xiàn)在我又會(huì)失去些什么呢？

Focus on what you HAVE, instead of focusing on what you think is missing.

關(guān)注你現(xiàn)在擁有的，而不是只看到那些你認(rèn)為你會(huì)失去的。

3.If you can’t appreciate now you won’t appreciate tomorrow

如果不能把握好現(xiàn)在，你也沒法兒珍惜未來

If you won’t learn to be happy now, you’ll be unhappy in the future. Thinking about the future is a hard habit to break. Without working on self-development you may struggle to achieve happiness, even if you get what you think you want out of life.

要是你現(xiàn)在沒有學(xué)著開心，以后你還是不會(huì)開心。憂慮未來是個(gè)很難改掉的壞習(xí)慣，即使你清楚你想要從生活中得到什么，但是不能自我調(diào)整你可能也很難快樂起來。

4.With a free mind you make better decisions

頭腦的清醒有助于做出更好的決定

When you live in the present moment you can listen deeper to your inner self. Your mind becomes clear and you can focus on solutions much better than when your brained is clouded by fear. You can focus on the life situations and issues you currently face the way they really are, not on potential scenarios that might happen.

活在當(dāng)下，你能聽見你心靈深處的聲音，思維更清晰的時(shí)候做出的決定會(huì)比你腦袋里滿是恐懼的時(shí)候做出的決定更好。你能夠更注重生活中目前你需要面對(duì)的最真實(shí)的問題，而非那些可能會(huì)出現(xiàn)的情況。

We don’t need to worry about avoiding bad things. Most problems only require common sense, and other problems that we have no influence over aren’t worth worrying about anyway. The more energy you save giving your mind a rest, the better outcome you’ll have if one of those bad scenarios really comes true.

我們不必想著如何避免最壞的情況發(fā)生。常識(shí)就能將生活中大部分問題處理好，其他對(duì)我們生活沒有太大影響的問題也不值得操心。你應(yīng)該把更多的精力留起來，讓你頭腦好好放松放松，這樣要是某些不好的情況真的發(fā)生了，你還能想出更好的應(yīng)對(duì)方法。