As I began to love myself
I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.
Today, I know, this is
"AUTHENTICITY".
As I began to love myself
I understood how much it can offend somebody as I try to force my desires on this person,
even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it,
and even though this person was me.
Today I call it
"RESPECT".
As I began to love myself
I stopped craving for a different life,
and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.
Today I call it
"MATURITY".
As I began to love myself
I understood that at any circumstance,
I am in the right place at the right time,
and everything happens at the exactly right moment,
so I could be calm.
Today I call it
"SELF-CONFIDENCE"
As I began to love myself
I quit steeling my own time,
and I stopped designing huge projects for the future.
Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness,
things I love to do and that make my heart cheer
and I do them in my own way
and in my own rhythm.
Today I call it
"HONESTY".
As I began to love myself
I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health –
food, people, things, situations,
and everything that drew me down and away from myself.
At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.
Today I know it is
"LOVE OF ONESELF".
As I began to love myself
I quit trying to always be right,
and ever since I was wrong less of the time.
Today I discovered that is
"MODESTY".
As I began to love myself
I refused to go on living in the past
and worry about the future.
Now, I only live for the moment,
where EVERYTHING is happening
Today I live each day, day by day,
and I call it
"PERFECTION"
As I began to love myself
I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick.
But as I connected it to my heart
my mind became a valuable ally.
Today I call this connection
WISDOM OF THE HEART.
We no longer need to fear arguments,
confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others.
Even stars collide,
and out of their crashing new worlds are born.
Today I know
That is LIFE!
夏楠媽~ 想到《論語》，顏回早死，因他“不二過"，"聞一而知十" ，對自己也許要求太多太苛求自己了。
《論語·公冶長篇》里，子曰：“吾未見剛者。”或?qū)υ唬骸吧陾??！弊釉唬骸皸栆灿?，焉得剛？?孔子說：“我沒有看見剛強的人?！庇腥嘶卮鹫f：“申棖（應(yīng)該是一個剛強的人）。”孔子說：“申棖個人欲望多，怎么能剛強？所以無欲則剛，欲求貪念會讓人喪失原則。
子貢曰：我不欲人之加諸我也，吾亦欲無加諸人。子曰：賜也，非爾所及也。
? ?子貢對孔子說起自己的志向道：天下的人，都有一樣的心情喜好，凡是不好的事情，我不愿意遇到，料想其他人也同樣不愿意遇到。如果把我不愿意的事情強加在別人身上，就說明我心中只有自己，而沒有別人。在我心里，天下大眾和我是一樣的，凡是我不愿意遇到的事情，我也同樣不會強加在別人身上。夫子聽了子貢的話，固然肯定他的志向高遠，但是也深知子貢還沒有達到這么高的水平，怕他言過其實，行不符言，所以警告他說：人最難克服的就是私欲，最難精純的就是仁德。象你所說的那樣，己所不欲，勿施于人，是將天下看作一人，完全沒有軀體的限制，將萬物視為一體，追求一切事物的共同利益，不是心地道德純熟圓滿，沒有絲毫私欲的人，是不能做到的。你的學(xué)問道德有這么高的水平嗎？孔子這樣說，不是夸大困難阻礙別人前進，是要讓子貢知難而后勇，更加努力修行。孔子真是個大智慧的人。
子曰，孰為微生高直，或乞醯焉，乞諸其鄰而與焉?？磥砜鬃邮遣毁澩笪⑸哌@樣的老好人，醯(醋)，自家沒有醋，借鄰居的醋給別人。沒有就沒有。夏楠媽有時朋友來借錢，自己即便沒有也會再借別人的再借給他，這不是直，不是真實的自己，然而生活中真正做到真實也不容易。
有矛盾沒關(guān)系，不同的人碰撞在一起，會有不同的火花，思想碰撞才有融合和進步，就如晨讀。我們要勇敢面對矛盾，糾紛，和問題。
兒子參加國學(xué)班后每次課都必須寫一篇文章，在孩子成長中成長了自己。
程程媽~夏楠媽很厲害，古文粘手而來!今天沒有想到其他，讀書時卓別林滑稽可笑的形象一直在頭腦里閃現(xiàn)，肥大的褲子，黑色領(lǐng)結(jié)，或一本正經(jīng)或驚詫夸張。他70歲時寫這首詩，這是一個怎樣的人啊！看他的無聲黑白電影《摩登時代》等，總是哈哈大笑，而后覺得發(fā)人深省，不禁覺得苦澀，感嘆，深思，落淚。東西方文化思想真是想通的??！東方智慧的仁義禮智信就是真正的成熟吧，真實，自愛，尊重，自信，純真，成熟，生命。仁，善就是自愛，愛人，敬就是自尊，尊重他人，忠信就是有責任感盡義務(wù)，不失赤子之心就是真實，不忘初心，就是堅持，就是剛，就是遇到挫折可以正視現(xiàn)實吧！
修身齊家治國平天下就是愛自己提高自己而后影響到身邊的人吧，也是更好的愛別人和國家！
可可媽~從自己而來，真實不違背本心，愛好自己也是愛別人。不要強加于人，育兒上要讓孩子做好他自己，不要太多干涉。接受現(xiàn)狀，認識自己的位置?？煽蓩層袝r也不太自信，有時自卑。生命樹張老師說，一切都是最好的安排，要知道生命中的挫折不快，不是沖我們而來，是為我們而來的，我們要做好迎接就好。詩意，樂觀的生活，放松，喜悅，學(xué)會做個單純的人。遠離不健康的東西，靠攏正念。健康的自私自利，就是精神上的健康。接受自己的錯誤，面對，接納，改變，不要自責內(nèi)疚太多，學(xué)會放過自己?；钤诋斚?，過去是歷史，明天是未知。調(diào)整好心態(tài)，接納不同的聲音。喜歡這首詩。
