When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety; if I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, and without pain. From this I understand that what I want also wants me, is looking for me and attracting me. There is a great secret here for anyone who can grasp it.
Rumi
当我追逐我认为自己想要的东西时，我的日子就像一个充满压力和焦虑的熔炉；如果我静坐在自己的位置上耐心等待，我想要的东西就会自然地流向我。
由此我明白，我想要的东西也在寻找、吸引着我。
写这个专栏的动机是因为一本我放在枕边常常翻阅的书《Small Pleasure》，书中细腻地描绘了生活中的种种美好的小事：清晨的第一缕阳光，窗外的风景，夜晚的静谧，周日的惬意等等。通过发掘和放大这些美好的细节，我们得以重新发现对生活的兴奋和热情。
So often, we exhaust ourselves and the planet in a search for very large pleasures, while all around us lies a wealth of small pleasures, which - if only we paid more attention - could daily bring us solace and joy at little cost and effort. But we need some encouragement to focus our gaze. This is a book to guide us to the best of life's small pleasures: everything from the distinctive delight of holding a child's hand to the enjoyment of disagreeing with someone or the joy of the evening sky; an intriguing, evocative mix of small pleasures that will heighten our senses and return us to the world with new-found excitement and enthusiasm.
很多时候，我们耗尽自己的精力和地球的资源，去寻找宏大的快乐，而我们周围却隐藏着无数微小的幸福，如果我们多加注意，这些微小的幸福每天都能以很少的成本和努力为我们带来安慰和快乐。但是我们需要一些鼓励来让我们的目光聚焦在它们上。这本书引导我们找到生活中最美好的小幸福：从牵着孩子的手的独特喜悦到不同意别人意见的快乐或傍晚天空的喜悦；一种有趣的、令人回味的小幸福的组合，将增强我们的感官，让我们带着新发现的兴奋和热情面对这个世界。
这本书是我曾经关注的，由哲学作家艾伦．狄波顿创立，主旨在透过人文教育缓解现代人心理压力、提高情感智慧的教育组织 The School of Life 出的书。感兴趣的朋友，可以去The School of Life的 官网 和 Youtube主页，里面有很多有意思的散文和视频。
想给大家分享Damien Jurado的Museum of Flight ，去年圣诞节的时候看电影《爱情神话》时喜欢上的，现在已经是我spotify里面收藏且常常播放的一首，希望大家也喜欢！（音乐视频见 这里。）
Falling to the ground
I was anxious to be found
You can always go home
To the safety of your cloudDon't let go
I need you to hang around
I am so broke
And foolishly in love
I turned around to love revealing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning lightFalling into sound
Is a less defeating path
One day we will go home
To the safety of our cloudsDon't let go
I need you to hang around
I'm so broke
And foolishly in loveI turned around, my life was changing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light
相关信息：
- 鲁米（Molang Jalaluddin Rumi）诗选 http://www.shigeku.com/xlib/lingshidao/yishi/rumi.htm
- 二十条励志的鲁米语录 https://www.eqwiip.com/blog/20-inspiring-rumi-quotes
- 人生学校：微小的幸福 https://book.douban.com/subject/30358016/
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