when love beckonyou
when love beckonto you, follow him, though hiwayare hard and steep. and when hiwingenfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among hipinionmawound you.
and when he speakto you, believe in him, though hivoice mashatter your dreamathe north wind laywaste the garden.
for even alove crownyou so shall he crucifyou. even ahe ifor your growth so ihe for your pruning.
even ahe ascendto your height and caresseyour tenderest branchethat quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to our rootand shake them in their clinging to the earth.
but if, in your fear, you would seek onllove’peace and love’pleasure, then it ibetter for you that you cover your nakednesand pasout of love’threshing-floor, into the seasonlesworld where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
love givenaught but it self and takenaught but from itself.
love possessenot, nor would it be possessed, for love isufficient unto love.
love hano other desire but to fulfill itself. but if you love and must have desires, let these be your desires:
to melt and be like a running brook that singitmelodto the night.
to know the pain of too much tenderness.
to be wounded byour own understanding of love;
and to bleed willingland joyfully.
to wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thankfor another daof loving;
to rest at the noon hour and meditate love’ecstasy;
to return home at eventide with gratitude;
and then to sleep with a payer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
爱的召唤
当爱召唤你时，请追随她，尽管爱的道路艰难险峻。当爱的羽翼拥抱你时，请顺从她，尽管隐藏在其羽翼之下的剑可能会伤到你。当爱向你诉说时，请相信她，尽管她的声音可能打破你的梦想，就如同北风吹落花园里所有的花瓣。
爱会给你戴上桂冠，也会折磨你。爱会助你成长，也会给你修枝。爱会上升到枝头，抚爱你在阳光下颤动力的嫩枝，也会下潜至根部，撼动力你紧抓泥土的根基。
但是，如果你在恐惧之中只想寻求爱的平和与快乐，那你就最好掩盖真实的自我，避开爱的考验，进入不分季节的世界，在那里你将欢笑，但并非开怀大笑，你将哭泣，但并非尽情地哭。爱只将自己付出，也只得到自己。爱一无所有，也不会为谁所有，因为爱本身就已自足。
爱除了实现自我别无他求。但是如果你爱而又不得不有所求，那就请期望：
将自己融化并像奔流的溪水一般向夜晚吟唱自己优美的曲调。
明了过多的温柔所带来的苦痛。
被自己对爱的理解所伤害；
并情愿快乐地悲伤。
在黎明带着轻快的心醒来并感谢又一个有家的日子；
在黄昏怀着感恩之心回家；
然后为内心所爱之人祈祷，吟唱赞美之歌，并带着祷告和歌声入眠。
be happy!
“the daythat make uhappmake uwise.”----john masefield
when i first read thiline bengland’poet laureate, it startled me. what did masefield mean? without thinking about it much, i had alwayassumed that the opposite watrue.
but hisober assurance waarresting. i could not forget it.
finally, i seemed to grasp himeaning and realized that here waa profound observation. the wisdom that happinesmakepossible liein clear perception, not fogged banxietnor dimmed bdespair and boredom, and without the blind spotcaused bfear.
active happiness---not mere satisfaction or contentment ---often comesuddenly, like an april shower or the unfolding of a bud.
then you discover what kind of wisdom haaccompanied it. the grasigreener; bird songare sweeter; the shortcomingof your friendare more understandable and more forgivable.
happinesilike a pair of eyeglassecorrecting your spiritual vision.
nor are the insightof happineslimited to what inear around you. unhappy, with your thoughtturned in upon your emotional woes, your vision icut short athough ba wall.
happy, the wall crumbles.
the long vista ithere for the seeing. the ground at your feet, the world about you----people, thoughts, emotions, pressures---are now fitted into the larger scene.
everything assumea fairer proportion. and here ithe beginning of wisdo
“快乐的`日子使人睿智。”
——约翰·梅斯菲尔德
第一次读到英国桂冠诗人梅斯菲尔德的这行诗时，我感到十分震惊。他想表达什么意思？我以前从未对此仔细考虑，总是认定这行诗反过来才正确。但他冷静而又胸有成竹的表达引起了我的注意，令我无法忘怀。
终于，我似乎领会了他的意思，并意识到这行诗意义深远。快乐带来的睿智存在于敏锐的洞察力之间，不会因忧虑而含混迷惑，也不会因绝望和厌倦而黯然模糊，更不会因恐惧而造成盲点。
积极的快乐 – 并非单纯的满意或知足 – 通常不期而至，就像四月里突然下起的春雨，或是花蕾的突然绽放。然后，你就会发觉与快乐结伴而来的究竟是何种智慧。草地更为青翠，鸟吟更为甜美，朋友的缺点也变得更能让人理解，宽容。快乐就像是一副眼镜，可以矫正你的精神视力。
快乐的视野并不仅限于你周围的事物。当你不快乐时，你的思维陷入情感上的悲哀，你的眼界就像是被一道墙给阻隔了，而当你快乐时，这道墙就会砰然倒塌。
你的眼界变得更为宽广。你脚下的大地，你身边的世界，包括人，思想，情感和压力，现在都融入了更为广阔的景象之中，其间每件事物 的比例都更加合理。而这就是睿智的起始。
the goodnesof life
though there imuch to be concerned about, there ifar, far more for which to be thankful. though life’goodnescan at timebe overshadowed, it inever outweighed.
for eversingle act that isenselessldestructive, there are thousandmore small, quiet actof love, kindnesand compassion.
for everperson who seekto hurt, there are many, manmore who devote their liveto helping and to healing.
there igoodnesto life that cannot be denied.
in the most magnificent vistaand in the smallest details, look closely, for that goodnesalwaycomeshining through.
there si no limit to the goodnesof life. it growmore abundant with each new encounter. the more you experience and appreciate the goodnesof life, the more there ito be lived.
even when the cold windblow and the world seemto be cov ered in foggshadows, the goodnesof life liveon. open your eyes, open your heart, and you will see that goodnesieverywhere.
though the goodnesof life seemat timeto suffer setbacks, it alwayendures. for in the darkest moment it becomevividlclear that life ia pricelestreasure.
and so the goodnesof life imade even stronger bthe verthingthat would oppose it.
time and time again when you feared it wagone forever you found that the goodnesof life wareallonla moment away.
around the next corner, inside evermoment, the goodnesof life ithere to surprise and delight you.
take a moment to let the goodnesof life touch your spirit and calm your thoughts. then, share your good fortune with another.
for the goodnesof life growmore and more magnificent each time it igiven away.
though the problemconstantlscream for attention and the conflictappear to rage ever stronger, the goodnesof life growstronger still, quietly, peacefully, with more purpose and meaning than ever before.
生命的美好
尽管有很多事让人忧虑，但相比而言，值得感激的事要多得多。尽管生命的美好有时被蒙上阴影，但它却永远不会被埋没。
相对于每一个无谓的破坏行为而言，都有更多数以千计更为微小的，包含着爱，友善和同情的举动静静地上演着。相对于每一个试图伤害他人的人而言，都有更多的人致力于帮助他人，治愈他人的创伤。
生命的美好不能否认。
在最为壮观的前景和最为琐碎的细节中，请仔细观察，因为美好的事物总是散发着耀眼的光芒闪亮登场。
生命的美好没有界限。每一次相遇都会使这美好变得越发丰富。你经历得越多，越能欣赏生命的美好，生命中的美好就会变得越多。
即使当寒风袭来，整个世界似乎被雾气掩盖之时，生命的美好仍会存在。睁开双眼，打开心扉，你就会发现这美好无处不在。
尽管生命的美好有时似乎遭受挫折，但它总会挺过来。因为，在最黑暗的时刻，有一点变得格外清楚，那就是，生命是无价的财富。因此，下正是与生命的美好相对立的事物使其越发强大。
无数次地，当你担心这美好已经远离之时，你会发现生命的美好其实只与你相隔须臾。它就在下一角落，存在于每个时刻之间，等着给你惊喜。
花些时间让生命的美好感动自己的灵魂，放松自己的思绪。然后，把你的幸运与他人分享。因为生命的美好会在每次给予之间变得越来越壮观。
尽管总是有问题让你去关注，冲突也似乎愈演愈烈，但生命的美好却总是静静地，平和地，带着比以往更强的意志和更多的价值变得更加强大。