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 “SIMPLICITY”.
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 “FULFILLMENT”.
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”!
當(dāng)我真正開(kāi)始愛(ài)自己，
我才認(rèn)識(shí)到，所有的痛苦和情感的折磨，
都只是提醒我：活著，不要違背自己的本心。
今天我明白了，這叫做
『真實(shí)』
當(dāng)我真正開(kāi)始愛(ài)自己，
我才懂得，把自己的愿望強(qiáng)加于人，
是多么的無(wú)禮，就算我知道，時(shí)機(jī)并不成熟，
那人也還沒(méi)有做好準(zhǔn)備，
就算那個(gè)人就是我自己，
今天我明白了，這叫做
『尊重』
當(dāng)我開(kāi)始愛(ài)自己，
我不再渴求不同的人生，
我知道任何發(fā)生在我身邊的事情，
都是對(duì)我成長(zhǎng)的邀請(qǐng)。
如今，我稱(chēng)之為
『成熟』
當(dāng)我開(kāi)始真正愛(ài)自己，
我才明白，我其實(shí)一直都在正確的時(shí)間，
正確的地方，發(fā)生的一切都恰如其分。
由此我得以平靜。
今天我明白了，這叫做
『自信』
當(dāng)我開(kāi)始真正愛(ài)自己，
我不再犧牲自己的自由時(shí)間，
不再去勾畫(huà)什么宏偉的明天。
今天我只做有趣和快樂(lè)的事，
做自己熱愛(ài)，讓心歡喜的事，
用我的方式，以我的韻律。
今天我明白了，這叫做
『?jiǎn)渭儭?/p>
當(dāng)我開(kāi)始真正愛(ài)自己，
我開(kāi)始遠(yuǎn)離一切不健康的東西。
不論是飲食和人物，還是事情和環(huán)境，
我遠(yuǎn)離一切讓我遠(yuǎn)離本真的東西。
從前我把這叫做“追求健康的自私自利”，
但今天我明白了，這是
『自愛(ài)』
當(dāng)我開(kāi)始真正愛(ài)自己，
我不再總想著要永遠(yuǎn)正確，不犯錯(cuò)誤。
我今天明白了，這叫做
『謙遜』
我當(dāng)開(kāi)始真正愛(ài)自己，
我不再繼續(xù)沉溺于過(guò)去，
也不再為明天而憂慮，
現(xiàn)在我只活在一切正在發(fā)生的當(dāng)下，
今天，我活在此時(shí)此地，
如此日復(fù)一日。這就叫
『完美』
當(dāng)我開(kāi)始真正愛(ài)自己，
我明白，我的思慮讓我變得貧乏和病態(tài)，
但當(dāng)我喚起了心靈的力量，
理智就變成了一個(gè)重要的伙伴，
這種組合我稱(chēng)之為，
『心的智慧』
我們無(wú)須再害怕自己和他人的分歧，
矛盾和問(wèn)題，
因?yàn)榧词剐切怯袝r(shí)也會(huì)碰在一起，
形成新的世界，
今天我明白，
這就是
『生命』
