清晨朗讀669:A Calm Motto

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今天的練習內容來自 Leo Bavaria，叫 「A Calm Motto」（其實這一段摘自更長的一篇，如果想看整篇文章，點擊「閱讀原文」）。

Motto就是「口號」的意思。這篇文章是說，感覺發生了天大的事，就在心裡想 no big deal，也許會發現，其實沒什麼大不了的。

You forgot to practice yesterday? No big deal. Start again today.

Have fun!

John

p.s. 點這裡了解我的激活英語課程。記得每天都來 清晨朗讀會 打卡哦～

朗讀內容

A Calm Motto

By Leo Babauta

I recently offered this motto to my 18-year-old daughter, when she was stressing out about a situation she was facing:

「No big deal.」

I told her, 「Just remember NBD. No Big Deal.」

Remind yourself of this motto whenever things are going wrong, or someone is frustrating you, or you aren’t getting what you want. No big deal.

Of course, there are some things that are a big deal:

Life & death or emergency situations

When a loved one really needs your help

I’m sure there are other situations that are a big deal, but most of the time, it’s not as big a deal as we imagine. We add stress unnecessarily to the situation.

You have a million things to do an not enough time to do it all? Not a big deal: pick the things you can do, and get to work. That’s all you can do anyway, so it’s not worth adding some stress to the already difficult situation.

Have a huge task to do that is going to be very difficult? No big deal. Just take the first step. Just get moving. You』ll deal with the difficulty.

Plans fall apart? No big deal. Figure out a new alternative.

Someone unhappy with you? No big deal. See their pain, give them some compassion, take the appropriate action to help fix things or go on about your business if it can’t be fixed.

There’s another way to look at it, of course: everything is a big deal. What we do matters. And in this way, instead of just letting ourselves be distracted or taking things for granted, we can give the act in front of us our full attention and love.

That doesn’t mean we need to get upset or stressed out about our situation though: while the act in front of us is a big deal, the situation is not a big deal. Life goes on. And it is delightfully beautiful.

https://zenhabits.net/becalm/

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Zhuhai, March 2018