April 16

【作者】Eileen Caddy 【翻譯】熊倩涵 【編輯】顏士寶

　　Why not do in life what you enjoy doing, as long as it does not harm another soul and brings only good to yourself and all those souls with whom you are concerned? Learn to do what you are doing at the proper time and in the proper way and without great strain or effort. Small children know how to enjoy life. Become as a very small child with no inhibitions and learn to enjoy life without any restriction, self-concern or self-consciousness. Do not always do things because you feel they must be done or you have to do them. When something is done under compulsion, all the joy and pleasure go out of it. Learn to do everything because you love doing it. Give whatever you have to give for the sheer love of giving and for the sheer love of living, and see how different life will become for you.

　　為什麼不在生活中做我所享受的事情呢？只要它不會對另一個靈魂有害，只要它是對我以及所有其他我所關心的靈魂有益處的。學習在正確的時間做我所做的事情，以正確的方式，不帶有任何壓力也不需用力。年幼的小孩懂得如何去享受生活。變得像一個孩子一樣，沒有任何抑制，學習不帶約束以及自我顧慮地去享受生活。

　　不要總是因我感到它們必須得完成或我必須去做，而去做事。當事情帶有強制性地完成，所有的快樂與愉悅都失去了。學習去做每一件事情，只因我熱愛它。給予任何我所給予的，因全然的對給予的熱愛，因全然的對生活的熱愛，然後看看生活會因此變得如何不同。