擦身而过和擦肩而过的区别 静观与自己擦身而过的世界

静观与自己擦身而过的世界  

我们大多数人，难以静静地坐下来，看着这个世界，与这个世界擦身而过。为什么不呢？有什么重要的事不能延后吗？是什么电子邮件一定要此刻回？我们的灵魂忙碌奔波时，生活就会离我们远去。我们不断地思考未来，错过了身边美丽的风景。
I was sitting outside my new home yesterday (we just moved last week
and we love the new place)
watching the world go by.
There were people in cars
in a hurry to get to their next appointment. There were birds flying by
insects just as busy as the people in cars
plants and weeds thriving in the humid Guam climate.
Inside the house
my children were also busy
as ever
making a mess of the house (which my wife and I would soon clean up)
getting into things
their natural curiosity overpowering our previous pleas for them not to play with lotion or take things apart.
The sky was slightly overcast and there was a cool breeze
quite strong and pleasant actually.
It’s not often that most of us just sit quietly
and allow the world to pass us by.
Why not?
What is so important that it can't wait until later? What email must be answered right this moment? Do we really need to read all those articles online
all those messages from others
all those newspapers and magazines? Do we need to have the television and radio and Inter on all the time?
Is life passing us by as we keep our minds super-busy? Are we missing out on the beautiful world around us as we constantly think about the future — what we need to do
our anxieties about what might happen — and the past — what we did wrong
what someone else did to us
what we said
what should have happened?
When was the last time you just sat
and observed? Why not do it today?