To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment.
在很大程度上， 我們是否能享受當下， 影響著我們內心的平靜和安寧。
Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are -- always!
無論昨天或去年發生過什麼， 明天會發生什麼或不會發生什麼，
Without question, many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much our lives worrying about a variety of things -- all at once.
毋庸置疑， 我們中的很多人都很容易神經過敏——浪費太多時間去擔憂、擔憂得太多、一次擔心很多事情。
We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments, so much that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed, and hopeless.
我們讓過去的問題和對將來的擔憂佔據了當下， 這導致焦慮、挫敗感、抑鬱和喪失希望。
On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, our stated priorities, and our happiness, often convincing ourselves future will be better than today.
另一方面， 我們又總是把該表達的感激往後拖，
Unfortunately, the same mental dynamics that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that "someday "never actually arrives.
不幸的是， 這種讓我們往前看的心理機制只會不斷重複， 未來只會這樣重複上演， 結果就是， “那一天”從未來臨。
John Lennon once said, "Life is what happening while we’re busy making other plans.
約翰·列儂曾經說過：我們的生活， 其實就存在於我們匆忙制定其它計畫的時候。
"When we’re busy making "other plans", our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss out on life.
當我們忙著制定計劃時， 我們的孩子在長大， 我們愛的人離開或死去， 我們的身材變形， 我們的夢想溜走了……總之， 我們錯過了自己的生活。
Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal for some later date. It isn’t. In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow.
許多人都把當下的時刻當作帶妝彩排， 為了以後的某個日子。 但其實不是的。 沒有人能夠確保你明天還會活著。
Fear is the concern over events that might happen in the future -- we won’t have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever.
恐懼是對未來的一種擔憂——我們沒有足夠的錢， 我們的孩子陷入麻煩， 我們會老去死去……
Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. When our attention is in the present moment, we push fear from our minds.
當下是你唯一擁有的時間， 是你唯一可以把握的時間。 當我們的注意力集中於當下， 我們也就把恐懼從我們腦海中驅除。
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