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冲破习惯 才能开始新的生活
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  • 美国一位社会活动家曾说:“生活就是习以为常;而习以为常,就是拒绝求知。”

    当我们处理一系列有关心理健康的问题时,我们常常陷入惯常的反应中,不可自拔。当我们遇上挑战,也常常不由自主地告诉自己,“管他呢,反正我不可能成功。”我们对自己的反应习以为常。然而,一旦我们意识到这个问题,我们便可以重新开始。 那么,你生活中有哪些习以为常的习惯?

    Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the leading American Rabbis, theologians, and social activists1 of the 20th century. He said something that I’ll never forget and that has stayed with me since the moment I heard it. In his book God in Search of Man, he wrote, “Life is routine and routine is resistance to wonder.”

    There's a true story of a man I have worked with who has spent his entire life believing that his ears were not symmetrical and therefore sunglasses always looked crooked2 on his face. He came to accept this over time, until he came in touch with mindfulness practice.

    One day as he was standing3 in front of the mirror in the bathroom he chose to take a moment to come down from his busy mind, become present, and really look at himself. What he noticed was astonishing.

    He suddenly realized that he had not been standing straight and that one shoulder was slightly lower than the other. In that moment, he chose to stand up straight and low and behold4 his eyeglasses were no longer crooked on his face. All this time he thought his face was lopsided in some way when in effect, it was his posture5.

    This story is just a metaphor6 for the rest of us in our lives. Over time, what do we just get used to and learn to accept that keeps us limited in how we see things? What in our lives has become routine to a point that we have lost our sense of wonder in this world?

    When dealing7 with a myriad8 of mental health conditions (e.g., stress, anxiety, depression, or addiction), we get stuck in routine ways of reacting to things. A challenge may arise and the automatic reaction is “who cares, I’ll never succeed anyway.” As we become accustomed to this, it can be likened to unknowingly walking around with crooked posture. Once we become aware of it, we can begin the process of straightening ourselves out.

    It's a worthy9 question to explore: What do you notice in your life that's routine?

    Do you watch TV every night? Do you take the same route to work every day? If you are in a relationship, do you sleep on the same side of the bed night after night or does only one of you cook the meals or clean? Do you often shoot down new ideas? Do you react to stress or pain with routine avoidance? Is this routine taking away the wonder in everyday life?”

    To do: Pick one thing from your “routine list” and choose to begin becoming aware of it and switching it up.

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     单词标签: activists  crooked  standing  behold  posture  metaphor  dealing  myriad  worthy 


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    1 activists ['æktɪvɪsts] 90fd83cc3f53a40df93866d9c91bcca4   第7级
    n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
    • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    2 crooked [ˈkrʊkɪd] xvazAv   第7级
    adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的;v.弯成钩形(crook的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him. 他弯了弯手指,示意我们到他那儿去。
    • You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads. 在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。
    3 standing [ˈstændɪŋ] 2hCzgo   第8级
    n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
    参考例句:
    • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
    • They're standing out against any change in the law. 他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
    4 behold [bɪˈhəʊld] jQKy9   第10级
    vt. 看;注视;把...视为 vi. 看
    参考例句:
    • The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold. 这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
    • The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold. 海滨日出真是个奇景。
    5 posture [ˈpɒstʃə(r)] q1gzk   第7级
    n.姿势,姿态,心态,态度;vt.作出某种姿势;vi.摆姿势
    参考例句:
    • The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence. 政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
    • He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture. 他脱掉上衣,摆出一副打架的架势。
    6 metaphor [ˈmetəfə(r)] o78zD   第8级
    n.隐喻,暗喻
    参考例句:
    • Using metaphor, we say that computers have senses and a memory. 打个比方,我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。
    • In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love. 玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。
    7 dealing [ˈdi:lɪŋ] NvjzWP   第10级
    n.经商方法,待人态度
    参考例句:
    • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing. 该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
    • His fair dealing earned our confidence. 他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
    8 myriad [ˈmɪriəd] M67zU   第9级
    adj.无数的;n.无数,极大数量
    参考例句:
    • They offered no solution for all our myriad problems. 对于我们数不清的问题他们束手无策。
    • I had three weeks to make a myriad of arrangements. 我花了三个星期做大量准备工作。
    9 worthy [ˈwɜ:ði] vftwB   第7级
    adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
    参考例句:
    • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust. 我认为他不值得信赖。
    • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned. 没有值得一提的事发生。

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