Relax Yourself(放松自我)

          Relax Yourself

       What does it mean to relax?Despite hearing this term thousands of times during the course of our

lives, very few people have deeply considered what it's really about.

      When you ask people (which I have done many times) what it means to relax, most will answer in

a way that suggests that relaxing is something you plan to do later  you do it on vacation, in a hammock, when you retire, or when you get everything else done. This implies, of course, that most other times should be spent nervous, agitated, rushed, and frenzied. Very few actually come out and say so, but this is the obvious implication.Could this explain why so many of us operate as if life were

one great big emergency?

     It is useful to think of relaxation as a quality of heart that you can access on a regular basis rather than something reserved for some later time. You can relax now. It's helpful to remember that relaxed people can still be superachievers and, in fact, that relaxation and creativity go hand in hand.When I'm feeling uptight, for example, I don't even try to write. But when I feel relaxed, my writing flows quickly and easily.

放松自我

    放松意味著什么?盡管一生中我們會(huì)成千上萬(wàn)次地聽(tīng)到這個(gè)詞，但是幾乎沒(méi)有誰(shuí)好好琢磨過(guò)它到底指的是什么。

    當(dāng)你問(wèn)別人(我曾問(wèn)過(guò)許多次)放松意味著什么，大多數(shù)人的答案不外乎是，放松就是某些有朝一日你會(huì)做的事—那些你計(jì)劃在假期里，躺在吊床上，退休以后，或把該干的事都做完之后才有時(shí)間做的事。  當(dāng)然這自然暗示著大部分其他時(shí)間應(yīng)該是在緊張、焦慮、匆忙、瘋狂中度過(guò)。事實(shí)上沒(méi)有什么人會(huì)站出來(lái)這樣說(shuō)，但這就是明顯的含意。

這是否能解釋為什么我們那么多的人把人生看作是一件緊急的大事件而奔忙?

    不妨把放松理解成一種心態(tài)，是你可以時(shí)常受用、而不是什么非要留到以后才能享受的東西。你現(xiàn)在就可以放松。記住，會(huì)放松的人依然可以取得輝煌的成就。事實(shí)上，

放松和創(chuàng)造力往往如影隨形。比如說(shuō)，當(dāng)我感到繃得緊緊的時(shí)候，我甚至不會(huì)試著去寫(xiě)點(diǎn)什么。但是我放松時(shí)，會(huì)感到下筆流暢自如。