考研英語作文:Make Peace Imperfection(不求盡善盡美)

Make Peace Imperfection

     I’ve yet to meet an absolute perfectionist whose life was filled with inner peace. The need for perfection and the desire for inner tranquility conflict with each other. Whenever we are attached to having something a certain way, better than it already is, we are, almost by definition, engaged in a losing battle.Rather than being content and grateful for what we have, we are focused on what’s wrong with something and our need to fix it. When we are zeroed in on what’s wrong, it implies that we are dissatisfied, discontent.
     Whether it’s related to ourselves    a disorganized close, a scratch on the car, an imperfect accomplishment, a few pounds we would like to lose   or someone else’s "imperfections" -- the way someone looks, behaves, or lives their life, the very act of focusing on imperfection pulls us away from our goal of being kind and gentle. This strategy has nothing to do with ceasing to do your very best but with being overly attached and focused on what’s wrong with life. It’s about realizing that while there’s always a better way to do something, this doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy and appre- ciate the way things already are.
     The solution here is to catch yourself when you fall into your habit of insisting that things should be other than they are. Gently remind yourself that life is okay the way it is, right now. In the absence of your judgment, everything would be fine. As you begin to eliminate your need for perfection in all areas of your life, you’ II begin to discover the perfection in life itself.

不求盡善盡美

    我還未碰見過一位在生活中他的內心十分平和的真正的完美主義者。對完美的渴求及對內心平靜的熱望水火不相容。無論何時我們想用某種比其現存狀態(tài)更進一步的方式擁有某物時，我們已從理論上陷入了一場失敗的戰(zhàn)爭。我們不是對我們擁有的某物感到滿足，心存感激，相反地，我們將注意力集中于該事物的缺點及我們如何彌補這些缺點上。當我們把注意力集中在事物出了什么毛病之時，它意味著我們不滿意，不滿足。
    不管這是否與我們相關——亂七八糟的院子、車上的劃痕、成就中的不足之處、損失的幾英鎊，或別人的“缺陷”——別人的看法、行為、生活方式，對缺陷的過于關注都阻礙我們變得和藹可親。這種策略與我們不再力求完美無關，而與我們太注重生活中的不足之處有關。這是要你意識到盡管有處理某事的更好方法，但這并不意味著你無法欣賞事物的現存狀態(tài)。
    解決辦法是在你習慣地認為事物不應是這種形態(tài)而應是別的樣子時，你應提醒自己。輕輕地告訴自己現在的生活方式就很好，沒有你的評判一切都會變好。當你開始放棄對生活方方面面的完美的追求時，你就會發(fā)現生活本身就是完美的。