英語美文欣賞：直視心靈的陰暗面
美文重感性，長於抒情;雜文重知性，長於達意。下面，小編在這給大家帶來英語美文欣賞：直視心靈的陰暗面，歡迎大家借鑑參考!
Keep Your Dark Side From Running Your Life 太陽和黑暗雲霧共存的心靈
“Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.”
沉緬於消極事物，只會增強消極的力量。
Every light has darkness to balance it out.
有光明的地方，必定有黑暗以平衡。
People can be kind or mean or beautiful or ugly. We sometimes are compassionate or selfish, and at other times we feel safe or insecure, or confident or hopeless.
人們或善良或狡詐，或漂亮或醜陋。我們有愛心的一面，也有自私的一面。在不同的場合，我們或許對自己很有自信，很有安全感，但或許也會覺得絕望，充滿不安感。
Every moment of every day we’re choosing which road to go down. If someone treats us unfairly, are we going to respond with hate and spite, or compassion and understanding?
每一天每一時刻，我們都在選擇前進的方向。如果有人對我們不公，我們是不是要以厭惡和怨恨反擊，還是以德報怨?
Society around us tries its best to help us chose. “Think about yourself first,” it says. “Aspire to be as beautiful and attractive as possible.” Subtle nods tell us it’s okay to use things and people to get what you want, to be aggressive, and to seek superficial adoration rather than deep friendships.
社會盡其所能幫助我們做選擇。它說：“凡事先想好自己，立志儘量做到完美和吸引人。”社會向你微微點頭以允許，你可以利用身邊的事物和人脈得到你想要的，你可以爭名奪利，你可以追求膚淺的崇拜，而放棄深厚的友誼。
Shove those negative feelings deep down like proverbial skeletons in the closet. Put those bad thoughts and desires in a box and don’t ever open it. But you can no more avoid dealing with your shadow than you can avoid using your left foot when you walk.
你可以把負面感情藏得嚴嚴實實的，就像那些不可告人的祕密一樣。把不好的思想和渴望都藏起來不外露，永遠不要觸碰。但是，你不可能永遠躲避着不去處理這些問題，就像你走路時，你不可能不邁出步子。
If you ignore your shadow, it will take on a life of its own. It will fester and eat away at you.
如果你忽視心中的陰霾，它將會永遠的停留，並不斷壯大，最後完完全全地把你吞噬。
Maybe you develop an alternate personality through which to express your shadow’s desires. Maybe you build walls of secrecy to hide the things you do when your shadow is in control. Either way, your being is off balance, and the impact on your life and your relationships can be devastating.
或許你會發展起另一種人格來表達你陰影裏的慾望;又或許你會建立起一面祕密牆，來隱藏你負面情緒受控時的行爲。但如果你這樣做的話，生命的天秤就會失衡，這對你生活和人際關係的影響都是毀滅性的。
Here are some steps to get on the right track.
以下是讓一切走回正軌的一些方法。
Commit to Exploring Your Dark Side
致力於探索自己的黑暗面
It’s a trip that’s not always going to be nice and pleasant. You will find out things didn’t know about yourself, and many of them won’t be positive. You have to commit to the search for truth in order to minimize the impact your shadow has on your life going forward.
這趟旅程並不是讓人身心愉悅和一帆風順的。你不能指望所有人都對你瞭如指掌，因此他們對你的評價也不可能全部是正面和積極的。你必須努力找出背後的真相，以減輕負面陰影對你人生的影響。
List Your Trigger Emotions
給觸發你不良情緒的東西列個表
Come up with triggers for destructive behaviors, such as frustration, loneliness, hunger, low self-esteem, nervousness, and the like.
想一下能觸發你做破壞性行爲的事情，如挫敗、寂寞、飢餓、自尊心低下、緊張等等。
If you have multiple different behaviors you’re trying to work on, you will probably find that many of the triggers drive more than one type of behavior. It’s not intended to be a smack down; it’s designed to make you stronger and more prepared and able to handle future trigger events.
如果你有多個不同的負面行爲，你將發現一個觸發點能引發你多個破壞性行爲。這並不是要你指責什麼，它們的出現只是爲了讓你變得更加堅強，做更多的準備，並有能力應對未來更多能觸發你不良情緒的事件。
Meditate
沉思冥想
A practice of seated meditation allows you a greater sense of neutral awareness of your own feelings, emotions, and desires. To learn how to manage those thoughts, so that when a negative or destructive emotion comes along, you can chose to just send it along on its way.
靜坐沉思可以讓你對自己的感覺、情感和慾望有更中立的意識。學會如何控制這些想法，那麼當負面的甚至對你有破壞性影響的情緒侵襲你時，你也可以從容選擇和它各走各路，互不干擾。
Observe Your Shadow
研究你的陰暗面
So now we have established a list of trigger emotions that we need to be on the lookout for, and we’re learning to become more transparent to ourselves through meditation.
既然我們已經列了能觸發情緒的列表，那麼，我們接下來要做的，就是要對其進行好好地研究，並通過沉思，對我們的想法有更透徹的理解。
We’re now in a position to co-exist with our shadow.
我們心中的太陽和黑暗雲霧處於一個共存的狀態。
We don’t have to fight it, because it has no power over us. We know it’s there, we know what it looks like, and we know what to do when it shows its ugly face. “Only in the recognition and acceptance of our shadow side can we become whole, integrated, reconciled, and therefore truly and fully ourselves.”
我們並不需要與自己的陰暗面作鬥爭，因爲它無法將我們打倒。我們知道它就在那裏，知道它的真面目，我們也知道當陰暗面顯露他醜陋一面的時候，我們也知道要怎麼處理。只有承認和接受自己陰暗面的存在，我們纔算是一個完整的個人，那纔是最真實的我們。
You don’t fight it; you don’t suppress it; you don’t try to turn it into something it’s not. You recognize your shadow, but you don’t allow it to control your life or determine your future actions.
你不需要與其作鬥爭;不需要戰勝它;也不需要轉化它;你只需要承認它的存在，並不要讓它控制你的生活，也不要讓它影響你未來的行動。
英語單詞：
spite [spaɪt] n. 不顧;惡意;怨恨
trigger ['trɪgə] vt. 引發，引起;觸發 n. 扳機;[電子] 觸發器
smack down 責罵;使…失去身分;使…喪失地位
