今天做得还不错的一件事

类别:情绪

讲述睡前通过回顾一件小善举来对抗内心焦虑、收获平静安眠的心灵随笔。

时长 60 秒 · 语速 136 wpm

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Every night, in bed, my brain shows me a film. 每天晚上躺在床上,我的脑子就开始放电影。

It's called "Everything You Did Wrong Today," and it's very long. 片名叫《你今天搞砸的所有事》,而且特别长。

The email I should have checked twice. 那封本该多检查两遍的邮件。

The thing I said at lunch. 午饭时说错的那句话。

It plays them all, in order, with close-ups. 它全给你按顺序播一遍,还带特写镜头。

A friend told me to try something. 有个朋友让我试个方法。

Before sleep, find one thing you did well. 睡前找出一件自己做得挺好的事。

Not a great thing. 不用是什么大事。

Just one. 一件就行。

The first night, I couldn't think of anything. 第一天晚上,我什么都想不出来。

That scared me a little. 这让我有点害怕。

Then I remembered. 然后我想起来了。

At the supermarket, an old man couldn't reach the top shelf, 在超市里,有个老爷爷够不着货架顶层,

and I got the jar down for him. 我帮他把那个罐子拿了下来。

He said, "Tall and kind. 他说:“个子高又心善,

Good combination." 真不错。”

That was my thing. 那就是我的那件事。

The film still plays. 那部电影还是会播。

But now it has a different ending. 但现在它有了个不一样的结局。

One small scene, right at the end, where I did okay. 就在最后,有一个小小的画面,证明我表现得还可以。

I sleep on that one. 我就带着这个画面睡去。

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