观景台上

类别：情绪

讲述工作受挫后登高远眺，在辽阔自然中意识到烦恼渺小的释怀感悟。

时长 55 秒 · 语速 143 wpm

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I drove up to the lookout in a bad mood. 我心情不好，开车上了观景台。

That morning, I'd had an argument at work. 那天早上，我在公司跟人吵了一架。

An email, written in the wrong tone, about a deadline. 起因是一封邮件，关于截止日期的，语气不太对。

I'd written six replies in my mind, each one sharper. 我在脑子里回了六遍，一句比一句冲。

I parked and walked to the rail. 我停好车，走到栏杆边。

The whole valley was there. 整个山谷尽收眼底。

Fields like a green and yellow blanket. 田野就像一块黄绿相间的毯子。

A river, thin as a thread. 河流细得像根线。

A town, smaller than my hand. 小镇还没我的手掌大。

Behind it, mountains, and behind them, more mountains, turning blue. 小镇后面是山，山后面还是山，渐渐泛出青蓝色。

I looked for my office. 我试着找我的办公楼。

I couldn't find the building. 根本找不着那栋楼。

I couldn't even find the city. 甚至连那个城市我都找不着。

Somewhere down there, in a room 在下面的某个地方，在某一间

too small to see, was that email. 小到根本看不见的房间里，躺着那封邮件。

From up here, it wasn't a mountain. 从这里看下去，它根本不算什么大山。

It wasn't even a stone. 它甚至连颗小石子都算不上。

I didn't solve my problem. 我的问题其实并没有解决。

I just saw its real size. 我只是看清了它到底有多微不足道。