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.
放鬆自我
放鬆意味著什麼?儘管一生中我們會成千上萬次地聽到這個詞，但是幾乎沒有誰好好琢磨過它到底指的是什麼。
當你問別人(我曾問過許多次)放鬆意味著什麼，大多數人的答案不外乎是，放鬆就是某些有朝一日你會做的事—那些你計畫在假期里，躺在吊床上，退休以後，或把該幹的事都做完之後才有時間做的事。 當然這自然暗示著大部分其他時間應該是在緊張、焦慮、匆忙、瘋狂中度過。事實上沒有什麼人會站出來這樣說，但這就是明顯的含意。
這是否能解釋為什麼我們那么多的人把人生看作是一件緊急的大事件而奔忙?
不妨把放鬆理解成一種心態，是你可以時常受用、而不是什麼非要留到以後才能享受的東西。你現在就可以放鬆。記住，會放鬆的人依然可以取得輝煌的成就。事實上，
放鬆和創造力往往如影隨形。比如說，當我感到繃得緊緊的時候，我甚至不會試著去寫點什麼。但是我放鬆時，會感到下筆流暢自如。