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A Better Tomorrow: 在新一年跟名人學會「放下」

一年伊始,是時候把過去放下,在新一的一年重新出發。「放下」這個老土又現實的道理,聽得多卻沒多少人學得懂;放下,確是簡單又困難的一步,但放下執念,也許會到不一樣的風景。來跟以下名人學習,學會對過去送上微笑,原來過去可以成為我們的動力。

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

—Winston Churchill

與其執著於過去,不如學會改變,只有改變才會看到轉機,只有改變才會讓自己進步。

The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.

—Stephen Hawking

你的過去就像將來一樣,無法觸碰,亦無法預計,它的存在就是未知的可能性。

I am not someone who is ashamed of my past. I’m actually really proud. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but they, in turn, were my life lessons.

—Drew Barrymore

不要對你的過去感到羞恥,縱然你在當中做過很多錯事,它都是你生命的一部分,每個人都是獨一無二的無價鑽石。

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

—George Washington

你可以從過去中學習,但你只要選擇對你有用的。

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

—Melody Beattie

學會感恩,有過去才有現在,要感激過去的事帶來現在的你。

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

—Charles Dickens

也許你曾有不愉快的過去,但你要記著所有人都是一樣。

Look back, and smile on perils past.

—Walter Scott

過去算什麼?回眸,然後拂袖一笑,原來過去都不算什麼,退一步真的可以海闊天空。

 

TEXT: CHRIS Y
GRAPHICS: SUKI Y / HOKK FABRICA