一句起敬意的忠告

点开文学城杂乱的首页，一路寻来，像从菜市场拐进小胡同。迫不及待留下这一句马可•奥勒留，这位古罗马皇帝写的句子。于是，文学城般的杂乱，再不干扰我，它们都隐退到了脑后：

If thou workest at that which is before thee, following right reason seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract thee, but keeping thy divine part pure, as if thou shouldst be bound to give it back immediately; if thou holdest to this, expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.

当你做摆在你面前的工作时，你要认真地遵循正确的理性，精力充沛，宁静致远，不分心于任何别的事情，而保持你神圣的部分纯净，仿佛你必定要直接把它归还似的；若你坚持这一点，无所欲望亦无所畏惧，满足于你现在合乎本性的活动，满足于你说出的每个词和音节中的勇敢的真诚，你就能生存得幸福。没有任何人能阻止这一点。