『知足生活』“Contented Living”

【Johann Wolfgang von Goethe //重明譯】

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There are nine requisites for contented living:

HEALTH enough to make work a pleasure;

WEALTH enough to support your needs;

STRENGTH enough to battle with difficulties and overcome them;

GRACE enough to confess your sins and forsake them;

PATIENCE enough to toil until some good is accomplished;

CHARITY enough to see some good in your neighbor;

LOVE enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others;

FAITH enough to make real the things of God;

HOPE enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.”

－－Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

知足生活的九項要件：

健康足以使工作稱心如意！

財富足以維持生活所需！

毅力足以征服困難！

感恩足以承認自己的過錯，改過遷善！

耐心足以克服困難，收拾成果！

慈善足以愛及鄰居！

愛心足以自覺有用，推己及人！

忠心足以完成主意！

仰望足以去除一切未來的懼怕、憂慮！

－－歌德（Johann Wolfgang von Goethe）