不行动等于慢性死亡
(雨声)
(食客们谈笑)
(心如擂鼓)
行动真的太难了。很痛苦。
(悲伤的音乐)
洗碗一点也不有趣。冥想也很无聊。早起很困难。(闹钟响起)面对行动时,我们所感受到的不适,常常令我们麻痹难行,什么都做不了。于是我们干脆睡觉。我们迷失在油管、抖音、Instagram的未知世界里,让“标题党”设下的诱饵决定我们的下一步行动。于是生活逐步陷入混乱。
为了逃避行动的痛苦,我们把不行动作为解决方案。潜意识中我们知道,我们的停滞不前只会导致毁灭。通过回避行动的痛苦,我们允许了更糟糕的事情发酵:看着机会与我们擦肩而过的恐惧,我们的关系越来越疏远,我们的账单堆积如山,我们的家人日渐衰老。
痛苦围绕着我们。它和死亡一样,是生命的一部分。无论你的成长环境是贫穷还是富裕,痛苦都是不可避免的。它无所不在。而这一清醒的现实,导致许多人陷入虚无主义和绝望。
但很多人不知道,还有另一种看问题的方式。你可以和痛苦谈判。它从我们身上索取,但它也能给予我们回报。这只是取决于我们选择拥抱哪种痛苦。
(轻快的音乐)
痛苦有两种:行动的痛苦和不行动的痛苦。
行动的痛苦是直截了当的。它会迫使你成长。我们磨练技能、主动出击、回归秩序所熬过的每一小时,并不能减轻我们所面对的痛苦,而是我们选择忍受痛苦。我们主动去经历这一切。也因为这种自愿接受,日复一日,我们获得了能够负担它的力量。通过拥抱痛苦而不是逃避它,我们同时也在被它改变。我们成为我们引以为傲的人,成为别人可以依靠的人。最终这让我们的痛苦有了意义。而正是这种成长和进步的感觉,让我们感到自己是一个对于自己和他人都有用的人。这让我们的痛苦有了目的。
(风声)
然而,不行动的痛苦,是会侵蚀你的痛苦,是一种毒药。
(绝望的音乐)
它缓慢燃烧,耗尽你的意志,腐化你的灵魂。当你对一切漠不关心,生活就会分崩离析。熵。放任自己,我们也就失去了自尊。过失。呆坐在沙发上几天,生活就陷入了混乱。不行动是傻瓜的节日。他们把暂时的不适,交换为长期的痛苦。
那么我们该选择哪种痛苦?
行动是维持生命的呼吸。不行动则是缓慢的死亡。
这段充满隐喻和对比的文字,探讨了“痛苦”的本质与选择。核心论点是:痛苦是生命的常数,无法避免,但我们可以选择承受哪一种痛苦。
逃避行动的困境:描述了人们因为害怕行动带来的直接不适(如枯燥、困难),而选择逃避,沉溺于消遣和拖延。这种不行动虽然暂时避免了短痛,却导致了更深远的痛苦:错失机会、关系疏离、生活失控和自我价值感丧失。
两种痛苦的对比:
行动的痛苦:是主动的、建设性的。忍受这种痛苦(如坚持技能磨练、克服惰性)能带来成长、力量、秩序和自尊。它赋予痛苦以意义和目的,让人成为可靠、自豪的个体。
不行动的痛苦:是被动的、腐蚀性的。它是一种缓慢的消耗,侵蚀意志,瓦解生活,导致长久的悔恨和生命力的枯萎。这是用短暂的舒适换取长期的毁灭。
最终结论是一个鲜明的选择:行动是维系生命的呼吸,而不行动等同于缓慢的死亡。 文章鼓励读者主动选择那个能带来成长的、有意义的痛苦,而非那个导致腐朽和消亡的痛苦。
(rain pattering(滴答地响))
(diners chatting and laughing)
(heartbeat thumping)
It’s painful.
(pensive music)
Washing the dishes isn’t fun.
Meditation(冥想) can be tedious(无聊的).
Waking up early is hard. (alarm ringing)
The discomfort we feel in the face of action
often paralyzes(麻痹) us from doing anything at all,
so we sleep in.
We get lost in the rabbit hole
of YouTube, TikTok, Instagram,
letting clickbait decide for us what our next move will be
while our lives slip into disarray.
We resign to inaction
as the solution to avoid the pain of action,
subconsciously(潜意识地) aware of the fact
that our stagnation breeds(导致) destruction.
By avoiding the pain of action,
we allow something worse to fester(发酵):
the horror of watching opportunities pass us by.
Our relationships grow distant,
our bills stack up, our families grow old.
Pain is all around us.
It’s as much a part of life as death itself.
No matter how impoverished(贫穷) or affluent(富裕) your upbringing,
pain is inescapable.
It’ll follow you wherever you go.
And this sobering(清醒) reality
leads many into nihilism(虚无主义) and despair.
But not everyone knows
that there’s another way to look at things.
Pain can be bargained with.
It takes from us, but it can also give back.
It just depends on which pain we choose to embrace.
(bright music)
There are two types of pain:
the pain of action and the pain of inaction.
The pain of action is blunt(钝的,不锋利的;生硬的;直率的), in your face,
and forces you to grow.
For every hour we suffer through sharpening our skills,
being proactive, and restoring order,
we don’t reduce the amount of pain we face,
but rather we (take it on the chin)【失败,忍受痛苦】,
we sign up for it up front.
And because of this voluntary(自愿的) acceptance,
day after day we gain the strength to shoulder it.
By embracing pain instead of running from it,
we are simultaneously transformed by it.
We become someone we are proud of,
someone that others can depend upon,
which in turn gives meaning to the pain.
And it’s this feeling of growth and progress
that helps us feel useful to ourselves, useful to others,
which gives the suffering a purpose.
(wind whistling)
The pain of inaction, however,
is the pain that eats away at you, a poison.
(forlorn(凄凉的,被遗弃的) music)
It’s slow-burning,
draining your will and decaying your soul.
By descending into apathy(漠然,冷淡), things disintegrate(崩溃,破裂).
Entropy.
By letting ourselves go, we lose self-respect.
Negligence(疏忽, 玩忽).
By vegging out on the couch(睡椅,长沙发) for days on end,
things fall into disorder.
Inaction is the holiday of fools
who trade temporary discomfort
for long-term existential(有关存在的,存在主义的) suffering.
So which pain will we choose?
Action is a life-giving breath;
inaction is a slow death.