有年輕朋友說,為什麼越是快樂,時光越匆匆,越不愉快,時光越漫漫,為什麼每天二十四小時老是不夠用,是他笨嗎?還是他的工作太多?
A young friend asked, why is it when the happier we are, the faster time hurried away? the unhappier we are, the slower time seems to move, why with 24 hours a day, yet we always run short of time, is he so stupid? or he has too much workloads?
我覺得,這不是笨不笨的問題,即使,請上帝給我們加倍的時間,也會不夠用,只有事件發生時,我們才會體驗到時間的長短,情緒,也是能感受時間的快慢。
I feel that this is not a matter of stupidity or not, even if God were to give us double the time, we would still think it is not enough, only when something has happened, then only would we experience the length of time to be either long or short, our emotional feelings, can also feel the pace of time as either fast or slow.
網路、手機方便的科技,已省下了許多時間,為何還感覺時間不夠用,找回時間、善用時間,是自己可以決定的選擇。
Technology in rendering the convenience of networking and mobile phones, has saved us a lot of time, but why are we still running out of time? we must find time, make good use of time, this is the choice that we can decide on our own.
順序的抉擇:哪些最急,哪些可以最快完成,哪些做不完,會有後果,哪些事,現在不做,一輩子都不可能做了。
Let us choose according to its priority, which matters are the most urgent? which tasks can be done most quickly? which ones, if not done, will have dire consequence? and which ones, if not done now, we would never have a chance to do it again in this lifetime.
問題釐清後,將最急的事,先處理,該做的事,標註時程,也給新的事務,列出日期來,您會發現,沒那麼多的緊急事,是耽擱太久,而變緊急,是找不到方法,而心急;忙於砍樹的人,沒有時間磨刀,卻花更多的時間砍樹。
Once we analyze the situation, we can start to deal with the most urgent matter, things that ought to be done set the deadline, also for a new assignment, list out its time schedule, we will discover that there are not so many urgent matters, because we have delayed for too long, so it becomes urgent, because we can’t find the method, so we panic, the people who are busy felling trees, until they have no time to sharpen their knife, yet they have to spend even more time to fell trees.
合理安排時間,將會更有效利用時間,做更多的事,做事很重要,做對的事更重要,做利益眾生的事,最、最、最重要。不要把行善的需要,放在工作清單的最後一項,愛迪生也說,人生太短暫,要節省時間多做事啊。
Arrange our time appropriately, we would be able to make use of time more effectively, to do even more things, it is important to get things done, more importantly, get the right things done, do the things that will benefit all living beings, this is most, most, most important. Never leave the need to do good deeds, as the last item in a work list, Thomas Edison said it well, "Life is too short, so we must conserve time to do more things.”