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早在1928年,英国经济学家凯恩斯就曾预言:“有史以来,人类将首次面对一个真正永恒的问题——如何利用工作以外的自由与闲暇,过快乐、智慧的美好生活。”一贯以崇尚金钱和成功著称的美国人,也对过去的价值观产生怀疑和厌倦,不少人甚至宁可放弃高收入和为事业疲于奔命的生活方式,而选择少赚钱、少消费和求得快速成功,换取更多的自由时间,去过一种比较轻松的生活。阅读有价值的书籍,写诗,唱歌,欣赏艺术,学习新语言,到公园散步,去大海游泳,观看日出日落,或去听小鸟唱歌——这种诗意而浪漫的生活方式看上去简单无比,实现起来却无比艰难。我们有不少人为了得到奢华的生活可以忙碌几年、几十年,却舍不得花费几个小时享受生命。舍弃精神而重物质,没有什么能比这个选择更令现代人裹足不前的了。
As early as 1928, the British economist Keynes predicted: “For the first time mankind will face a truly eternal question - how to make use of freedom and leisure beyond work, to live happily and to live a better life in wisdom.” Americans who champion money and success are also suspicious of and tired of past values. Many people even prefer to give up their high-income and career-heavy lifestyles instead of making less money, spending less and getting quick success. More free time, went to a more relaxed life. Read valuable books, write poetry, sing, appreciate art, learn new languages, walk in parks, swim in the sea, watch sunrise and sunset, or listen to birds singing - a poetic and romantic lifestyle that looks simple Very incomparable, but very difficult to achieve. Many of us have been busy for years and decades for the luxury of living, but we can not bear to spend hours enjoying our lives. To abandon the spirit and heavy material, there is nothing more modern than this option to the fore.