人生中最美妙的事都是免費的

by Neil Pasricha

本來，尼爾·帕斯理查（ Neil Pasricha）只是一名朝九晚五的加拿大普通白領(lǐng)，經(jīng)歷過一系列打擊：兩次婚姻破裂、最好的朋友跳樓自殺……噩耗連連之后，某天心血來潮，他開始撰寫一個名為1000awesomethings.com的博客。這個小小的網(wǎng)站，從最初的默默無聞，到獲得有互聯(lián)網(wǎng)奧斯卡之稱的威比獎（The Webby Awards），吸引了全世界上百萬人加入到博客的討論中。而尼爾也將這些美妙的小事記錄整理成書，目前，這本書已經(jīng)出了它的第二冊，而那些美妙時刻還在不斷擴大……

小編在閱讀這本書時，嘴角一直保持上揚，不是書里講了多好笑的事，而是對書中那些小美好、小幸福產(chǎn)生了強烈的共鳴?？粗磉叡缓雎缘男⌒⌒腋１簧髦囟旨?xì)致地呈現(xiàn)在眼前，我不禁感慨：“此生為人，真好！”本文節(jié)選了《人生中最美妙的事都是免費的》（現(xiàn)代出版社，2012年版）中的一些美妙小事，讓我們向生活中的點滴歡樂致敬吧！

W aking up bef ore your alarm clock and realizing youve got lot s of sleep time lef t

Dark windows， dead silence， dim[黯淡的] moonlight dancing on the walls. The night is calm and quiet and peaceful.

And then BOOM.

Your eyes burst open and you bust out[沖出] of bed in an adrenaline[腎上腺素]-gushing[涌出]， brain-rushing state of emergency. Dizzy[昏眩的] and blind， you urgently stumble[蹣跚而行] over to the clock as thoughts zoom through your head—am I late for work， did I miss the buzzer[嗡嗡作響的東西]， do I have time for a shower？

You swipe[猛擊] the clock， zoom it up to your squinty[瞇眼的] eyeballs， and get a good look.

“4：56 a.m.，” it screams in its trademark[標(biāo)志] bright-red fluorescent[熒光的] silence.

“4：56 a.m.”

Your hazy[迷糊的] half-asleep brain slowly clicks into gear[機器開動]. “Much early than morning，” you piece things together slowly， “time more sleep now.”

And then a slow， thin smile curls on your lips as you turn to stare at your crumpled[褶皺的] cocoon[繭] and dive back into Bedhead[床頭板] Paradise. Oh， you know that second dip[沉浸] into Dreamland will be a doozy[極好的東西] for a few big reasons：

* Ready to rock. The bed is pre-warmed， the mattress[床墊] pre-dented[產(chǎn)生凹痕的]， and the other side of the pillow is just waiting to hug your hot， salty head. Detangle[打理] the sheets and youre good to go.

* Dare to dream. If that rocking dream youre having is still fresh in your head， you might be able to clench[緊抓] your eyes， squeeze[擠] your brain， and pop right back into it.

* Take a break. Your body woke up early because it felt pretty rested， so the extra sleep is just its way of saying“Go ahead， take a long lunch[較長時間的午休].” People， this is like a snow day without the shoveling[鏟]—just a big puddle[水坑] of free time to soak up[吸收] guilt-free.

Yes， waking up before your alarm clock and realizing youve got lots of sleep time left is a great thing. Sure， your heart pulses and your brain convulses[震撼]， but you quickly realize theres a long time to go before morning.

So snore[打鼾] on and snooze[打盹] strong， my friends. AWESOME！

鬧鈴響前醒來，發(fā)現(xiàn)還能睡很久

窗外漆黑，萬籟俱寂，黯淡的月光在墻上舞蹈。夜晚寧靜、安詳而又平和。

然后，突然之間。

你的眼睛猛地睜開，進入腎上腺素噴涌、腦部充血的緊急狀態(tài)，從床上跳起來。頭暈眼花的你趕快跌跌撞撞地摸索鬧鐘，腦袋里各種念頭嗡嗡作響——是不是上班要遲到了？是不是沒聽到鬧鈴？還有時間洗澡嗎？

你一把抓起鬧鐘，瞇縫著的眼睛湊近，仔細(xì)一看。

“早上4：56”，它標(biāo)志性的鮮紅色熒光數(shù)字，在沉默中朝你叫喊。

“早上4：56”。

你那迷迷糊糊、半夢半醒的大腦緩慢地動了起來?！斑€早著呢，”你慢慢地吐出幾個字，“再去睡會兒?！?/p>

接著，你轉(zhuǎn)過身凝望著皺成一團的被子，嘴唇淡淡地緩緩上揚，又潛回床頭那個天堂。噢，再次沉浸夢鄉(xiāng)可就非同尋常了，原因如下：

*準(zhǔn)備酣睡。床已經(jīng)睡暖了，床墊已經(jīng)睡軟了，枕頭的反面正等待著你冒著熱汗的腦袋。把床單鋪平就去睡吧。

*大膽做夢。要是剛才做的夢很棒，此刻你還記憶猶新的話，趕快緊閉雙眼，用力活動大腦，或許還能回到原來的夢里。

*好好放松。你的身體會這么早醒來，是因為它覺得已經(jīng)得到了充分的休息，所以接下來額外的睡眠就像在對你說“去吧，好好午休一下”。朋友，這就好像一個不用鏟雪的下雪天——你只需要問心無愧地沐浴剩下的那一大片自由時光。

是的，鬧鈴響前醒來，發(fā)現(xiàn)還剩很多時間可以睡，這真是一件美事兒。雖然醒來時會心跳加速、大腦抽搐，可很快你就發(fā)現(xiàn)還有很長一段時間才到早上。

那么繼續(xù)打呼去吧！使勁兒睡下去吧！朋友們。

感覺妙極了！

W aking up and realizing its Sat urday

CRAP！ WHAT TIME IS IT？ I GOTTA GET TO WORK！ Wait a minute.

AWESOME！

W hen you push t he but t on f or t he elevat or and i ts already there

Ding！

AWESOME！

起床后才意識到：今天星期六

天?。∈裁袋c兒了？得去上班了！等一下……

感覺妙極了！

你剛剛按下電梯的按鈕，門就在你面前敞開了

“叮”！

感覺妙極了！

The smell of f reshly cut grass

Freshly cut grass smells like twilight[黎明，黃昏] in the

countryside， a football game about to start at the park， or a sunny Saturday morning in the suburbs[郊外]. So whether youre driving down a dusty farm road while the sun sets， stretching before the whistle[口哨] blows[吹]， or putting your lawnmower[剪草機] back in the shed[棚] after crisscrossing[交叉移動] your lot[一塊地]， just stop for a second， tip[傾斜] your head back real far， and take a big whiff[吸氣]， baby.

AWESOME！

That f riendly nod bet ween strangers out doing the same thing

Gliding[滑行] down the bike path on a Saturday morning， you whip[急走] by somebody pedaling[蹬車] in the opposite direction and give each other a nod. For a moment its like “Hey， were both doing the same thing. Lets be friends for a second.”

Also applies to[適用于] seeing someone driving the same car as you， walking their dog past you on Sunday morning， or squeezing the melon[甜瓜] beside you in the grocery store[食品雜貨店].

AWESOME！

剛修剪過的草坪的氣味

剛修剪過的草坪的氣味，會你讓感覺身處于黃昏的鄉(xiāng)野，一場即將在公園開始的足球賽，或晴朗的周六早晨的城郊。所以無論你是在日落時分駕車開在塵土飛揚的鄉(xiāng)間小道上，或是在裁判吹哨前伸著懶腰，還是剛修剪完自己家的草皮，把割草機放回工具棚里，你都可以停一會兒，伸長脖子仰起頭，深深地吸口氣，親愛的。

感覺妙極了！

和陌生人做同樣的事情時，彼此友好地點頭

星期六早晨，你騎著自行車滑下坡，掠過一個人，正踩著踏板朝反方向前進，你們彼此點一下頭。那一刻像是在說：“嘿，我們倆在做同樣的事情呢。我們做一秒鐘的朋友吧！”

這也適用于看見有人和你開同樣的車，星期天早上看見有人同樣溜著狗與你擦身而過，在超市看見身邊有人同樣也捏了捏甜瓜。

感覺妙極了！

When youre really t ired and about t o f all asleep and someone t hrows a blanket[毯子] on you

Hey， you know whats even better than taking a nap on the couch[長沙發(fā)]？ Well， Ill tell you： that feeling you get just before you fall asleep on the couch.

Yes， thats when you enter that blissful[幸福的]， semiconscious[半清醒的] Pre-Nap World where your thoughts float and zoom[嗡嗡聲] around your brain and your muscles relax and detensify[松弛] .The sun feels warm on your face， the radio in the background fades[消褪] to a comforting white noise， and you know... you just know... that youre about to fall asleep.

It feels great.

There are really only two things that can disturb you when youre in the Pre-Nap World：

1. Feeling like you have to go to the bathroom. Sorry， but unless you trust your bladder[膀胱] to balloon without bursting， you might just have to get up for this one. Nobody can really help you go to the bathroom while youre lying on the couch， unless they really， really love you.

2. Feeling cold. You get those old lying-on-thecouch shivers[寒顫]. You know your sheets and blankets are back on your bed， and you could just get up to get them， but you dont really want to move because then youll leave the blissful Pre-Nap World. And its a nice world. Its a world you dont leave lightly.

So thats why its great whenever someone notices your dilemma[進退兩難] and just quietly grabs[抓起] a blanket from the closet and tosses[投擲] it on your semiconscious self. If theyre really nice， they even flap[拍打] the blanket above you and let it open up and softly land on you.

When that happens， you immediately feel the warmth radiating[散發(fā)出] around you， a tiny smile curls itself on the corners of your lips， and you fall deeper and deeper into a nice， relaxing rest.

AWESOME！

你非常累，躺下快要睡著時，有人扔了條毯子在你身上

嘿，你知道有什么事比在沙發(fā)上打盹更好嗎？我會告訴你：在沙發(fā)上即將睡著之際的感覺。

是的，就在那時候，你進入了那個沉睡之前半夢半醒的極樂世界，你的思緒飄浮著，在腦中嗡嗡打轉(zhuǎn)，你的肌肉松弛下來。和煦的陽光照在你的臉上，收音機發(fā)出的背景音漸漸模糊成撫慰人心的聲音，然后你知道……你心里知道……自己馬上就要睡著了。

那感覺好極了。

在這個沉睡前的世界里，只有兩件事情可以真正打擾到你：

1. 感覺必須去上廁所。不好意思，除非你確信自己的膀胱只會膨脹不會爆炸，不然你就得爬起來了。你躺在沙發(fā)上，別指望有人能扶你去上廁所，除非他們真的很愛你。

2.感覺冷。睡在沙發(fā)上常會讓你冷得打顫。你知道被子和毯子都在床上，你可以起身去拿，可是你真的不想動，因為那樣你就得離開沉睡之前的極樂世界了。那是一個美好的世界，一個你不想輕易離開的世界。

這就是為什么這件事如此之好——有人注意到你兩難的困境，安靜地從壁櫥里取出一條毯子，拋給半夢半醒的你。如果是個非常體貼的人，他還會甩開毯子，讓它輕柔地蓋在你身上。這種時候，你立刻就會感到溫暖慢慢在全身擴散，一抹淡淡的微笑在你的嘴角自行彎起，然后你睡得越來越沉，進入甜美放松的休息中。

感覺妙極了！