卷首語

作者:by Ben Ralston

Beauty

Is not something that you buy in the aisles[走廊] of

drug stores,

Or (cosmetic[美容的]) surgeries[外科手術],

Or anywhere,

In fact.

Beauty is a feeling, deep within;

A slow over-flowing surge[(感情的)高漲]

That lifts and burns and Devours[吞沒]

With subtlety[微妙].

True Beauty is the essence[本質] of life itself.

Show me a living being and I’ll show you

Beautiful.

Because when you feel that surge within

All of without is moved by it.

Beauty is the light that guides your eyes,

The waves that open your ears,

The nerves that soften your skin.

Beauty is that which feels.

We all want beauty.

But it’s in our desire to own it

That we lose sight

Of the one and only place

It can be found:

Within.

不是可以在藥店走道,

或是通過(整容)手術,

或是在什麼地方購買之物。

其實。

美是一種內心深處的感覺;

一股緩慢湧溢的浪潮,

它細膩地

升起,燃燒,又吞沒。

真正的美,是生命的本質。

給我看一個生命,我就能讓你看看什麼叫美。

因為當你從內心感覺到這股浪潮,

所有的外在都會被它撼動。

美是引導你眼睛的光,

是打開你耳朵的波浪,

是使你皮膚變得柔軟的神經。

美就是使你能夠產生感覺的東西。

我們都想得到美麗。

但恰恰就在擁有它的渴望之中

我們卻忽視了

唯一那個

可以找到它的地方:

我們的內心。