2012如何做到真正快乐幸福？

4. Practice. “Practice and all is coming.” This is my favorite quote from Patabi Jois, the father of Ashtanga Yoga. His students—who were mostly Western—would come to him seeking help to escape their neuroses and destructive behavior. He would flash his beatific smile and tell them to go do their practice and everything would be ok. Of course, your practice doesn't have to be yoga. It can be biking or painting or anything that challenges and centers you. My boyfriend spends his weekends experimenting with new baking recipes, pushing himself to get the right consistency and trying again when his cakes fall. The simple act of baking makes him feel good. So what is your practice? Once you figure out what that thing is for you, make a point of doing it a few times a week and notice how you feel within the consistency. Bigger goals and dramatic changes are very real, but I’ve come to see that daily routines are really what sustain me. The best creative work often happens within the stability of practice.
4. 实践实践再实践。“实践让一切水到渠成”这是我最喜欢的一句格言，来自于阿斯汤加瑜伽鼻祖Patabi Jois。他大部分的学生来自于西方，经常请教他如何摆脱一些精神上的破坏性行为。他总是露出一丝安详的微笑，只告诉学生做瑜伽练习，一切皆会找到答案。当然，你的练习不一定是瑜伽，它可以是骑自行车，画画抑或是任何吸引你挑战你的事。我的男友愿意花整个周末时间研究全新烘烤配方，一旦烘烤失败就重新来过，他用这样的方式促使自己获得内心的协调。烘烤面包如此简单的实践却使他感觉很棒。那么你的实践是什么呢？当你找到自己适合的实践，一周留心地做几次，感受下它给你带来的内心和谐。宏伟的目标和突破性改变虽然也现实，但我却逐渐意识到每天日常的行为才是真正支撑我的东西。最具创造力的作品往往来源于你每天坚持的实践中。

5. Take refuge in yourself. The most incredible practice I’ve found is free-writing for 30 minutes each morning. I learned this from The Artist's Way (another great tool for tapping into your creative talents). I’ve done "morning pages" as consistently for over two years, and they have made such a big difference in my attitude about life, especially when I was complaining. To me, there is no comfort that can compare to the privilege of being able to sit down for 30 minutes to write about whatever is going on inside. This writing practice has made me my own best friend. It has shown me that I have infinite amounts of strength and humor if I look for it, and that I deserve all of all of good things that happen to me once I make the decision to get out of my own way. So I just do it. I wake up and write until I feel clear. Then I close my notebook and make a bowl of oatmeal and enjoy my day.
5.投靠自己。我发现最不可思议的实践行为是每天早上写半小时的随笔。我是从《the Artists' Way》学到的（另一个激发你创造性能力的强大工具）。每天早晨写随笔的习惯我已经坚持了两年多，它强烈地改变了我对生活的态度，尤其是我在抱怨的时候。现在对我来说，没有任何事比每天早晨花半小时抒发内心情绪更能让我内心舒适从容的了，它已经成为我最好的知己。它让我了解到自己体内原来有那么强大的力量和那么多的幽默细胞可以去挖掘，同时，它也让我领悟到，一旦我决定走自己的路，我值得拥有所有美好的事物。因此我一直坚持这个实践，每天清晨醒来写作，静静看着文字流淌在笔间，直到内心情绪变得清晰明确，就合上笔记本，喝一碗燕麦享受全新的一天。