On the Inside

Written by Random Magus
Translated by Bridge Shoreline



Original text
It's funny how everything begins inside... the same set of circumstances can have you feel totally different depending on what's going on inside of you!The same thing that could bring you immense joy can at times leave you stone cold, totally untouched and something that made you extremely sad and broke your heart could could have absolutely no effect whatsoever.
So if only we could learn to control the thermostat inside of us, where all feelings originate life would be so much easier. It's much like physical pain - where you actually feel the pain is your head not the area where you are hurt, that's why lepers can feel no pain because the sensors that carry the message to the brain are impaired. Not that I'm saying that we should become emotional lepers or anything like that. Perhaps a tad control freakish would be good though!
My dad always gave me one piece of advice [God give him a long, happy life] never make a decision when under the sway of emotions. In throes of extreme passion we all almost always make decisions we shouldn't or do things that we later regret. Bitterly!
Because when that passion simmers, and simmer it will as passion by its very definition is not made to last, reason will prevail. So if your decision is not made at the moment of rationality you're screwed.
Inside all of us are rational so it makes sense to wait for the high of emotions to come down before making any sort of decision because it's only then that we can see how we really truly feel about something.
Because in life everything passes all emotions come to rest, so give yourself breathing space and time before you leap!



Translation：
我很想知道我们到底是怎样感知世界的，对同样的事情我们会有完全不同的感受，而这取决于我们的内心。
曾经天堂一样的快乐，曾经地狱一样让我心碎的痛苦，激情消散以后，也许我就对它们免疫了。
若我能够学会控制我的激情，生活也许会略微轻松一点。激情很像肉体的疼痛，感觉到痛的是大脑而不是受伤流血的身体，激情和痛都只是一种感觉。麻风病人对痛很迟钝，并不是因为他们的身体没有受伤，而是因为传递痛的消息的神经受损了。我可不是鼓吹去当一个没有感觉的僵尸，只是，希望能够稍稍控制一下在我的心里暴风雨一样肆虐的激情。
我的父亲总是喜欢说一句格言（上帝保佑他万事如意寿比南山）：不要在情绪冲动时下决定。在被强烈的激情控制的时候，我们常常会作出不应该的决定或者干下让自己后悔的傻事。然后就是后悔与伤心。
因为激情虽然强横，但是很难长久，理智总是会回来的。失去理智的时候下决定，可以说是自取灭亡。
每个人的内心都是一个由激情和理智组成的此消彼长生生不息的太极图，所以明智的办法是在激情的高潮过去，理智回归能够看清自己的内心时候再做决定。生活中没有什么是永恒的，不管快乐还是痛苦都会有平息的时候，所以在做大决定之前，我要给自己时间冷静，深呼吸，我不要被心魔控制。。