on peace of d
论宁静的心境
joshua loth lieban/约书·罗斯·李希曼
“on y head pour only the sweet waters of serenitygive the gift of the untroubled d”
once，as a young an full of exuberant fancy，i undertook to draw up a catalogue of the acknowledd“goods”of lifeas other n tis tabute lists of properties they own or would like to own，i set down y ventory of earthly desirables：health，love，beauty，talent，power，riches，and fa
when y ventory was pleted i proudly showed it to a wise elder who had been the ntor and spiritual odel of y youthperhaps i was tryg to ipress hi with y precio wisdoanyway，i handed hi the list“this”，i told hi nfidently，“is the su of ortal goodsuld a an possess the all，he would be as a god”
只在我头上灌注宁静的蜜露。赐予我一片不受干扰的心境。
曾经，当我是一个充满了丰富幻想的年轻人时，着手起草了一份被认为人生“幸福”的目录。就像别人有时会将他们所拥有或想拥有的财产列成表一样，我将世人希求之物列成表：健康、爱情、美丽、才智、权力、财富和荣誉。
当我完成清单后，我自豪地将它交给一位睿智的长者，他曾是我少年时代的良师和精神楷模。或许我是想用此来加深他对我早熟智慧的印象。无论如何，我把单子递给了他。我充满自信地对他说：“这是人类幸福的总和。一个人若能拥有这些，就和神差不多了。”