LoveNPeace

God said:
天父說：

Do you know what ego is? Ego is pettiness. It is short-sidedness. If you knew your worthiness, you wouldn"t bother with ego. As it is, you may feel overlooked, unimportant in the world, and you have an urgent desire to feel important. This is where ego steps in, ready to hornswoggle you and take you for a ride.
你知道什麼是小我嗎？小我儘是些雞毛蒜皮。它是短視片面的。如果你知道自己真正的價值，你根本不會理會它。小我可能會讓你感到自己被忽視，感覺自己不重要，所以你會迫切的渴望被重視。這時你的小我會適時跳出來，哄騙你，準備帶你去兜風。

You tend to believe that importance is what you must have, as if importance in the world"s eyes could be the mainstay of happiness. Not by a long shot. Seeking importance is the key to pomposity. Feeling you have to be first, ahead of the crowd, noticed, admired, dazzled makes you ripe for ego. Ego is a very small thing really. Ego reveals you as egotistic. Ego offers you fame and glory. Ego doesn"t deliver.
你傾向於相信自我價值感是必要的，彷彿在世人眼中重要與否是你幸福的基石。絕對不是的。尋求重要感是走向浮華的開始。你認為自己必須得第一，在眾人面前被矚目，被欣賞和仰視，美不勝收中時機成熟，你的小我登場了。小我真的是不值一提。小我顯示出的是自負。它為你帶來名譽和榮耀。小我沒有產出。

No matter how engaged you may be in self-importance, ego falls short. Ego plays a trick on you. Ego doesn"t enhance you. Ego knocks you down a rung or two. Ego comes before a fall.
無論你如何致力於自我的重要性，小我的動力不足。小我欺騙了你。它並沒有提升你。小我將你擊倒，把你拉低。它驕兵必敗。

You feel a need to be blown up. There is a full stature you would like to attain. Ego doesn"t have the ability to give you this. The best ego can do is to fill you up with hot air.
你覺得你需要自我膨脹。你想發揮重要的作用。小我沒有能力達成。充其量小我能做的就是讓你膨脹。

If you truly want to be something in the world, you have to get out from thinking so much about how you are perceived. Let there be great things you want to do for themselves and not for the presumed importance you believe you must have. Think better of yourself to begin with. You don"t need the posturing of ego.
如果你真的想在世人面前舉足輕重，你必須先從你是如何被認知的過度思慮中走出來。有偉大的事情要做，為其本身而不是為你假設的自我重要性，儘管你相信你必須擁有。從更好的為自己考慮開始。你不需要小我故作姿態。

There is a difference between inflated ego and wanting to serve the world. Desire to serve. Look not to be served so much. Look not to take but to give. Ego can only be a fill-up. Air gets pumped into you. Ego is a temporary thing. Ego feeds you with a false sense. Ego is not the way to succeed, for, with ego, you are sure to belie the Truth of yourself. Let"s get ego out of the equation. Ego can only fool you. Ego cannot be more than bluster. You ride on hot air for a while, and then the balloon pops. Ego can only let you down. All that glitters is not gold. Ego is good at offering false promises.
膨脹的小我和想要服務世界之間是有區別的。渴望服務。尋求不是如何被服務，是給予而非索取。小我只是慾壑難填。需要不斷填充。小我，它給你一個虛假的感覺。小我不是成功之道，因為，它掩蓋了你的真相。讓我們徹底擺脫小我。它只能愚弄你。小我不過是喧囂威嚇。你乘坐著熱氣球，然而一段時間後氣球就爆裂了。小我只能讓你失望。閃光的不一定都是金子。小我善於提供虛假的承諾。

Ego is not good enough for you. With ego, you ride for a fall. Ego can be counted on to fail. Ego is a trickster.
小我對你不夠好。小我會讓你自找麻煩。它是個騙子。

Look, enjoy your moments. Know that even the greatest fame in the world doesn"t last, and all the parades in the world do not fortify you. Have your dreams and know that ego is unable to bring you your dreams. Ego can give you a run for your money. Ego is Let"s Pretend.
來吧，享受你的每個時刻。要知道即使是世界上最顯赫的榮耀也不會永恆，世界上所有的榮華不會使你強大。堅定你的夢想，要知道小我無法為你圓夢。它可以給你的是一個挑戰。小我是讓我們偽裝自己。

Happiness does not come from smallness. With ego, you play a part. You may be a fabulous pretender. Regardless, there is always the moment when you are left alone, and your heart sinks. It is one thing to be a King on the Throne, and another to be a Pretender to the Throne.
快樂不會來自於渺小。小我讓你扮演了一個角色。那可能是一個神話般的偽裝。不管怎樣，總有那麼一刻當你獨自一人，你的心會倍感低落。登上寶座成為國王是一回事，覬覦王位又是另一回事。

Even a King on the Thrown is not agog to be King. There are a lot of restraints. It is not always fun to have fans and have your picture taken and be in the newspaper and be pointed at.
即使在位的國王也未必渴望成為國王。有太多的限制。仰慕者眾多並非總是那麼有趣，這包括你的照片在報紙上被曝光，被指指點點。

An evening at home with nothing to do may be a greater and truer experience of joy than riding in a chariot.
一個晚上在家什麼都不做的體驗，可能比駕馭戰車更快樂更真實。

Let the Truth be known. Find something you want to do beyond your own self-glorification. The way to find Yourself is to not be thinking of yourself so much. It"s okay to be in the chorus line. You don"t have to be the star of the show.
讓真相被知曉。找到想做的事情，超越自命不凡。找到自己的方式是不要過多的考慮自己。在合唱團是好的。而你不必是舞台上最亮的那顆星。

Who are you, and what gives you True Joy rather than tinsel?
你是誰，什麼帶給你真正的快樂，而不是華而不實？

Self-centeredness is too limited. It is for the wrong reasons. Widen your view.
自我為中心的意識太過局限。它源於錯誤的出發點。拓寬你的眼界吧！

原文：http://www.heavenletters.org/true-joy.html
傳導：Gloria Wendroff 發佈於2016年11月04日
翻譯：紫蝶
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