关心他人_Caring about Others

关心他人
才是自身得救的开始

老是深陷关于自己的想法内
路有尽头　心愈来愈窄　愈沉重

看见他人　关心他人
心眼开了　心地宽了

别人的遭遇　近乎自己的
同情心便生起
驱使我们伸出热心的援手

自己的处境　别人也类似
便少了怨天尤人　或自怨自艾

若要此生少闭塞　多活趣
先从关心他人做起

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二〇〇八年九月十日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　养和斋　　　于加州

Caring about Others

Caring about Others　Yutang Lin

Caring about others
Only then is the beginning of one's own salvation

Always deeply engulfed in thoughts about oneself
Road is blind, mind is ever narrower and heavier

Having others in sight, caring about others
Mind's eye opened, mind's space widened

Others' situations and circumstances, similar to one's own
Empathy rises
Driving us to extend an ardent heart through a helping hand

One's own situations and circumstances, similar to others'
Thus reduced one's complaints and indulgence in grievances

If you would like this life to be less confined and more zestful
Start with caring about others

Written in Chinese and translated on September 10, 2008
El Cerrito, California