1. "I was out for my usual morning run and found myself stumbling through the late-summer heat, wishing I had taken a water bottle." 我在惯例的晨跑中，发现自己在这夏末的热浪中摇摇晃晃，真希望我带了水。 2. "I stopped under a bridge for a moment of shade; I saw two young, scruffy men standing next to their sleeping bags." 我驻足于桥下，享受片刻的阴凉；我看见两个年轻的流浪汉站在他们的睡袋旁。 3. "One smiled and gently raised his hand as if motioning 'hello' but didn’t say a word. He wasn’t asking for anything." 其中一个微笑着，轻轻举起手，仿佛在打招呼，却没说一个字。他没有索求任何东西。 4. "I smiled and made the same motion back to him." 我微笑着，回以同样的手势。 5. "As I started back on my run, I thought about how much we all crave connection." 当我重新开始跑步时，我想到我们大家有多么渴望连接。 6. "In that moment, this homeless man seemed to want to connect more than he wanted food or money." 在那一刻，这个无家可归的人似乎比起食物或金钱，更渴望与人连接。 7. "We have all had experiences of feeling separate and lonely." 我们都曾有过感到孤独和被隔绝的经历。 8. "I have felt lonely being in a relationship that was void of emotional connection." 我曾在一段缺乏情感联系的关系中感到孤独。 9. "Feeling separation doesn’t have anything to do with being alone vs. being with people." 感到孤独与是否独自一人或与人在一起无关。 10. "It is about the human desire to feel connected by being seen and valued by another person." 它关乎的是人类对被他人看见和珍视而感到连接的渴望。 11. "If your tendency is to spend time alone, Practice saying yes to invitations." 如果你倾向于独处，那么练习对邀请说“是”。 12. "Practice moving towards rather than away from people." 练习靠近人，而不是远离。 13. "We all benefit from connection." 我们都能从与人连接中受益。 14. "That homeless man impacted my day." 那位无家可归的人影响了我的日子。 15. "After encountering him, I felt more grateful—appreciating all that I have." 遇到他后，我感到更加感激——珍惜我所拥有的一切。 16. "He triggered my passion—I found myself feeling empathy for him." 他激发了我的热情——我发现自己对他产生了同情。 17. "I had the choice to move towards separation or connection." 我可以选择走向分离或连接。 18. "Were there many ways in which he and I are very different? Absolutely!" 他和我有很多不同之处吗？绝对有！ 19. "Are there many ways in which we are alike? Absolutely!" 他和我有很多相似之处？绝对有！ 20. "I can reflect on times in my life that, like him, I was in a situation I had never anticipated." 我能回想起自己生命中与他相似的时刻，那时我处于一个我从未预料到的情况之中。 21. "Times that I felt broke, times that I felt at a low point." 那些支离破碎、踟蹰低谷的时刻。 22. "And as he may have been feeling this morning, times when I needed someone to stop and acknowledge me." 就像他今天早上可能感受到的那样，我需要有人停下来认可我。 23. "We always have a choice as to whether we move towards separation or connection." 我们总可以选择是走向分离还是连接。 24. "Separation is looking at the homeless person and focusing on how unkempt he looks." 拒人于千里之外，就是看到无家可归的人时只注意到他看起来是多么凌乱。 25. "and criticizing why he has a 7-11 Slurpee cup if he is out of money." 并挑剔地想着如果他身无分文又为何有一个7-11的思乐冰杯。 26. "Connection is acknowledging that he impacted my day by reaching out to me." 而与人连接，则是承认他通过主动接触我而影响了我的日子。 27. "Pay attention today and notice whether you tend to move towards separation or towards connection." 今天关注下，想想你的倾向是拒绝还是接纳。 28. "Pay attention today and notice whether that is working well for you." 关注下，这么做对你是否真的有利。详情