英语阅读:怎样变老 How to grow old
罗素(1872-1970),一个活了99岁的哲学家。然而,他最大的魅力却只是哲学,还有文学。曾经获得诺贝尔文学奖——文学中最高奖项的他,用自己的朴实优美的语言为你讲述怎样过一个成功的晚年。
Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is undue absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friends who are dead. One’s thoughts must be directed to the future, and to things about which there is something to be done. This is mot always easy; one’s own past is a gradually increasing weight. It is easy to think to oneself that one’s mind more keen. If this is true it should be forgotten, and if it is forgotten it will probably not be true.