Nu chto, v Gostinoi tishina? Net, kto-to tam v uglu...
Navernoe, eto Mysch skrebet... Odna.Nado poyavlyat'sya v Gostinoi, lyudi, chtoby myschi vsyakie ne hodili, kak u sebya doma. Chistota, konechno, zalog zdorov'ya, no tishina i pustota privlekayut vsyakuyu nEchist'. Vot, k slovu, vspomnilos' iz detstva zolotogo. Nasha shkol'naya stengazeta, vremen 6-go klassa. Eto posvyaschalos Pryahe ( navernoe, eto byla Novogodnyaya stengazeta, vsem nado bylo nemnogo podnyat' duh i skazat' chto-nibud' horoshee. Potomu chto lichno u menya na ee urokah rot ne zakryvalsya
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"To ne led treschit pod tevtontsami.
To ne truby igrayut Nevskogo.
Eto muha zhuzhzhit... Odna.
To idet urok istorii i takaya stoit tishina".
A vot stihotvorenie, sochinennoe Alloi Semenovnoi Kuchuk k ee re-union.
Ya ego prochitala i zapomnila klasse vo 2m. S teh por nikogda ne vspominala. A seichas ono vdrug vsplylo, poka pisAla... Vot uzh ne dumala nikogda, chto ono a) sohranilos' v pamyati i
kogda-to budet aktual'nym dlya menya lichno.
Vremya pryg, da vremya skok.
Desyat' let nemalyi srok.
Kto-to chto-to poteryal. Kto kogo-to poteryal.
Nikogo ne poteryal. Nikuda ne opozdal.
Dlya menya ty prosto vernyi, prosto staryi dobryi drug.
Ya s volnen'em dver' otkroyu, kak v otrytyi kosmos lyuk.
Nu da, esli eto bylo napisano k desyatiletiyu okonchaniya Uspenki, znachit mne bylo 6 let. Kakoi koshmar, lyudi! Moi deti uzhe starshe ili v takom zhe vozraste. Znachit oni ne tol'ko vse ponimayut, no esche i vse zapominayut. Kakoi uzhas!!!
A teper' poslushaite chto-to umnoe, iz gazety. V Amerikanskoi konstitutsii napisAno, chto chelovek imeet pravo na "pursuit of happiness" t.e. "pogonyu za schast'em". V stat'e rasskazyvaetsya o tom, kak u 6 akademikov, zanimayuschihsya "happiness research", sprosili, chto oni izmenili v svoei zhizni osnovyvayas' na rezul'tatah svoego issledovaniya. Odin otvet mne osobenno ponravilsya, potomu chto eto chto-to, o chem men'she vsego zadumyvaeshsya v zhizni. "Limiting Options". Okazyvaetsya, luchshe dlya chelovecheskoi psihiki i dlya oschuscheniya sebya schastlivym ne imet' "bol'shoi vybor", tak kak kogda "options are open", chelovecheskoe soznanie nahoditsya v postoyannoi diskussi. Luchshe znat', chto reshenie, kotoroe ty prinimaesh edinstvenno vozmozhnoe i pravil'noe. Tol'ko, znaya, chto vse drugie varianty zakryty i otbrosheny, chelovek poluchaet "peace of mind" - udovletvorenie.
Otryvok bez moego vol'nogo perevoda privozhu nizhe:
"Limiting options. Having lots of choice might seem like a good thing. But in fact, it can lead to unhappiness.
Consider a study conducted by professors Jane Ebert and Daniel Gilbert. Participants were allowed to choose an art poster to take home. Some were told that, if they didn't like the poster, they could exchange it for another. Others were told their decision was final.
"Who was happiest with their choice?" asks Prof. Gilbert of Harvard University. "Those for whom the choice was irrevocable. When options are open, the mind generates debate. When options are closed, the mind generates satisfaction."
This insight spurred Prof. Gilbert to limit his own choices. "It made me realize that I ought to propose to my girlfriend," he says. "Sure enough, now that she's my wife, I'm happier."
