Packaging a person
[ 2006-06-19 09:07 ]
 人如商品，需要包裝，但過分的包裝則會惹人生厭。年輕時，我們有著充沛的底氣，靚麗可人，任何涂抹都是多余的；中年時的包裝是為了修復歲月的痕跡，如果你的生命充滿了自信與淡泊，那么你是美的，因為你真正的生活過；老年人不要染黑白發，老人的白發像高山的積雪，有種仙境之美。
人該年輕時就年輕，該年老時就年老，和諧之美才是真正的美。
A person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely
undesirable. A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the
person's unique qualities to their advantage. To display personal charm in a
casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of
oneself. A master packager knows how to integrate art and nature without any
traces of embellishment, so that the person so packaged is no commodity but a
human being, lively and lovely.
A young person, especially a female, radiant with beauty and full of life,
has all the favor granted by God. Any attempt to make up would be
self-defeating. Youth, however, comes and goes in a moment of doze.
Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to conceal the furrows ploughed by
time. If you still enjoy life's exuberance enough to retain self-confidence and
pursue pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your charm
and grace will remain.
Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains,
mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived
your life which now arrives at a complacent stage of serenity indifferent to
fame or wealth. There is no need to resort to hair-dyeing-the snow-capped
mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from
young to old synchronizing with the natural ageing process so as to keep in
harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round
will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the elder's company is like reading a
thick book of deluxe edition that fascinates one so much as to be reluctant to
part with.
As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just
as a commodity establishes its brand by the right packaging.
（來源: CRI 英語點津姍姍編輯）
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