半糖主义

半糖主义代表的是一种健康的生活态度，太苦的日子会使人沮丧失望，非我们所愿；过甜的日子容易让人不识甜为何物，不懂珍惜，也许生命的最佳状态就是不回避烦恼与苦难，并学会给自己的日子加半勺糖，在若有若无间体味生命的香甜，领悟甘苦参半的人生真谛。



现在有个词很流行——半糖，它的流行大概要归功于一个台湾偶像组合的歌曲《半糖主义》。

歌里唱到：我要对爱坚持半糖主义，永远让你觉得意犹未尽，若有似无的甜才不会觉得腻；我要对爱坚持半糖主义，真心不用天天粘在一起，爱得来不易，要留一点空隙彼此才能呼吸......这本是一首爱情歌曲，讲恋爱的道理，但其实，半糖的涵义不仅对爱情有益，对生活的各个层面都有益，它其实就是指人们对自己生活分寸的把握，说白了就是凡事要有个度。

比如人与人之间的交往，中国的一句老话君子之交淡如水其实与半糖的主张有异曲同工之妙，有一点亲密，有彼此的关心，但又不会太近，不会妨碍他人的私密空间；比如我们对事业成功的追求，应该努力争取，顽强拼搏，但又不急功近利，不奢求强求；比如我们对情感的向往，应该懂得珍惜，好好把握，但不束缚他人，给对方足够的自由快乐；比如我们对婚姻的态度，应该常常在一起，但又懂得亲密有间的道理。甚至我们的穿衣打扮，一日三餐，都该学会半糖——不过分、不过度、刚刚好，这样才会最好地摒弃生命里的苦，品尝到生活中的甘。

说到底，半糖主义代表的是一种健康的生活态度，太苦的日子会使人沮丧失望，非我们所愿；过甜的日子容易让人不识甜为何物，不懂珍惜，也许生命的最佳状态就是不回避烦恼与苦难，并学会给自己的日子加半勺糖，在若有若无间体味生命的香甜，领悟甘苦参半的人生真谛。

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The Mayonnaise Jar and Two Cups of Coffee

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of small pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course the sand filled up everything else.

He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.

The students laughed.
"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar
represents your life. The golf balls are the important things-your family, your children, your
health, your friends and your favorite passions. Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car. The sand is everything else--the small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical check-ups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18! There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first...the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented the professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."

From an email of a friend.