（英文版朗誦：潔白）
As I began to love myself
I found that anguish and emotional suffering
are only warning signs
that I was living against my own truth.
Today, I know, this is
"AUTHENTICITY".
As I began to love myself
I understood how much it can offend somebody
as I try to force my desires on this person,
even though I knew the time was not right
and the person was not ready for it,
and even though this person was me.
Today I call it
"RESPECT".
As I began to love myself
I stopped craving for a different life,
and I could see that everything
that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.
Today I call it
"MATURITY".
As I began to love myself
I understood that at any circumstance,
I am in the right place at the right time,
and everything happens
at the exactly right moment,
so I could be calm.
Today I call it
"SELF-CONFIDENCE".
As I began to love myself
I quit steeling my own time,
and I stopped designing huge projects for the future.
Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness,
things I love to do
and that make my heart cheer,
and I do them in my own way
and in my own rhythm.
Today I call it
"HONESTY".
As I began to love myself
I freed myself of anything
that is no good for my health –
food, people, things, situations,
and everything that drew me down and away from myself.
At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.
Today I know it is
"LOVE OF ONESELF".
As I began to love myself
I quit trying to always be right,
and ever since I was wrong less of the time.
Today I discovered that is
"MODESTY".
As I began to love myself
I refused to go on living in the past
and worry about the future.
Now, I only live for the moment,
where EVERYTHING is happening.
Today I live each day, day by day,
and I call it
"PERFECTION".
As I began to love myself
I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick.
But as I connected it to my heart,
my mind became a valuable ally.
Today I call this connection
WISDOM OF THE HEART.
We no longer need to fear arguments,
confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others.
Even stars collide,
and out of their crashing new worlds are born.
Today I know That is LIFE!
英文朗讀
潔白：中學(xué)英語(yǔ)高級(jí)教師。喜歡朗讀。希望通過(guò)自己的聲音向世界傳播中國(guó)文化，講好中國(guó)故事。
作者 查理·卓別林：Charles Chaplin，1889年4月16日——1977年12月25日，出生于英國(guó)倫敦，英國(guó)偉大的天才電影演員、導(dǎo)演、編劇。查理·卓別林的第一部電影是《謀生》。從1915年別林開(kāi)始自編自導(dǎo)自演，甚至還擔(dān)任制片和剪輯。稍后他加入了埃斯安尼公司，并于1917年出品了《移民者》和《安樂(lè)街》……《當(dāng)我開(kāi)始愛(ài)自己》據(jù)說(shuō)是卓別林寫(xiě)于70歲生日當(dāng)天。1977年圣誕節(jié)于瑞士家中去世，享年88歲。
