A street cat named Bob 流浪猫鲍勃 – How to deal with a difficult situation in life如何面对生活中不可避免的困难时光

This New York Times bestseller tells a true story about how a heroin addicted homeless young man (James), who plays guitar on the street for a living rescued an injured street cat (Bob), and how eventually the cat rescued his life.
这本纽约时报的畅销书讲述的是一个关于流落街头患有毒瘾的名叫James的年亲人的真实经历，他露宿街头，以弹吉他为生，无意间收养了一只猫，取名为Bob, 也是因为Bob对他的爱，使他的生活有了奇迹般的转机，从而拯救了James的生命。

If you are a reader who expects poetic writing, endless imagination or thrilling plots in a book, you might get a bit disappointed (After all James is not a professional writer). However, in this book the story itself is heartwarming, honest and naturally blended in, if you are learning a new language like me, it is perfect to use it to challenge yourself.
这本书的作家James本人并不是一个专业的作家，所以文字非常朴实，如果你期待的是栩栩如生的文字，可能会对它失望。 然而这本书讲述的故事非常窝心，真实而且自然地把读者带入作者的处境，如果你在学一本新的语言，这也是一本用来练习阅读能力的非常好的工具。

The biggest reason that I had a lot of thoughts after reading this book, decided to write a blog about it is because seeing that James almost gives up hope of his life reminds me of a certain uncomfortable period of myself.
读完这本书之后我很有感触，并且决定以它为名写一篇博客的原因是，看到James因为困境几乎就要放弃对生活的向往，让我想起了自己曾经也有过一段非常黑暗孤独如天塌了的生活。

Compared to James, my situation was much better, I was not living on the street or addicted to anything. But when you are down in your life and choose not to deal with it, one thing can lead to another, eventually I was suffering from work stress, sleepless, health…
和作者James相比，我的处境要好得多，我没有流落街头，更没有身患毒瘾，但是如果一个人处在生活的低潮期并且刻意逃避面对这些问题，久而久之问题会像滚雪球一样越来越多。当时我工作压力非常大，晚上一直失眠，因为心情不好身体健康也遇到了问题，

Eventually my Bob saved me and slowly got me back to normal life, to this day I cannot imagine how lucky I was. If you are reading this and you are not at your best of life, and unfortunately minus a Bob, the below suggestions might help you to deal with it:
最终我的Bob拯救了我并把我拉回正常的生活节奏，直到如今我还是无法想象自己有多幸运。如果正读到这里的你处在你生活的并不美好的阶段，没有Bob, 下面这些建议可能会对你有一些帮助：

1. Live in a comfortable apartment 选择舒适的住处
One of my mistake was that in order to save money, I moved to a student house and had to share common area with other people. Being not able to ensure that the common area is always clean, forced to talk to others in the kitchen even when you are tired, plus the late night noise makes it impossible to feel at home.
那段时间，我犯得最大的错误就是为了省钱，搬家搬到了一个和别人合租的房子里，厨房和浴室都是和别人公用，工作完了一天以后，回到家没有家的感觉，因为公共区域不是我能控制，非常的脏，在厨房或者走廊里遇到室友时为了社交还要逼着自己讲话，遇到很吵闹的邻居影响睡眠，那就更难静下心来调理了。

2. Embrace your time alone 不要害怕孤独，伸开臂享受单独的时间
I spent most of my time working, meeting friends, or going to party, because I was afraid if I were alone, I might end up crying. This was a huge mistake, the more you are afraid, the more possible it becomes reality. Eventually I ended up crying every time when I am alone in my room. I could have done some reading, writing or cleaning to make my place more like home.
那段时间，我因为害怕独处，伤心难过之余大部分时间都用来工作，上课，和朋友聚会和参加派对。这样做的后果是，一旦我不得已开始独处，我就开始哭泣，因为不知道该做什么。对于我来说，这是我犯的最大一个错误，你越害怕的事情它就越容易发生，细想那段时间，其实有很多事情我可以一个人去做，比如读书，写文章，打扫卫生把自己的房间弄得更像家一样。

3. Don’t be too hard on yourself 不要对自己太狠
Being ambitious and pushing the limits to reach the goals was normally good, while ignoring the situation at that moment was a disaster.
通常情况下，有野心并且为了达到自己的目标而超越自身极限是很好的手段，可是如果你在这段时间还是以这样的方式对待自己而忽略眼前的情况，结果将是一团糟。
I was working during the whole day, following training in the evening, having language classes in the weekend, and at the same period trying to pass a certificate. I was happy I eventually did most of the things, however, the result was that it made me exhausted, I was hot tempered, anxious and got irregular periods. In the end I had to take a break and see the doctor.
那段时间我白天工作，每周两次去参加公司提供的培训，周末去上荷兰语课，同时还抽空想要通过一个证书的考试。我很开心最终这些事情都完成了，可是，结果却是我把自己搞的不仅难过伤心，而且筋疲力尽，长痘，脾气不好，易焦虑而且月经也不调。最后不得不去看医生而且强迫自己休息一段时间。

Try to analyse and set up priorities for your tasks, and relax yourself by doing some yoga, or simply go for a small trip.
这段时间最应该做的事是分析自己当前的个人情况并且为你需要做的事情设置优先关系，不用急在一时把所有的事情都完成，你应该尽量让自己放松，比如练瑜伽，或者去小小的旅行一下。

4. Enjoy cooking for yourself 花时间为自己做饭
Who says you need a company in order to enjoy the food? Make yourself happy by giving your stomach a good treat! There are so many people online sharing their cooking experience, my favourite people are Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Laura Vitale, and for Chinese food, a very good reference is 美食杰.
谁说你需要一个陪你的人来享受美食？你应该对自己的胃好一点，心情才会好一点。

5. Don’t be too stressed about money 不要因为钱的事让自己委屈
If you are not really facing a financial problem, don’t be too stressed about saving money at this time, try to recover from whatever you are dealing with at this moment, whether it is betrayal, divorce, losing loved ones, health or other things. On the other hand if financial problem is the only issue you are having now, then it is not really a problem.
如果你的处境并不是因为经济问题，而是其他问题比如搬家，分手，亲人逝世，身体健康，和同事相处不愉快等等，那么这段时间你的首要目的不应该是存钱，你应该尽量让自己从这种情形中解脱出来，相反，如果你面临的仅仅是经济问题，那么你需要解决的问题就更少了，不要让自己因为他带来更多的困境。

Coming back to the book itself, I was really happy I found out that James and Bob are actually very active on internet! They even have a Youtube channel where it updates regularly about James and Bob.
回到这本书，我很庆幸地发现James和Bob在社交网账上面都很活跃！有一个Youtube频道还专门定期地发一些James和Bob的近况。
The below video is a documentary about how James and Bob found each other in their life:

In November 2016, a film based on this book has been released, and the cat in the film was casted by Bob himself! The real James also had a cameo appearance in the movie at the end. If you are curious, check the below trailer:
2016年11月，这本书的同名电影也上映了，有趣的是，出演的猫竟然是Bob本人！ 真实的James也在结尾时友情客串了一下:)
豆瓣电影

I hope you enjoy the story and the book, let me know in the comment about your thoughts!
我希望你能够喜欢这个故事和这本书，有想法欢迎评论！

Quotes from the book:
书中我喜欢的句子：
“Everybody needs a break, everybody deserves that second chance. Bob and I had taken ours.”
”每个人都需要一个转折点，每个人都值得拥有第二次机会，我和鲍勃给了双方第二次机会“
“It is me and Bob against the world, we are two musketeers”
”是我和鲍勃相依为命对抗整个世界，我们是两个火枪手“

To get the book on Amazon, you can find the link here.

点击这里去德国亚马逊上面购买这本书。