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1、TheEssenceofHappiness幸福的真諦IliveinthelandofDisney,Hollywoodandyearroundsun.Youmaythinkpeopleinsuchaglamorous,funfilledplacearehappierthanothers.Ifso,youhavesomemistakesaboutthenatureofhappiness.我這在好萊塢迪斯尼樂園，那里全年陽光普照。你可能認為生活在那么富于魅力，充滿樂趣的地方，一定比其他地方的人更幸福。如果這么想，
2、你可能對幸福的真諦有些誤解。Manyintelligentpeoplestillequatehappinesswithfun.Thetruthisthatfunandhappinesshavelittleornothingincommon.Funiswhatweexperienceduringanact.Happinessiswhatweexperienceafteranact.Itisdeeper,moreabidingemotion.很多聰明的人仍將幸福等同于樂趣。其實，樂趣和幸福的共同之處極少，或者說
3、根本沒有。樂趣是行為過程中的感受，而幸福是我們行為過后的感受，它是一種更為深刻、持久的感情。Thewaypeopleclingtothebeliefthatfunfilled,painfreelifeequalshappinessactuallydiminishestheirchancesofeverattainingrealhappiness.Iffunandpleasureareequatedwithhappiness,thenpainmustbeequatedwithunhappiness.Butin
4、fact,theoppositeistrue:Moretimesthannot,thingsthatleadtohappinessinvolvesomepain.人們堅信充滿歡樂，遠離痛苦的生活方式就等于幸福。實際上，這樣反而減少了他們獲得真正幸福的機會。如果歡樂和愉快等同幸福，那痛苦就等同不幸。其實恰恰相反，多數(shù)情況下，能帶來幸福的事物往往包含諸多痛苦。Asaresult,manypeopleavoidtheveryendeavorsthatarethesourceoftreehappiness.They
5、fearthepaininevitablybroughtbysuchthingsasmarriage,raisingchildren,professionalachievement,religiouscommitment,civicorcharitablework,andself-improvement.所以說，許多人所逃避的艱難困苦恰恰是真正幸福的源泉，這些人害怕那些必定會帶來痛苦的事情，如結(jié)婚、撫養(yǎng)子女。提高專業(yè)技能、承擔(dān)宗教義務(wù)、社會服務(wù)或慈善事業(yè)，提升自我等。Askabachelorwhyheres
6、istsmarriageeventhoughhefindsdatingtobelessandlesssatisfying.Ifhe’shonest,hewilltellyouthatheisafraidofmakingacommitment.Forcommitmentisinfactquitepainful.Thesinglelifeisfilledwithfun,adventure,excitement.Marriagehassuchmovement,buttheyarenotitsmostdisting
7、uishingfeatures.盡管一個單身者對約會越來越不感興趣，但當(dāng)你問他為什么還不想結(jié)婚時，如果他很誠實，就會告訴你，他怕承擔(dān)責(zé)任。因為承擔(dān)責(zé)任確實是一件痛苦的事情。獨身生活充滿著樂趣、冒險和激情?；橐鲭m也有如此體檢，卻大為遜色。Similarly,coupleswhochoosenottohavechildrenaredecidinginfavorofpainlessfunoverpainfulhappiness.Theycandineoutwhenevertheywant,travelwherev
8、ertheywantandsleepaslateastheywant.Coupleswithinfantchildrenareluckytogetawholenight’ssleeporathree-dayvacation.Idon’tknowanyparentswouldchoosethewordfuntodescriberaisingchildren.同樣，選擇不要孩子的夫妻都有一種觀點，即寧可要不痛苦的歡樂
