The Essence of Happiness幸福的真諦

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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(rèn)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(duì)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(shí)，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(jiān)信充滿歡樂，遠(yuǎn)離痛苦的生活方式就等于幸福。實(shí)際上，這樣反而減少了他們獲得真正幸福的機(jī)會(huì)。如果歡樂和愉快等同幸福，那痛苦就等同不幸。其實(shí)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(huì)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(huì)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(gè)單身者對(duì)約會(huì)越來越不感興趣，但當(dāng)你問他為什么還不想結(jié)婚時(shí)，如果他很誠(chéng)實(shí)，就會(huì)告訴你，他怕承擔(dān)責(zé)任。因?yàn)槌袚?dān)責(zé)任確實(shí)是一件痛苦的事情。獨(dú)身生活充滿著樂趣、冒險(xiǎn)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(diǎn)，即寧可要不痛苦的歡樂