Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circles of ripples.
快樂好似投入池中的一顆石子
會(huì)激起不斷擴(kuò)散的陣陣漣漪
As Stevenson has said,being happy is a duty.
There is no exact definition of the word happiness.
Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons.
The key is not wealth or physical well-being,since we find beggars,invalids and so called failures who are extremely happy.
正如史蒂文森所言:“快樂是一種責(zé)任”
快樂沒有明確的定義
快樂的人會(huì)因?yàn)橐磺性蚩鞓?/p>
關(guān)鍵并不在于財(cái)富和健康
因?yàn)槲覀兛梢园l(fā)現(xiàn)有許多乞丐腾誉、病弱的人
甚至所謂的失敗者都很快樂
Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend.
But staying happy is an accomplishment,a triumph of soul and character.
快樂是一種意想不到的褒獎(jiǎng)
而保持快樂卻是一項(xiàng)成就
是心靈與人品的輝煌
It is not selfish to strive for it.
It is,indeed,a duty to ourselves and others.
努力追求快樂并不是自私解幽。
實(shí)際上，它是一種
對(duì)我們自己和他人的一種責(zé)任。
Being unhappy is like an infectious disease;it causes people to shrink away from the sufferer.
He soon finds himself alone,miserable and embittered.
郁郁寡歡就像是一種傳染病贯要，
人們都會(huì)對(duì)其避而遠(yuǎn)之。
他很快會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己孤單遵岩、悲慘鸭巴、哀怨眷细。
There is,however,a cure so simple as to seem,at first glance,ridiculous: If you don't feel happy,pretend to be! It works.
Before long you will find that instead of repelling people,you attract them.
然而，有一種乍看可笑卻有效的簡(jiǎn)單療法：
如果你感覺不快樂鹃祖，就假裝快樂吧!
用不了多久溪椎，你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)
你非但不讓人厭惡，還能吸引他們
You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.
Then the make-believe becomes a reality.
你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)恬口，成為善緣廣結(jié)的的中心
是多么豐厚的獎(jiǎng)賞
于是原本假裝的快樂
就變成了真正的快樂
You possess the secret of peace of mind,and can forget yourself in being of service to others.
Being happy,once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit,opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.
你擁有著心靈平靜的秘訣
會(huì)在為他人的服務(wù)中忘卻自我
一旦快樂被當(dāng)作一種責(zé)任
并成為一種習(xí)慣時(shí)
就會(huì)打開通往神秘花園的大門
花園里校读，擁滿令人愉快的朋友
（真念一思譯）
配詩：廬陽第一怪
窗外春色門前花，漫香縈懷處處雅祖能。
心無愁緒喜自生歉秫，哪管快樂真與假。
? ? ———/一絲怪念組合????
（感謝廬陽第一怪配詩鼓勵(lì)支持）
注：圖片來自網(wǎng)絡(luò)养铸，致謝雁芙！
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