【赫临译笔】幸福是什么 - 心云驛站

幸福是什么？不同的人有不同的观点。有些人多金，他们认为自己很幸福；有些人多友，他们感觉自己幸福；还有些人因为生活得有意义而幸福。幸福对每个人都有吸引力。对于孩子来说，幸福往往使人想起好吃的东西，好玩的玩具；对于集邮爱好者来说，邮票带来的乐趣远远多于美食；对于科学家来说，最大的满足是发现和发明而不是其它。

从前有个乞丐，他总是很开心。国王看见后，弄不明白他那么穷，何以那么开心。国王可以随心所欲，但他一点也不开心。因此，我们可以看出一个人的幸福并不取决于他的富有还是贫穷。幸福是一种精神状态。人只要知足，就会幸福。

What is happiness? Different people have different ideas. Some people are rich; they think they are happy. Other people have many friends, so they feel happy. Still others are happy because their lives are meaningful. Happiness attracts everyone. For children, happiness often suggests eating something good or playing with toys. For a stamp collector, stamps bring more delight than meals. And for a scientist, a discovery or an invention rather than anything else gives him greatest satisfaction.

There was once a beggar who was always happy. The king saw him and wondered whyhe was so happy because he was so poor. However, the king could have whatever he wanted; yet he himself was not happy at all. Thus we can see one’s happiness doesn’t depend on whether he is rich or poor. Happiness is a state of mind. As long as one thinks he’s content and satisfied, he is happy.

As everything exist only because its opposite, happiness exists only when pain exists. Just as a person who does not know failure never knows success, aperson, who has not experienced suffering or sadness never knows what happinessmeans..

Happiness always promises a hope by which people go on living. When they come to the point of losing hope because they have suffered a great deal, it isoften the time when happiness comes that will give them the courage and desireto live.

Cheer up and be happy. Happiness is not far from you. It’s just around you. Tryto grasp it and enjoy it.