Happiness Is an Attitude
Maybe you wouldn’t say yesterday was a happy day, because you had a misunderstanding with your friend. But weren’t there moments of happiness, moments of clear peace? Now that you think about it, wasn’t there a letter from an old friend, or a stranger who asked where you got such a great haircut? You remember having a bad day, yet those good moments occurred.
Happiness is like a visitor, you can’t command her appearance; you can only appreciate her when she does show up. And you can’t force happiness to happen—but you can make sure you are aware of it when it does.
Happiness is an attitude, not a condition. It’s cleaning the Venetian blinds while listening to an aria, or spending a pleasant hour organizing your closet. Happiness is your family assembled at dinner. It’s in the present, not in the distant promise of a “someday when...” How much luckier we are—and how much more happiness we experience—if we can fall in love with the life we’re living.
Happiness is a choice. Reach out for it at the moment it appears.
或许你会说，昨天是一个不愉快的日子，因为你与朋友之间产生了误会。难道说那天就没有快乐和平和之时吗？现在想想看，昨天你是否收到了老朋友的来信？是否有陌生人问你：这么漂亮的发型在哪里剪的？你只想着今天是倒霉的一天，却忽略了发生美好事情的某些瞬间。
幸福像一位游客。你不能掌控她的出没，只能欣赏她出现时的倩影。你无力迫使幸福出现——而当幸福来临时，你一定会感觉得到。
幸福是一种态度，而非一种状态。在清洗百叶窗帘时欣赏咏叹调，花费一些时间整理壁橱，这些都是幸福；与家人共进晚餐，也是一种幸福。幸福就在此刻，而非在“有一天……”这种遥远的允诺中。若我们能热爱自己的生活，该多幸运啊，那样我们就能经历更多快乐和幸福!
幸福是一种选择，要把握时机，抓住她！
1. Now you think about it, wasn’t there a letter from an old , or a stranger who asked you got such a great haircut?
2. Happiness is like a , you can’t command her appearance; you can ____appreciate her she does show up. And you can’t force happiness to —but you can make sure you are aware of it when it does.
3. It’s in the , not in the distant promise of a“someday ...”How much luckier we are—and how much happiness we experience—if we can fall in love the life we’re living.
1. 或许你会说，昨天是一个不愉快的日子，因为你与朋友之间产生了误会。
2. 幸福就在此刻，而非在“有一天……”
3. 幸福是一种选择，要把握时机，抓住她!
1. ...you can only appreciate her when she does show up.
show up：露面；露出；揭露
2. And you can’t force happiness to happen—but you can make sure you are aware of it when it does.
make sure：确信；证实