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作者： Rahul Singh
你是否扪心自问过,为什么你要做现在所做的一切?你这么努力到底是为了什么？为什么要工作，赚钱，盖房子，买车，又为什么要为将来存款？好好思考一下... ... You might say, we do this to ensure security and comfort for the rest of our lives… And why do we need security and comfort? 也许你会说，我这么做是为了生活有安全感,以后过上安逸的生活... ....我们又为什么需要安全感和舒适感呢？ I think security and comfort are both geared towards one final aim, to ensure lasting and genuine happiness. Happiness is the ultimate aim of everything we do. Again, take a moment to think about this… 我认为，安全感和舒适感都是为了一个最终目的——确保永久和真正的幸福。幸福是我们的最终目标。再花点时间想想这个问题... ... Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. –Aristotle 幸福是人生的意义和目的，是整个人类存在的目标。——亚里士多德 The question I will raise is, do security and comfort really make us happy? 我要提的问题是，安全感和舒适感真的就能让我们开心么？ A secure life 安全的生活 Look at some senior folks who have pursued security all their lives and are about to finish their journey. How happy do they look? 看看那些终生都在追求安全感并也将由此走向余生的人们吧。他们看起来真的高兴么？ Has your own pursuit of security thus far, kept you happy? 迄今为止，你追求安全感的过程中你真的很快乐么？ And then how real is safety? As I read in this thought provoking article, how helpful was security for the people in Japan who were hit by the Tsunami recently? 安全感能有多真实？当我阅读这篇耐人寻味的文章时，对于那些最近遭受海啸的日本人来说安全感又有多少作用呢？ Life and future are too uncertain for anything, even money, to secure. There is absolutely no security in life. This realization need not be traumatic, in fact, it can be liberating! You don’t have to be a slave to the future any more!! 生命和未来中有太多不确定，甚至金钱都不能保障。生命中没有什么是绝对有保障的。你再也不需要成为未来的奴隶了！！ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing –Helen Keller 安全感大都是迷信。它在自然界中根本不存在，整个人类也没有经历过。从长远来说，躲避危险比完全暴露更危险。生命本来就是一场冒险游戏。——海伦.凯乐 Do possessions make us happy? 有钱我们真的就会开心么？ You may say that happiness requires nice comforts like a house, a car, big bank balance, a high paying job. 你也许会说幸福需要舒适的环境比如房子，汽车，存款和一份高收入工作。 Here in India where I live, I have traveled through villages where people seemed to earn just enough to make ends meet. I have seen happiness there. I have seen smiling faces and smiling eyes that readily gave me directions to my destination, that displayed a friendly curiosity in me and my journey. 在我所居住的印度，我走过许多村子，那里的村民只赚到勉强够维持生计的钱。我在那里也看到了幸福。他们微笑着为我指路，眼神里流露出对我旅行的友好地好奇。 I have also worked for 3 years on Wall Street, in a big Investment Bank. I have seen some people with a lot of money but still unhappy. I am not implying that all rich are unhappy(or the poor, happy). But the fact that there are some rich who look angry or listless and there are some people of modest means who look happy, points out that there must be something else to happiness, than just money, luxury and comfort. 我也曾经在华尔街的一家大型投资银行工作了三年。我看到许多人虽然很有钱但是仍然不开心。我不是暗示说所有的富人都不开心（或所有的穷人都很幸福）。有的人看起来很生气或者无精打采的；那些温和的人就意味着他看起来很开心，这样的事实证明，除了金钱，奢华，和舒适感，一定其他方法获得幸福。
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. –Henry David Thoreau 大部分奢侈品和所谓舒适的生活，不仅是必不可少的，也是人类发展的积极障碍。——亨利.大卫.梭罗 Happiness, it seems, is not a factor of how much you have. You can feel happy listening to a good song, you can feel happy witnessing a beautiful sunrise, you can feel happy in any number of ways that don’t require any possessions at all. 看起来幸福不是你拥有多少东西。当你听一首好歌是你会感到快乐，当你看到美丽的日出时你会感到开心，有很多方式能让你感到快乐，它们与金钱无关。 So what causes happiness? 那么，幸福源于何处呢？ Happiness, to me, is the result of a decision to be happy. I feel all the happy people I have met, whether in villages or on Wall Street, had just decided to be happy. No matter what the situation, they just smile. The ones who are not happy have postponed their happiness, they have made it contingent upon some event, some amount of money, a certain status… They have put certain limitations on their happiness. They don’t believe that the only limitations we have are the ones we put on ourselves. 对我来说，幸福是一个快乐的决定的结果。我觉得在我认识的所有快乐的人中，不管是村里的或者是华尔街上的，是他们选择了快乐。不管在什么情况下，他们只是笑笑。对那些不开心的人来说他们延迟了幸福，他们的幸福取决于一些事件，一些钱，一定的地位......他们禁锢了自己的幸福。他们不相信这些禁锢都是自己施加给自己的。 The happy ones remove all conditions on their happiness. They are dedicated to their decision to be happy, they focus on it constantly. They are not perfect, they falter sometimes. But their focus comes back quickly. They have brought happiness into routine, they have made it a habit. 快乐的人去除了所有限制快乐的条件。他们选择快乐，更专注于快乐。他们并不优秀，他们有时也会不稳定。但是他们能迅速恢复过来。他们将幸福提上日程，早已把幸福当成一种习惯。 A few things to try 要尝试的一些事 Go ahead and make your own resolve to be happy. Practice it, try to be happy no matter what. If you falter(and you will falter, many times), don’t feel guilty, just bring your focus back to your resolve. Slowly, you will find a sense of lasting happiness. 去吧，做自己的决定，做一个快乐的人。多练习几次，不管怎样都要试着开心起来。如果你遇到挫折（你会常常遇到挫折），不用内疚，只要坚持自己快乐的决定就好。慢慢地，你会发现持久的幸福感。 Denounce the idea of working for a ‘future happiness’. Instead, form goals that make you feel happy right now, form goals that make you feel enthusiastic and passionate in this, present moment. 忘记现在工作是为了“未来的幸福”的想法吧。相反，培养能让你此刻感到开心的目标，培养此刻你感觉充满热情和激情的目标吧。 Listen to that favorite song of yours. Make a resolution to not think about anything till it ends. This is a simple choice, totally in your hands. No one can force you, without your complicity, to not enjoy. 听你喜欢的歌。下定决心不要想任何事情知道它结束。这是个简单的选择。没人能强迫你不享受你的快乐。 Look at a beautiful picture, play with your kid, talk to a genuine friend… 欣赏一幅美丽的图片，和你的孩子嬉戏，和好朋友谈谈心... ... Happiness is so readily available, right now! 此刻，幸福唾手可得！ About the author: Rahul is the owner of the personal development blog, www.. His interests include(but are not limited to) philosophy, personal development, analytical reasoning, martial arts, motorcycles, travel, writing. Get his free eBook : The Eight Pillars of Lasting Happiness.关于作者：Rahul是个人博客的作者。网址：www..他的兴趣包括但不限于哲学、个人发展、分析推理、养生、摩托车、旅游、写作。点此下载他的免费电子书:《持久幸福的八大支柱》 |
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