什么是幸福？  Happiness is but a belief, an idea, a theory; but theories, beliefs, and ideas have the possibility of being wrong. According to Aristotle happiness is an end, an end result of all the things a person does. Happiness. It is not measurable, profitable, nor tradable. Yet, above all else in the world, it is what people seek. They want to have happiness, and want to know they have a lot of it. But happiness, like air or water, is a hard thing to grasp in one’s hand. It is intangible. So how does one know if they have it? Is it just a feeling? And if someone does not feel happy, how can they go about achieving that feeling? Happiness is not measured by material wealth. A new car or television, a waterskiing boat or a three-level house does not equate to joyful feelings and They are status symbols, surely, and ones that make others assume a person is happy, but they do not guarantee a happy life. The clichéd phrase, “money can’t buy happiness,” is heard often… because it is true. People who have wealth can be unhappy, just as the poor can be living on cloud nine. Possessions can be gained and lost, and with that comes fear. And fear rarely leads to happiness. So if it isn’t ‘stuff’ that achieves happiness, then what can? Well, goals can. People need to have a sense of purpose. It is no coincidence that Peanuts creator Charles Schultz died a week after ending his famous comicstrip. Without a purpose, he was lost. But people that have a sense of purpose in their life often have a feeling of satisfaction about them. They sense they were put on this planet for a reason. To each person, this purpose can be different. Maybe they were meant to teach. Maybe they were meant to mother. Maybe they were meant to learn. And goals can be small things, like taking an extra moment each day to breathe. But having progress in life, a feeling of forward motion, can make people feel happy. But taking that forward motion too far can be a bad thing. Success at the expense of everything else, for example, leads to the opposite of happiness. Life requires balance. And people that understand that there is a balance to work and play, strife and joy, are more in tune with the universe and, therefore, better able to achieve happiness. Life with a dose of humor is more pleasant. Comedians compared to anyother profession, live the longest because they understand that laughter adds the spice to life, and makes daily progress worth the minor tribulations. So people can be happy if they have something to strive for and something to laugh about. But is that it? Can people with goals and a sense of humor still be unhappy? Well, yes. After all, the final key to happiness is the decision to actually be happy. Human nature can see negative energy anywhere. People can fixate on problems instead of solutions. So at the end of the day, “happiness depends upon ourselves.” (Aristotle). As Lincoln said, “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Being happy with who you are and what you have, is a decision that has to be consciously made. Goals can help lead to happiness. Finding laughter in life is important. But at the end of the day, a person needs to make achoice about happiness. They need to agree they want it, deserve it, and have it. 人们总是对幸福的意义感到困惑，他们不知道如何去定义。一些人认为当一个人拥有成功的事业或者对社会有所贡献的时候，才称得上幸福。自然地，伟大的行为被大众所信服，人们也很容易感到幸福。然而在我看来，幸福是很容易得到的。当我和家人呆在一起时，我们聊得很愉快，我感到幸福。当我吃到妈妈做的美味食物时，我很感动，也很开心。幸福无处不在，如果我们正确对待，就能感受得到。 People always confuse about the meaning of happiness, they don’t know how to define it. Sopeople think that when one has the successful career or does something that makes contribution to the society is the happiness. It is common that great acts are admired by the public and people are easy to feel the happiness. While in my opinion, happiness is very easy to achieve. When I stay with my family, we have the nice talk and I feel very happy. When I eat the delicious food that is cooked by my mother, I feel moved and happy. Happiness is around everywhere, we can feel it if we treat it right. 幸福是随便走走没目的什么也不想。 幸福是冬天等巴士时喝热维他奶。 幸福是看一本精彩的好书。 幸福是想起心上人而偷笑。 幸福是情人用体温为你送暖。 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 why he 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, a person, who has not experienced suffering or sadness never knows what happiness means.. 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 is often the time when happiness comes that will give them the courage and desire to live. Cheer up and be happy. Happiness is not far from you. It’s just around you. Try to grasp it and enjoy it. 家里没病人，外头没仇人，圈里没小人， 身边没坏人， Da Pao有情人，升官有贵人， 办事有熟人，谈笑有哲人， 聚会有高人， 喝茶有贤人， 家务有佣人，闲聊有达人， 发条微博有一大帮转发的人。 生命中，有一个人可以去惦念，有一个人惦念自己，是幸福。 人活着是一种心情，穷也好，富也好，得也好，失也好，一切都是过眼云烟，只要心情好，一切都好。 懂得放心的人找到轻松，懂得遗忘的人找到快乐，懂得关怀的人找到朋友。 人这一辈子，不要去过份地苛求，不要有太多的奢望。 该是你的，躲也躲不过；不是你的，求也求不来。 金钱、权力、名誉都不是最重要的，最重要的还是应该善待自己。 快乐是精华，能让我们信心十足，痛苦是良药，能让我们顽强支撑。 别为难自己，别苛求自己，放宽心，让它包容伤害和痛苦
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