I certainly wouldnt recommend my life to most people and my heart goes out to those who have recently 22)been condemned to a simplicity they never needed or wanted. But Im not sure how much outward details or accomplishments ever really make us happy deep down. The millionaires I know seem desperate to become multimillionaires, and spend more time with their lawyers and their bankers than with their friends (whose motivations they are no longer sure of). And I remember how, in the 23)corporate world, I always knew there was some higher position I could attain, which meant that I was guaranteed never to arrive and always to remain dissatisfied.
我当然不建议大多数人过我这样的生活对那些最近被迫简单过日的人,我也十分同情。但是我不确定有多少外在的琐事或者成就真正让我们发自内心地快乐。我所认识的百万富翁总想着要成为千万富翁,他们花更多时间与律师及银行家在一起,而不是与朋友相聚(对朋友的动机亦疑心重重)。而我记得,在职场世界里,我一直认为自己可以获得某个更高的职位,这意味着我永远都不能到达,并且一直要保持不满足的状态。
I even went through a 24)dress rehearsal for our enforced 25)austerity when my family home in Santa Barbara burned to the ground some years ago, leaving me with nothing but the toothbrush I bought from an all night supermarket that night. And yet my two-room apartment in nowhere Japan seems more abundant than the big house that burned down. I have time to read the new 26)John le Carr, while 27)nibbling at sweet 28)tangerines in the sun. When a 29)Sigur Ros album comes out, it fills my days and nights, 30)resplendent. And then it seems that happiness, like peace or passion, comes most freely when it isnt pursued.
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