Noteacquaintance: n. 熟人sclerosis: n. 硬化症
Images of Perfection
Almost all of us have images of how life should be. The problem, of course, is that only rarely do peoples jobs, spouses and children live up to these imagined ideals. Heres a personal example: no one in my family had ever divorced. I assumed that marriage was for life. So when my wife and I divorced after five years of marriage and three years after the birth of our son, my world collapsed. I was a failure in my own eyes. I later remarried and confided to my wife that I couldnt shake the feeling that my family life had failed. She asked me what was wrong with our family now(which included her daughter from a previous marriage and my son). I had to admit that, aside from the pain of being with my son only half the time(my ex-wife and I shared custody), our family life was wonderful. Then why don t you celebrate it? she asked. That s what I decided to do. But first I had to get rid of a perfect family.
Missing Tile Syndrome
One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest flaw. Its like looking at the tiled ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is missing. As a bald man told me, whenever I enter a room, all I see is hair. Once youve determined what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will really make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different tile, or forget about it and focus on the tiles in your life that are not missing.
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