, happiness is complicated.
My dictionary defines happy as “lucky” or “fortunate”, but I think a better definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from loving and being loved, the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, even good health.
I added up my little moment of pleasure yesterday. First there was sheer bliss when I shut the last lunchbox and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.
我们追逐幸福,而幸福其实就在我们身边,只等着你去争取。
一天,我问哥哥朗:“你幸福吗?”他回答说:“可以说幸福,也可以说不幸福,这要看你指哪方面了。”
“那你告诉我,”我说,“最近一次你感到幸福是什么时候?”
“1967年4月,”他答道。
对一个玩世不恭的人提出一个这么严肃的问题,这个答案是我自找的。但朗的回答却给了我一个启示:当我们思索幸福时,我们通常想到的是一些非同寻常的事,纯粹的快乐极致——但是随着我们年纪越来越大,那些极端的快乐好像越来越少了。
对一个孩子来说,幸福有一种不可思议的特征。我记得曾在新割的干草丛中玩捉迷藏;在树林里玩“警察与小偷”游戏;在学校的戏剧表演里扮演有台词的角色。当然,孩子也有情绪低落的时候;但是,在赢得一场比赛时,或获得一辆新脚踏车时,他们会毫无保留地释放这种极致的快乐。
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