美文欣賞：幸福生活的20句錦言

11. Take time to listen.

11.學(xué)會傾聽

The happiest person doesn’t interrupt because she knows that if she wants to be heard, she has to listen to others. By listening instead of waiting to speak, you can understand what motivates others, which can help you build rapport with them and understand yourself.

最幸福的人不會打斷他人，因為她知道，如果希望有人傾聽，首先要學(xué)會傾聽他人。傾聽，而不是找機(jī)會說話，你會理解他人的動機(jī)，這樣可以幫助你與他人建立融洽的關(guān)系，并且可以更好地理解自己。

12. Accept what can’t be changed.

12.不能改變的，學(xué)會接受

Sure, I wish I was taller, smarter, and better looking. But I’m not. As soon as I realized that I wasn’t going to be President of the U.S.A., I figured out what I did want to do with my life: write.

當(dāng)然，我希望我可以再高點、聰明點、好看點，但是我不能。當(dāng)我清楚自己不可能成為美國總統(tǒng)時，我找到了我真正想做的事情：寫作。

13. Read daily selections from a book of wisdom.

13.每天讀本智慧的書籍

Magazines and newspapers are all well and good, but the reason people throughout history have dedicated their lives to religion and philosophy is because of the wisdom these sacred texts hold. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Bible, Torah or Quran verse, reading these books of wisdom will remind you of what came before and what will come after you.

雜志或報紙都是不錯的選擇。歷史上人們把生命奉獻(xiàn)給宗教或哲學(xué)的原因就是這些神圣語篇里充滿智慧。圣經(jīng)、律法、古蘭經(jīng)都可以，讀這些智慧的書籍會提醒你銘記過去憧憬未來。

14. Travel at least two weeks of the year.

14.每年至少花兩周時間旅行

It’s even better if it’s foreign travel. Alas, getting out of the country can be expensive. When you go somewhere different, to remind yourself of how people live in places other than those that you’re used to, you will be happy to return to what you have when it’s time.

出國游當(dāng)然是最好的了。唉，但是出國游非常昂貴。到一個不同的環(huán)境，看看那里的生活和你居住的地方有什么不同，這樣，旅行結(jié)束時你會很開心回到原來的地方。

15. Catch yourself before negativity starts.

15.把消極情緒關(guān)在門外

Yeah, it’s easy to read the above points and say, okay, I get it. But the hardest part of being happy is realizing when negativity starts to creep into your mind and from there, getting rid of it.

是的，以上幾條讀起來很容易，你會說，好的，我知道了。但是成為一個幸福的人最困難的部分是，知道什么時候消極情緒會涌上心頭，并及時的制止。