雙語美文The happy door

32 The happy door

32 快樂之門

32 kuài lè zhī mén

Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.

快樂就像一塊為了激起陣陣漣漪而丟進池塘的小石頭。正好史蒂文森所說，快樂是一種責任。

kuài lè jiù xiàng yī kuài wéi le jī qǐ zhèn zhèn lián yī ér diū jìn chí táng de xiǎo shí tóu 。zhèng hǎo shǐ dì wén sēn suǒ shuō ，kuài lè shì yī zhǒng zé rèn 。

There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find beggars, invalids and so-called failures, who are extremely happy.

快樂這個詞並沒有確切的定義，快樂的人快樂的理由多種多樣。快樂的關鍵並不是財富或身體健康，因為我們發現有些乞丐，殘疾人和所謂的失敗者也都非常快樂。

kuài lè zhè gè cí bìng méi yǒu què qiē de dìng yì ，kuài lè de rén kuài lè de lǐ yóu duō zhǒng duō yàng 。kuài lè de guān jiàn bìng bú shì cái fù huò shēn tǐ jiàn kāng ，yīn wéi wǒ men fā xiàn yǒu xiē qǐ gài ，cán jí rén hé suǒ wèi de shī bài zhě yě dōu fēi cháng kuài lè 。

Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.

快樂是一種意外的收穫，但保持快樂卻是一種成就，一種靈性的勝利。努力追尋快樂並不自私，實際上，這是我們對自己和他人應盡的責任。

kuài lè shì yī zhǒng yì wài de shōu huò ，dàn bǎo chí kuài lè què shì yī zhǒng chéng jiù ，yī zhǒng líng xìng de shèng lì 。nǔ lì zhuī xún kuài lè bìng bú zì sī ，shí jì shàng ，zhè shì wǒ men duì zì jǐ hé tā rén yīng jìn de zé rèn 。

Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you don』t feel happy, pretend to be!

不快樂就像傳染病，它使得人們都躲避不快樂的人。不快樂的人很快就會發現自己處於孤獨，悲慘，痛苦的境地。然而，有一種簡單得看似荒謬的治病良方：如果你不快樂，就假裝你很快樂！

bú kuài lè jiù xiàng chuán rǎn bìng ，tā shǐ dé rén men dōu duǒ bì bú kuài lè de rén 。bú kuài lè de rén hěn kuài jiù huì fā xiàn zì jǐ chù yú gū dú ，bēi cǎn ，tòng kǔ de jìng dì 。rán ér ，yǒu yī zhǒng jiǎn dān dé kàn sì huāng miù de zhì bìng liáng fāng ：rú guǒ nǐ bú kuài lè ，jiù jiǎ zhuāng nǐ hěn kuài lè ！

It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.

這很有效。不久你就會發現，別人不再躲著你了，相反，你開始吸引別人了。你會發覺，做一塊能激起好意漣漪的小石頭有多麼值得。

zhè hěn yǒu xiào 。bú jiǔ nǐ jiù huì fā xiàn ，bié rén bú zài duǒ zhe nǐ le ，xiàng fǎn ，nǐ kāi shǐ xī yǐn bié rén le 。nǐ huì fā jiào ，zuò yī kuài néng jī qǐ hǎo yì lián yī de xiǎo shí tóu yǒu duō me zhí dé 。

Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.

然後假裝就變成了現實。你擁有了使心靈平靜的秘密，會因幫助他人而忘我。

rán hòu jiǎ zhuāng jiù biàn chéng le xiàn shí 。nǐ yōng yǒu le shǐ xīn líng píng jìng de mì mì ，huì yīn bāng zhù tā rén ér wàng wǒ 。

Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.

一旦你認識到快樂是一種責任並使快樂成為習慣，通向不可思議的樂園的大門就會向你敞開，那裡滿是感激你的朋友。

yī dàn nǐ rèn shí dào kuài lè shì yī zhǒng zé rèn bìng shǐ kuài lè chéng wéi xí guàn ，tōng xiàng bú kě sī yì de lè yuán de dà mén jiù huì xiàng nǐ chǎng kāi ，nà lǐ mǎn shì gǎn jī nǐ de péng yǒu 。

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