收集幸福 Happiness Is All around Us

佚名/Anonymous

Life is like a winding path surrounded by flowers, butterflies, and delicious fruit, but many of us spend much time looking for happiness around the next corner. We do not bend to enjoy the happiness which is ours for the taking just at our feet.

In our desire to reach the "pot of gold", complete and lasting happiness, we all want to fill our lives. We ignore anything which doesn't seem worthy of such a large ambition, or which can't give us the whole thing all at once.

Happiness is all around us, but it often comes in small grains. When we gather it grain by grain, we soon have a basketful.

What small pieces of happiness surround me right now?

生活就像一条被鲜花、蝴蝶和鲜果簇拥的曲折小径，我们没有必要绕弯路去别处找寻幸福，幸福就在我们脚下。

我们都期望得到那只“金罐子”，那里承载着全部持久的幸福，我们想用这些去充实自己的生活，却忽视了那些看似无益于实现远大抱负或不能使成功一蹴而就之事。

幸福就在我们身边，只是它总是一点一滴地出现。只要我们收集每一个颗粒，不久便会集满一篮。

此刻，那些围绕在我周围的点点滴滴的幸福又是什么样的呢？

心灵小语

对于我们来说，幸福是复杂多样的，但获得幸福的方式是相同的。幸福不是发生在我们周围的事，而是我们如何去看待周围发生的事。

W 词汇笔记

winding[ˈwaindiŋ]adj.（道路、河流等）蜿蜒的；弯曲的；曲折的

例 A winding lane led down towards the river.

一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。

bend[bend]v.（使）弯曲；屈身

例 The branch bent but did not break.

那树枝弯曲，但没有折断。

lasting[ˈlæstiŋ]adj.持久的；恒久的

例 Folk music has a lasting value.

民俗音乐拥有永久的价值。

ambition[æmˈbiʃən]n.雄心；野心

例 Nothing would stop him from achieving his ambition.

没有什么能阻止他实现他的野心。

S 小试身手

生活就像一条被鲜花、蝴蝶和鲜果簇拥的曲折小径。

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幸福就在我们身边，只是它总是一点一滴地出现。

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只要我们收集每一个颗粒，不久便会集满一篮。

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P 短语家族

We do not bend to enjoy the happiness which is ours for the taking just at our feet.

bend to：弯腰；屈身；（使）屈从

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In our desire to reach the "pot of gold"……

desire to：希望；渴望

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