第24章 过有意义的人生 8(第1页)
第24章过有意义的人生(8)
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2。又过了几天,年轻人变得沮丧不已。
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3。“你已经开始学了。”师傅说。
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1。Theexpertbrushedhimoffbecausehefearedthattheyouthwouldieolearn。
brushoff:刷去,刷掉;拂去,掸去;把……打发走
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2。astheexpertapproadbetoholdouthishand,hewasabouttoblurtoutthathecouldgoonnolonger。
nolonger:不再,已不
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专注你所拥有的而不是你想要的
ThiWhatYouHave
佚名Anonymous
&hemostpervasiveaivementaltendenciesI’veseenisthatoffoantinsteadofwhatwehave。Itdoesomakeanydifferenuchwehave;wejustkeepexpandingourlistofdesires,whiteeswewillremaindissatisfied。Themisays“I’llbehappywhenthisdesireisfulfilled”isthesamemiwillrepeatitselfodesireismet。
&hisorthat。Ifwedoekeepthinkingaboutallthatwedon’thaveandweremaindissatisfied。Ifwedogetesimplyrecreatethesamethinkinginournewces。So,despitegetti,westillremainunhappy。Happibefoundwhenweareyearningfornewdesires。
Luckily,thereisawaytobehappy。Itinvolvesgtheemphasisfromhatwehave。Ratherthanwishingyourspousewasdifferent,trythinkingaboutherwonderfulqualities。Insteadofplainingaboutyratefulthatyouhaveajob。RatherthanwishiotakeavatoHawaii,thinkofhowmuyouhavehade。Thelistofpossibilitiesiseimeyounoticeyourselffallingintothe“Iwishlifeweredifferent”trap,badstartover。Takeabreathahatyouhavetobegrateful。Whenyoufowhatyouwant,butonwhatyouhave,youeiyouwantanyway。Ifyoufothegoodqualitiesofyourspouse,she’llbem。Ifyratefulforyourjobratherthanplainingaboutit,you’lldoabetterjob,bemoreprodudprobablyeingaraiseanyway。IfyoufowaystoenjoyyourselfarouhanwaitingtoenjoyyourselfinHawaii,you’llenduphavingmorefun。IfyettoHawaii,you’llbeiofenjoyingyourself。And,ifbysome’t,you’llhaveagreatlifeany
&oyourselftostartthiwhatyouhavethanwhatyouwant。Ifyoudo,yourlifeearihanbefore。Forperhapsthefirsttimeinyourlife,you’llknowwhatitmeaisfied。
专注于我们想得到的,而不是我们所拥有的,这是我见过的一种最具普遍性和破坏性的心理趋向。我们拥有多少,似乎并无太大区别,我们欲望的清单不断扩充,因而我们永远得不到满足。“当我实现了这个愿望,就会快乐”。一旦这个欲望得到满足,以后还会出现相同的欲求心理。
我们想要这个或那个。如果得不到,就会不断地去想那些没有的东西,总是感到不满足。如果得到了,在新的条件下,我们又会产生同样的心理。所以,尽管我们得到了,可还是不开心。如果我们一味地渴求新的欲望,将无法找到幸福。