Happiness Is an Attitude
Maybe you wouldn’t say yesterday was a happy day， because you had a misunderstanding with your friend. But weren’t there moments of happiness， moments of clear peace？ Now that you think about it， wasn’t there a letter from an old friend， or a stranger who asked where you got such a great haircut？ You remember having a bad day， yet those good moments occurred.
Happiness is like a visitor， you can’t command her appearance； you can only appreciate her when she does show up. And you can’t force happiness to happen—but you can make sure you are aware of it when it does.
Happiness is an attitude， not a condition. It’s cleaning the Venetian blinds while listening to an aria， or spending a pleasant hour organizing your closet. Happiness is your family assembled at dinner. It’s in the present， not in the distant promise of a “someday when...” How much luckier we are—and how much more happiness we experience—if we can fall in love with the life we’re living.
Happiness is a choice. Reach out for it at the moment it appears.
或許你會說，昨天是一個不愉快的日子，因為你與朋友之間產生了誤會。難道說那天就沒有快樂和平和之時嗎？現在想想看，昨天你是否收到了老朋友的來信？是否有陌生人問你：這麽漂亮的發型在哪裏剪的？你隻想著今天是倒黴的一天，卻忽略了發生美好事情的某些瞬間。
幸福像一位遊客。你不能掌控她的出沒，隻能欣賞她出現時的倩影。你無力迫使幸福出現——而當幸福來臨時，你一定會感覺得到。
幸福是一種態度，而非一種狀態。在清洗百葉窗簾時欣賞詠歎調，花費一些時間整理壁櫥，這些都是幸福；與家人共進晚餐，也是一種幸福。幸福就在此刻，而非在“有一天……”這種遙遠的允諾中。若我們能熱愛自己的生活，該多幸運啊，那樣我們就能經曆更多快樂和幸福！