10個(gè)讓你獲得快樂的方法
We struggle with war, poverty, global warming, rising crime rates, and a barrage of news, hardly any of it good. We hear of people getting sick, getting divorced, or dying. Celebrities have fabulous lives, but you don't, and the "if only's" threaten to win the day: "My life would be sweet if only I were richer, more famous, thinner, younger, older, had a better job, lived in a different city..."
我們與戰(zhàn)爭，貧窮，全球變暖，持續(xù)上升的犯罪率和洶涌而至的信息做著斗爭，卻沒有一個(gè)得以變好。我們聽到人們變得虛弱，婚姻破裂或者生命逝去。名流們有著精彩光鮮的生活，但是你沒有，諸如“要是......就好了”的思緒占據(jù)了生活：“要是我更有錢，更有名氣，更苗條，更年輕，更年長，有個(gè)更好地工作或是生活在其他城市......我的生活會(huì)更棒的”。
But happiness is all around you. And it doesn't care how much money you have or the circumstances of your life. Click through this gallery of tips on how to look on the bright side and find the happiness in front of you.
但其實(shí)快樂就在你身邊，不論你是否有錢或是你生活的環(huán)境如何。就讓我們看看下面每一條小貼士，它們可以幫助我們看到生活光明的一面，找到就在你眼前的快樂。
1.When Off to Bed, Forget the Fight
1. 睡覺前忘了斗爭吧
Maya Angelou's brother gave her a painting with the instruction to hang it so that it was the last thing she and her husband saw before going to bed at night. So if they were in the middle of an argument, they could look at the painting and say, "Oh, stop. Whatever it was, whatever you said, forget it," and go to bed with a twinkle in their eyes.
瑪雅安吉羅的兄弟給她一副帶有此暗示的油畫，并把它掛在床頭。這使得她和她的丈夫在準(zhǔn)備睡覺前就會(huì)看到那張畫。這樣的話如果他們正處在爭吵之中，只要一看到那幅畫就會(huì)說：“好吧，讓我們到此為止，不管什么事，不管你說過什么，隨它去吧，“然后帶著豁然的眼神上床睡覺。
2.Create a Love List
2. 列一張愛的清單
If I'm feeling low, one of the best ways I know to perk up is to make a love list. It's simple, just a list of every single person I love. Then I follow it up with another list of all the people I know who love me. I can stash it in a pocket to take with me on a tough day, or just keep it in mind as I get on with my life.
如果我感到情緒低落，我所知道的最好的振作精神的方法之一便是列一張愛的清單。這很簡單，就是列出每一個(gè)我愛的人。接著按照它再列出一份所有愛我的人。在我郁悶的那天我能隨身把它揣在口袋，或是僅僅就為提醒自己”我要好好地生活“。
3.Find Lost Friends
3. 找回失去聯(lián)系的朋友
I recently took some time to follow up on the impulse I get every week or so to seek out people that I've lost touch with over the years. I don't know what we did before the Internet. It took only a little time to shoot a few quick emails around the country, and within 24 hours I had baby pictures, recent histories, and writing clips. But the interesting thing was that all three people I got in touch with had been thinking about contacting me a couple of days before getting my email. It was as if I had sent out a psychic detective to people I once had a very close connection with, and before I got around to following up, half the work had already been done. So the next time you think, "Hey, I wonder what ever happened to So-and-So," you might surprise them by tracking down their email address and telling them you got their psychic message.
最近，我每個(gè)禮拜都會(huì)有點(diǎn)小沖動(dòng)，花點(diǎn)時(shí)間去試圖聯(lián)系好幾年沒有聯(lián)系的朋友。我不清楚在沒有英特網(wǎng)之前我們都經(jīng)歷了什么。我僅僅花了一點(diǎn)的時(shí)間就發(fā)了幾封可以寄到全國各地的電子郵件，然后在24小時(shí)之內(nèi)，我便收到了嬰兒照片，最近的故事和一些寫作稿。但是有趣的是，我聯(lián)系的這三個(gè)人，在我收到他們郵件的前些天都曾考慮過要聯(lián)系我。就像我向曾經(jīng)聯(lián)系緊密的人派去了一位心理偵探，并且在我要著手下一步之前，一半工作已經(jīng)搞定了。所以下次當(dāng)你想著，“嘿，某某怎么樣了？”，你可以記下他們的電子郵件并且告訴他們你收到了他們的心靈呼喚，這或許能給他們帶來驚喜。
4.Gossip
4. 偶爾八卦一下
I know, I know, your mother was right when she told you not to gossip, but what about a new take on it? Why not get together and have a feel good gossip party, where the "omigosh" is not so much about scandal, but about celebration of the great things in your friends' lives?
我懂，我懂，你媽媽讓你不要亂說話是沒錯(cuò)的，但如果我們能重新看待它呢？為什么大家不聚一聚，來個(gè)氛圍良好的八卦聚會(huì)呢，在那里”我的天吶“這樣的感嘆并不是來自什么丑聞，而是對(duì)你朋友生活中所發(fā)生的很贊的事情表示祝賀和驚喜。
5.Find Your Own Fountain of Youth
5. 找到自己的青春之源
If you want to keep a spring in your step and a twinkle in your eye, all the while keeping senior moments and other more serious memory lapses at bay, one of the best things to do is to change your routine. Drive a different route to work, switch your right and left hands for everyday activities, eat dessert first, and wear your pajamas to work. Wait, no, that last one will get your family giving you worried looks for sure?
如果你想保持腳步輕盈雙眼神采熠熠，并始終遠(yuǎn)離記憶力減退，反應(yīng)遲鈍等問題。做做下面一些事情是不錯(cuò)的選擇，比如：改改你的路線，選一條不同的路線去上班，在日?；顒?dòng)中交換使用左右手，先吃甜食或者穿著你的睡衣去上班。等一下，不不，對(duì)于最后一條，你確定你家人不會(huì)以奇怪的眼神看著你？
6.Think Positively
6. 積極的思考
Did anyone ever tell you the glass is half full? Somebody told me once it depends whether you're pouring or drinking. Seriously, though, if you can figure out how to get optimistic and stay that way, you're home free. I'm not saying your problems are over, but simply looking at the world through rose-colored specs means that half your problems will look like exciting challenges, and the other half you'll probably realize aren't problems at all, just facts of life.是否有人曾經(jīng)告訴過你玻璃杯里的水是半滿的？一些人對(duì)我說它取決于你準(zhǔn)備倒掉還是喝掉。說真的，的確，如果你知道如何使自己保持樂觀，那么繼續(xù)那樣，這讓你感覺良好。我并不是說你所有的問題都這么搞定了，但是通過樂觀的態(tài)度去看待這個(gè)世界會(huì)讓你一半的問題更像激動(dòng)人心的挑戰(zhàn)，至于另外一半你很有可能會(huì)意識(shí)到那些根本不是什么問題，那是生活不可避免的。
7.Go Out Dancing
7. 不如出去跳個(gè)舞吧
Salsa. Two-stepping. Line and square dancing. Hippityhop, as my grandmother likes to say. Even if you're way past that college/post-college phase of going out clubbing to drink too much and hook up with hotties, you can still have a blast going out with your best friends for a night on the town. Loud music + exercise + adrenaline + mild social anxiety = guaranteed mood elevation.
薩爾薩舞曲，交際舞，排排舞和方塊舞。舞動(dòng)起來，正如我奶奶愛說的。盡管在大學(xué)里那種泡吧和辣妹們出去約會(huì)的日子一去不復(fù)返了，但你依然可以和你最好的朋友們?cè)谑欣飦韨€(gè)興奮的夜生活。
瘋狂地音樂 + 身體的擺動(dòng) + 腎上腺素 + 一點(diǎn)社交緊張 = 絕對(duì)的情緒高漲。
8.Go to the Playground
8. 去操場走走
I love to watch kids on the playground screaming with laughter about the silliest things. Completely invested in make-believe worlds, totally in their bodies, and overflowing with sensory awareness--that's the way to live
我喜歡在操場看著孩子們?yōu)榱艘恍┯薮赖氖虑殒音[，完全地投入到他們的世界和身心之中，深深的感到這才是生活。
9.Wish Upon a Star
9. 向星星許愿
The best time to see shooting stars that I know of is the Perseid meteor shower, which happens sometime during the second week of August. At its peak, on a moonless night away from city lights, you can see one to two shooting stars every minute. Imagine all those wishes coming true.
我覺得看流星雨最好的時(shí)候是在八月的第二個(gè)星期，英仙座流星雨有時(shí)會(huì)在這期間出現(xiàn)。在高峰時(shí)，在遠(yuǎn)離城市燈光，月色朦朧的天際中，每隔一分鐘你便能看到一到兩個(gè)流星劃過天空，你想象著所有的夢想將要成真。
10.Create Your Own Soundtrack
10. 錄制一份屬于你自己的專輯
In high school my friends and I used to sit for hours making mixed tapes for each other. Now it can all be done with a couple of mouse clicks, but the impulse is still great--to share the soundtrack of your life with someone you love. As you play it, it becomes shared background music for both your lives.
在高中的時(shí)候，我和我朋友常常一坐好幾個(gè)小時(shí)互相為對(duì)方錄磁帶。如今只要點(diǎn)幾下鼠標(biāo)就能搞定了，但是當(dāng)你與你所愛的人分享你生命的原聲曲目時(shí)，依然感覺很激動(dòng)。當(dāng)你播放時(shí)，它就變成了你們生命共有的背景音樂。
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