标题:ThreeThoughtstoMakeYouInstantlyHappier 作者:TRENTHAND 原文链接:http:www。lifehack。orgarticlescommunicationthreethoughtstomakeyouinstantlyhappier。html 翻译请保留原文链接哦 欲翻译的小伙伴,可评论领稿,并把已完成的译文发在自己的心理圈or个人主页的日志内。请领稿的小伙伴,尽量在一个星期内完成翻译,谢谢!! Myfiancee’ssisterisintown,alongwithherfiveyearoldniece,whichmeansI’vebeentemporarilysetasideforlongboutsofplayinghouseanddiscussionsaboutthenewbabyonthewayinMay。 Ratherthanbecomeupsetaboutmyrelocationtotheperipheryofattention,I’menjoyingsomeextratimetothink。 OneofthemoststrikingobservationsIhadovertheweekendwasthatmanypeoplegooutinsearchofhappiness。 Wereallylookforhappinessinthreethings:thepeoplearoundus,theworkwedo,andourcurrentsituation。 Thiswouldbefine,ifanyofthesethingsactuallymakeushappy。Theydon’t。 Herearethreetruthsmostpeopleneverrealizeuntiltheytraveltheworld,dowhattheylove,andachieveanimpossiblegoal: 1)Nomatterwhereyoulive,peoplewillbeprettymuchthesame Peopletraveltofarawayplacestowatch,infascination,thekindofpeopletheyignoreathome。DagobertD。Runes I’velivedinthreedifferentcountriesnowandhavetraveledto9(Ithink),andI’vefoundthistobeabsolutelytrue。Onceyoupeelbacksomeofthestrangewayspeopledothings,youreallyseethatpeoplearethesameeverywhere。InAfghanistan,Imetslicksalesmenanddevotedhusbands。InTurkey,Ihaveknownnoisyneighborsandhorriblegossips。Lately,inTurkey,there’sahugesurgeinJustinBieberfanaticism。Somepeopleworkhardandarehappy;somepeopleareverylazyandbored。Somearehappy;somearenot。 WhenIlivedinAmerica,Isawmuchthesamehabitsfromthepeoplearoundme。Somewerehappywhileotherscomplained。Somewerehonorablewhileotherscheatedinanattempttogetahead。Therereallyisnodifferenceinpeopleonahumanlevel,andonceyou’velivedinaforeigncountryforafewmonths,yourealizethis。 I’mnotsayingtherearenodifferencesincultureorthoughts;justthatthestrangepeopleyoufindsofascinatingareavailableinyourownneighborhoods,ifyoucaretonoticethem。 2)Everybody,evenpeoplewholovetheirjobs,sometimeshategettingupandgoingtowork Ihavelookedinthemirroreverymorningandaskedmyself:Iftodaywerethelastdayofmylife,wouldIwanttodowhatIamabouttodotoday?AndwhenevertheanswerhasbeenNofortoomanydaysinarow,IknowIneedtochangesomething。SteveJobs Okay,okay,we’reprobablyusingSteveJobs’quotesalittletoooften,butthemanhadagoodphilosophyonwork。I’mtoldhewashorribletowaitoninarestaurant,butthat’sneitherherenorthere。 SteveJobswasastrongbelieverindoingwhatyouloveeveryday。Herefusedtoworkonsomethingwhichdidn’tfillhimwithpassion。Ibelievethisledtomuchofhissuccess。 Ifyoureadthequotecarefully,youwillnoticehesaystoomanydaysinarow。Nottodaybuttoomany。There’sagreatmessagethere。Hedidn’twakeupeverydayexcitedtogotowork。Mostdays,yes,butnoteveryday。 IdowhatIloveforaliving。Igettospendmyworkinghourshelpingpeople,answeringquestions,writingblogsandbooks,andgenerallygettingtonerdout。It’sadreamjobIworkedhardtocreateformyself。 Evenso,somedaysIwanttostayinbedandwatchLordoftheRings。 EverypersonIknow,whethertheyworkforacompanyorthemselves,hasdaystheydon’tfeelit。Pushingthroughthesedaysandgettingthejobdoneisessentialifyouwanttosucceed。 Thatbeingsaid,ifEVERYdayoverthecourseofseasonfeelslikethis,youshouldmoveontosomethingelse。 Understand,weallhavedayswedon’twanttowork,eventhoseofuslivingourdreams。 3)Whateveryou’regoingthrough,itwillpasssoon,forbetterorworse ThistooshallpassmistakenlyattributedtoTheBible Fulldisclaimer:I’maChristianandforyearsIbelievedthiswaspartofaBibleVerse。ImaginemysurprisewhenIlearnedthisisnowhereintheBible。 RegardlessifthiscamefromtheBibleornot,it’sstillagreattruthforallofustoremember。 Thinkbackonyourhappiestmemory,thatsinglemomentintimewheneverythingwasgoingright。Gotit?Areyoustilleverybitasexcitedasyouwerethen?I’mbetting(unlessreadingthispostisthehappiestmomentofyourlife,whichifthat’sthecase,I’mveryflattered)youhavelostsomeofthatexcitement。 Now,thinkbackonthelowestmomentofyourlife,wheneverythingseemedhopelessandyousawnoreliefonthehorizon。Gotit?Areyoustillasdepressedandscaredasyouwerethen?Ifyouare,pleasedon’tblamemywritingstyle。LeaveyoursuggestionsinthecommentssectionbelowandIwillfuriouslyworktobelessdepressing(Ipromise)。 Eitherway,theupsandthedownshavepassedandwillpassyouagain。Thisisthenaturalwayourliveswork。 Weallhaveroughtimesandgoodtimes;greatsuccessesandfailures;deeploveandcrushingheartache。Lifedoesthistous,andit’sthebestpartoflife。Ifwedidn’texperiencethedowntimes,wewouldn’tappreciatethegreatmoments。Ifwedidn’thavethegreatmoments,wewouldn’tunderstandwhenthingsweren’tgoingwell。 AsIwritetheseclosingwords,IthinkonthemonceagainandI’msmiling。IrealizethateventhoughIliveinaforeigncountry,doworkIenjoyeveryday,andunderstandhowfleetinglife’smomentsare,IcouldeasilybejustashappybackinNashville,workingatDell。 I’llclosewithAbrahamLincolnashesaidFolksareusuallyaboutashappyastheymakeuptheirmindstobe。