雙語散文:追逐快樂的路
【英文原文】
To pursue joy is to lose it.
The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty, without thinking of joy, and then, like sheep, it comes most surely, unsought.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
They are trifles, to be sure, but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
Happy people roll with the punches.
They know from experience that everything changes.
Today's good fortune may vanish tomorrow -
today's crises may turn out to be tomorrow' s good fortune.
When we think about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, a pinnacle of sheer delight.
And those pinnacles seem to get the rarer, the older we get.
【中文譯文】
追逐快樂就意味着喪失快樂。
得到快樂的唯一路徑就是緊緊跟隨責任的途路，絲毫不去考慮快樂與否，
就象虔誠的信徒一樣，然後，不必你去尋求，快樂自會找上門來。
微笑對人類之賜予有如陽光對花朵之恩寵。
它們的確是細微的，但卻遍佈生命之路。微笑的好處，實在是無可估量。
幸福的人不役於時，他們從經驗得知，萬物皆變。
今天的好運也許明天就會消失，而今天的危機可能會轉化成明天的好運。
當我們考慮幸福的時候，我們通常想到一些不同尋常的時刻，
那絕對喜悅的頂點，而這種時刻隨着年齡的增長越來越少。
