快乐之门

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快乐就像一块为了激起阵阵涟漪而丢进池塘的小石头。

Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever⁃widening circle of ripples.

快乐是一种意外的收获，但保持快乐是一种成就，一种灵性的胜利。

Being happy is a sort of unexpected divi⁃dend.But staying happy is an accomplishment,a triumph of soul and character.

不快乐就像传染病，它使得人们都躲避不快乐的人。不快乐的人很快就会发现自己处于孤独、悲惨、痛苦的境地。然而，有一种简单得看似荒谬的治病良方：如果你不快乐，就假装你很快乐！

Being unhappy is like an infectious dis⁃ease.It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer.He soon finds himself alone,miserable and embittered.There is,however,a cure so simple as to seem,at first glance,ridiculous:if you don't feel happy,pretend to be!

这很有效。不久你就会发现，别人不再躲着你了，相反，你开始吸引别人了。你会发觉，做一块能激起好意涟漪的小石头有多么值得。

It works.Before long you will find that in⁃stead of repelling people,you attract them.You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of goodwill.

一旦你认识到快乐是一种责任并使快乐成为习惯，通向不可思议的乐园的大门就会向你敞开，那里满是感激你的朋友。

Being happy,once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit,opens doors into un⁃imaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.