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6．关于幸福的真谛ASimplyTruthAboutHappiness
AfterIgaveatalkonthesubjectofhappiness,awomanintheaudiencestoodupandsaid,"Iwishmyhusbandhadcome.""MuchasIlovedhim,"sheexplained,"itwasn'teasybeingmarriedtosomeonesounhappy."ThiswomanenabledmetoputintowordswhatIhadbeensearchingfor--altruistic,aswellasthepersonal,reasonsfortakinghappinessseriously.Itoldherthateachofusowesittoourspouse,ourchildren,ourfriendstobeashappyaswecan.
Iwasnotaparticularlyhappychild,andlikemostteenagers,Itookpleasureinmyanguish.Oneday,however,itoccurredtomethatIwastakingtheeasywayout.Anyonecouldbeunhappy;ittooknocourageandeffort.Trueachievementlayinstrugglingtobehappy.Thenotionthatwehavetoworkathappinesscomesasnewstomanypeople.Weassumeit'safeelingthatcomesasaresultofgoodthingsthatjusthappentous,thingsoverwhichwehavelittleornocontrol.Buttheoppositeistrue:happinessislargelyunderourcontrol.Itisabattletobefoughtandnotafeelingtobeawaited.Toachieveahappylife,it'snecessarytoovercomesomestumblingblocks,threeofwhichare: