幸福秘方

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人类早已进入太空时代，早就可以坐太空船去月球，却无法探索别人内心的宇宙。但是我们可以努力做到探索自己的内心、真正了解自己。只要一个人愿意反思，那么他对自己内心的探索是没有尽头的。怎样才能获得幸福呢？ 看来答案只有自己知道。今天的文章藏着跟幸福有关的秘密，让我们一起来阅读吧。

当作者还是个年轻人时，他给自己列了一份人生幸福的清单，上面写着财富、美丽、权利等。当他将这份清单交给一个智者时，智者用铅笔划掉了他的表格，写下了三个字：心之静。

“On my head pour only the sweet waters of serenity（平靜）. Give me the gift of the Untroubled Mind.” Once， as a young man full of exuberant（精力充沛的） fancy， I undertook to draw up a catalogue of the acknowledged “goods” of life. As other men sometimes tabulate（列成表格） lists of properties they own or would like to own， I set down my inventory（清单） of earthly desires： health， love， beauty， talent， power， riches， and fame.

When my inventory was completed I proudly showed it to a wise elder who had been the mentor（导师） and spiritual model of my youth. Perhaps I was trying to impress him with my precocious（早熟的） wisdom. Anyway， I handed him the list. “This，” I told him confidently， “is the sum of mortal goods. Could a man possess them all， he would be as a god. ”

At the corners of my friends old eyes， I saw wrinkles of amusement gathering in a patient net. “An excellent list，” he said， pondering（沉思） it thoughtfully. “Well digested in content and set down in not⁃unreasonable order. But it appears， my young friend， that you have omitted（忽略） the most important element of all. You have forgotten the one ingredient， lacking which each possession becomes a hideous （令人厌恶的） torment（折磨）.”

“And what，” I asked， peppering my voice with truculence （刻薄）， “is that missing ingredient？”

With a pencil stub（残端） he crossed out my entire schedule.

Then， having demolished（推翻） my adolescent dream structure at a single stroke， he wrote down three syllables（音节）： peace of mind.

“This is the gift that God reserves for His special protégés（门徒），” he said. “Talent and beauty He gives to many. Wealth is commonplace， fame not rare. But peace of mind—that is his final guerdon（奖赏） of approval， the fondest insignia （象征） of his love. He bestows （授予）

it charily.”