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1、ThreePeachStone三个桃核Observeachild;anyonewilldo.Youwillseethatnotadaypassesinwhichhedoesnotfindsomethingorothertomakehimhappy,thoughhemaybeintearsthenextmoment.Thenlookataman;anyoneofuswilldo.Youwillnoticethatweeksandmonthscanpassinwhicheverydayisgreet
2、edwithnothingmorethanresignation,andenduredwithpoliteindifference.Indeed,mostmenareasmiserableassinner,thoughtheyaretooboredtosin?—perhapstheirsinistheirindifference.butitistruethattheysoseldomsmilethatwhentheydowedonotrecognizetheirface,sodistortedi
3、tisfromthefixedmaskwetakeforgranted.Andeventhenamancannotsmilelikeachild,forachildsmileswithhiseyes,whereasamansmileswithhislipsalone.Itisnotasmile,butagrin;somethingtodowithhumour,butlittletodowithhappiness.Andthen,asanyonecansee,thereisapoint(butwh
4、ocandefinethatpoint?)whenamanbecomesanoldman,andthenhewillsmileagain.观察任何一个孩子你都会发现，他每天都能找到一两件令自己开心的事，虽然他可能在下一秒就哭哭啼啼。再观察我们中的任何一个成人，你会发现，数星期或数月过去了，他总是无可奈何地面对每一天的到来，然后以漠然的礼貌方式来忍受。的确，很多人像罪人一样痛苦，虽然他们有太多烦恼，但总不至于去犯罪——或许醉过就在于他们的冷漠。但他们的确很少笑，以至于他们笑的时候，我们都认不出他们
5、的面孔，因为我们已经习惯了那一成不变的严肃表情，这时候反倒觉得他们的脸都扭曲了，而且大人也不能想孩子那样笑，这就不是笑了，而只是咧咧嘴；只是幽默，没有快乐。于是，每个人都会发现，当人们变老时（不过谁能说清楚到底是什么时候呢？），他就又会笑了。Itwouldseemthathappinessissomethingtodowithsimplicity,andthatitistheabilitytoextractpleasurefromthesimplestthings —suchasapeachst
6、one,forinstance.快乐似乎就是简单的做事，是一种能从最简单的事物中——比如桃核——提炼出乐趣的能力。Itisobviousthatitisnothingtodowithsuccess.ForSirHenryStewartwascertainlysuccessful.ItistwentyyearsagosincehecamedowntoourvillagefromLondon,andboughtacoupleofoldcottages,whichhehadknockedintoone
7、.Heusedhishouseasaweekendrefuge.Hewasabarrister.Andthevillagefollowedhisbrilliantcareerwithsomethingalmostamountingtopaternalspride.显然，快乐与成功无关。因为亨利·斯图尔特爵士的确已经很成功了。他是个高级律师。20年前，他从伦敦来到我们村，买了两栋小别墅，推倒并重建了大房子，作为他周末的休憩之所。他那辉煌的业绩，让全村人觉得，与这么一位了不起的人住在一起，是几辈子修
8、来的福气。IremembersometenyearsagowhenhewasmadeaKing’sCounsel,AmosandI,seeinghimgetofftheLondontrain,wenttocongratulatehim.Wegrinnedwithpleasure;hemerelylookedasmiserableasthoughhe’dreceivedapenalsentence.Itwasthesamewhe4nhewasknighted;heneversmiledabit,h
