双语散文:追逐快乐的路
【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.
【中文译文】
追逐快乐就意味着丧失快乐。
得到快乐的唯一路径就是紧紧跟随责任的途路，丝毫不去考虑快乐与否，
就象虔诚的信徒一样，然后，不必你去寻求，快乐自会找上门来。
微笑对人类之赐予有如阳光对花朵之恩宠。
它们的确是细微的，但却遍布生命之路。微笑的好处，实在是无可估量。
幸福的人不役于时，他们从经验得知，万物皆变。
今天的好运也许明天就会消失，而今天的危机可能会转化成明天的好运。
当我们考虑幸福的时候，我们通常想到一些不同寻常的时刻，
那绝对喜悦的顶点，而这种时刻随着年龄的增长越来越少。
