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Happiness is a Choice
幸福是一種選擇。
Although it may be tempting to dismiss a call to happiness during this time of worldwide struggle and strife as overly optimistic or too simplistic, let me tell you now that I believe this is the perfect time for a reminder that when it comes to happiness, all of us have a choice.
盡管可以將在全球斗爭和沖突中過于樂觀或過于簡單的態度看做幸福，現在讓我告訴你,我相信這是一個完美的時間提醒人們那就是當談到幸福時,我們都有一個選擇。
In fact, choosing to be happy is one of the very few essential decisions that we get to keep regardless of age, stage of life, or present situation. It’s a decision that can’t be taken away, and no one else can make it for you.
事實上,選擇快樂是為數不多的重要決策,無論我們的年齡大小、人生階段還是現狀如何。這是一個決定，不能帶走更沒有其他人可以代替你。
Each one of us gets to choose, every single moment of every day, whether or not we decide to be happy.
每個人都可以選擇,每一天中的每一時刻我們是否幸福。
It Pays to Be Happy
快樂是值得擁有的!
When we choose to be happy, the rewards are truly great. First and foremost, happy people are more likable and desirable to be around. Isn’t it amazing how we’re drawn to people with sunny dispositions? One of the many consequences of this phenomenon of human nature is that happy people regularly benefit from the enthusiastic help and cooperation of others.
當我們選擇快樂時，回報是真實美好的。首要的是，快樂的人更可愛，更值得擁有。是不是我們用陽光般的性格與別人交流會更吸引人?在人的多種性格中，有一種現象是，快樂的人經常受益于別人的熱心幫助和合作。
Secondly, happy people consistently report an improved quality of life. They enjoy life and everything in it more than people who aren’t happy.
其次,快樂的人總是生活質量的改善報告。他們享受生活,一切都比不快樂的人美好。
I can personally attest to the connection between happiness and improved quality of life. Many years ago, I decided that I would be intentional about choosing to be happy. I didn’t just say I wanted to be happy, I found out what I needed to do to make happiness a daily reality for me.
我可以親自證明幸福之間的聯系并改善生活質量。許多年以前，我決定有意識的選擇幸福。我沒說我想要幸福,我發現我需要做些什么來讓幸福成為我日常生活中的一部分。
Nine Choices Happy People Make
九種選擇快樂的方法!
In their book, How We Choose to Be Happy: The 9 Choices of Extremely Happy People, authors Rick Foster and Greg Hicks present the results of interviews with happy people all over the world, from all walks of life. They found and wrote about nine specific choices commonly made by happy people. As you can see, most of these are things we already know about, and may even already practice.
在他們的書中,我們如何選擇幸福：作者里克·福斯特和格雷格·希克斯選擇了九種及其快樂的人進行采訪,結果是，世界各地的人的快樂來自各行各業。
The key, as I discussed in What is Easy to Do is Not Easy to Do, is to use your personal initiative to do the little things that are easy to do, and do them consistently. Here’s the list of choices that Foster and Hicks came up with:
關鍵的是，當我們討論什么事容易去做，什么事不容易去做，通常是按照自己的計劃去做容易做的小事情，并堅持去做。這是福斯特和希克斯選擇并提出的列表:
1. Intend to Be Happy. This is the fully conscious decision to choose happiness over unhappiness. Check out Learn to Enjoy What You Don’t Enjoy.
1.想要幸福。這是全意識決定選擇快樂而不是痛苦。通過學著去做我們不喜歡的事情。
2. Be Accountable. You make the choice to assume full personal responsibility for your actions, thoughts and feelings, as well as to refuse to blame others for your own unhappiness. It is also the practice of seeing ourselves as having control over our own lives, rather than being at the receiving end of circumstances.
2.具有責任感。你要選擇承擔個人的行為責任,想法和感受,以及拒絕把自己的不幸歸咎于別人。學著去控制我們的生活，學會自我欣賞,而不是接受極端環境。
