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Some psychologists believe that one's state of mind has great influence over one's social and intellectual performance, and the quality of life depends much on one's attitude towards life. If this is the case, then can we consciously make our emotions work for us in a constructive way? The following passage provides a positive answer: by simply choosing optimism, we can lead a better life.
一些心理學家認為一個人的心理狀態(tài)對他的社交和智力有巨大的影響，而且一個人的生活質(zhì)量在很大程度上取決于他的生活態(tài)度。如果真是這樣的話，那我們能不能有意識地讓我們的情緒變得更加積極向上？接下來的這篇文章給出了肯定的回答：我們可以選擇樂觀的生活態(tài)度來讓生活變得更美好。
Choose Optimism
選擇樂觀
by Rich DeVos
里奇·德沃斯
If you expect something to turn out bad, it probably will. Pessimism is seldom disappointed. But the same principle also works in reverse. If you expect good things to happen, they usually do! There seems to be a natural cause-and-effect relationship between optimism and success.
假如你預料某事結(jié)局不妙，結(jié)果可能真會如此。悲觀的想法很少落空。不過這個法則反過來也成立。假如你覺得會有好事發(fā)生，通常就會交上好運！樂觀與成功之間似乎有一種天然的因果關系。
Optimism and pessimism are with powerful forces, and each of us must choose which we want, so as to shape our outlook and our expectations. There is enough good and bad in everyone's life -- ample sorrow and happiness, sufficient joy and pain -- to find a rational basis for either optimism or pessimism. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or curse. It's our decision: From which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in hope or down in despair?
樂觀和悲觀都具有強大的力量，我們每個人必須選擇其一，來塑造自己的前途和理想。每個人的生命中都有足夠的幸運與不幸——豐富的哀傷和喜悅、充足的歡欣與痛苦——令我們找到或樂觀或悲觀的理由。我們可以選擇哭或是笑、祝福或是詛咒。這完全取決于我們自己：用什么樣的眼光去看待生活？是積極向上，還是垂頭喪氣？
