[饥寒交迫的人,能获得温饱就是幸福;失业的人,能找到一份工作就是幸福;为失恋苦恼的人,能与情人破镜重圆就是幸福;迷路的人,忽遇热心的识途者就是幸福。。。] 一位身患残疾的年轻作家,经过十几年的不懈奋斗,写出了许多优秀作品,在文坛享有名气。
当有人对他说:“你如果不是残废,可能会有更大成就。” 不料,他却淡然一笑说:“你说得也许有道理,但我并不感到遗憾,因为如果我手脚健全,我一定早就当了工人,哪有机会坚持不辍,掌握写作的技巧。就这一点来说,我反而感谢上帝给了我残缺的身体,也给了我坚强的生活信念和立志成长的勇气。”
他提到的信念和勇气,就是一笔可贵的精神财富。幸福感是一种财富,但这种财富多取决于主观感受。它直接与我们自己的心灵有关,而与世俗的一切,与物质的一切没有什么必然联系。新鲜感和兴奋感都不能当做幸福。新鲜感和兴奋感都不过是一种暂时性的冲动,注定会转瞬即逝。
幸福感需要自己去品味才会抓住幸福,不同处境的人自然会有不同的感受。 [幸福其实很简单,你感觉幸福就是幸福,就如一觉醒来的美好感觉。] There was this physically impaired young writer, who went thru' ten over years of continual hardwork & wrote many famous articles... and he progressively made a name for himself in the literary scene.
Once, someone told the writer "if you are not handicapped, probably you would have achieved greater success.'' Unexpectedly, the writer responded with a smile ''well, you are not wrong wif what you said, however i do not have any regrets... cos if i am physically able, i would have been juz a normal worker... how would i persist & continue to polish my writing skills? In fact, I am thankful that God had given me this disability as it has given me the Will and Courage to be where I am.''
In short, the writer is refering to his 'wealthy' mindset. Happiness is wealth & this type of wealth is subjective. It directly relates to our state of mind & it has nothing to do with material stuff. A feeling of novelty & euphoria is only momentary as it tends to vanish after awhile.
Hence, one have to understand that Happiness is not a complicating sort of feeling... it's a matter of perspective. The meaning of happiness applies differently to different individuals. To a starved person, happiness means filling his tummy; to an unemployed, happiness means finding a job; as for someone who encountered a failed rship, reconciliation is probably his happiness; for someone who lost his way, finding a kind hearted soul to give him direction is happiness...