时间:2018-11-29 作者:英语课 分类:四级晨读英语美文


英语课

Think more about what you have


One of the more pervasive 1 and destructive 2 mental tendencies I've seen is that of focusing on what we want instead of what we have. It doesn't seem to make my difference how much we have, we just keep expanding our list of desires, which guarantees we will remain dissatisfied. The mind-set that says "I'll be happy" when this desire is fulfilled is the same mind-set that will repeat itself once that desire is met.


We want this or that. If we don't get what we want, we keep thinking about all that we don't have and we remain dissatisfied. If we do get what we want, we simply recreate the same thinking in our new circumstances. So, despite getting what we want, we still remain unhappy. Happiness can't be found when we are yearning 3 for new desires.


Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have. Rather than wishing you were able to take a vacation to Hawaii, think of how much fun you have had close to home. The list of possibilities is endless! Each time you notice yourself falling into the "I wish life were different" trap, back off and start over. Take a breath and remember all that you have to be grateful. When you focus not on what you want, but on what you have, you end up getting more of what you want anyway. If you focus on the good qualities of your spouse 4, she'll be more loving. If you are grateful for your job rather than complaining about it, you'll do a better job, be more productive 5, and probably end up getting a raise any-way. If you focus on ways to enjoy yourself around home rather than waiting to enjoy yourself in Hawaii, you'll end up having more fun. If you ever do get to Hawaii, you'll be in the habit of enjoying yourself. And, if by some chance you don't, you have a great life anyway.


Make a note of yourself to start thinking more about what you have than what you want. If you do, your life will start appearing much better than before. For perhaps the first time in your life, you'll know what it means to feel satisfied.



1 pervasive
adj.普遍的;遍布的,(到处)弥漫的;渗透性的
  • It is the most pervasive compound on earth.它是地球上最普遍的化合物。
  • The adverse health effects of car exhaust are pervasive and difficult to measure.汽车尾气对人类健康所构成的有害影响是普遍的,并且难以估算。
2 destructive
adj.破坏(性)的,毁灭(性)的
  • In the end,it will be destructive of our whole society.它最终会毁灭我们整个社会。
  • It is the most destructive storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的一次风暴。
3 yearning
a.渴望的;向往的;怀念的
  • a yearning for a quiet life 对宁静生活的向往
  • He felt a great yearning after his old job. 他对过去的工作有一种强烈的渴想。
4 spouse
n.配偶(指夫或妻)
  • Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
  • What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么?
5 productive
adj.能生产的,有生产价值的,多产的
  • We had a productive meeting that solved some problems.我们开了一个富有成效的会议,解决了一些问题。
  • Science and technology are part of the productive forces.科学技术是生产力。
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2-CdA
air-entraining agent
allegheny spurges
anti-genus
Bagnoli del Trigno
bean
bench mounted hardness tester
binfields
birthrate fluctuation
blomia tropicalis
bumrush
bynaming
CAPC
chode muffin
choroidal hemangioma
close sampling
combined magnetic sound
confuciusornithids
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corotoxigenin
counter block
cupralum
current rate translation method
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delagil
demodulated
dimethylmercury
do a rat
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Egyptain darkness
erector spinae
ethoxyaristololactam
functional diverticulum
geisha distinctissima
genus Jynx
gerster
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glyptophidium lucidum
grantsmanships
hamaspora taiwaniana
ignition potential
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indicated micrometer
infiltration anomaly
ion(ization)chamber unit
iron mineral
irroborate
Java programming language
jet drier
judicial economy
karlobag
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linear slit
Meliti
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Mesonyssus
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Saracenism
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solution of a differential equation
solvable
Sphingomonadales
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sukkahs
sulci palpebralis inferior
tailing chute clamp ring
timescope
Tirian
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