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都蘊藏著被我們稱為“未開採的歡樂寶藏”,而且這個寶藏無所不在。

每天都去“採礦”,能夠有新發現的人才是真正聰明的人:他嘗試用自己的眼睛從每個地方、每件事情中發掘美好。

歌德說:“一個人應該每天最少聽一首歌、讀一首好詩、看一幅精美的畫,而且,如果條件允許的話,說幾句有道理的話。”如果這對一個人自身有益的話,何不試著去聽歌、讀詩、看畫,對其他人講有道理的話呢?在為那些既不能拓展性格、對心靈也毫無價值的東西而努力奮鬥時,音樂和詩歌便在你心中消失了嗎?循規蹈矩的想象力如何能讓你頭腦中迸發出美麗的圖畫呢?一個心智靈敏的人,每天都能找到有利於身心健康的娛樂活動……

在書籍的海洋裡,優美的、鼓舞人心的內容很快地成為每個人生活的一部分。比起對優秀的文學作品、精彩的小說、遊記、歷史文獻和人物傳記的衷愛——還有什麼可與之媲美呢?

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藍藍的天空、朵朵的雲彩、綠綠的草坪、芬芳的花朵、飛翔的小鳥,多麼美妙的生活!既然大自然為我們創造了這麼美好的環境,那麼我們有什麼理由去煩惱沮喪、愁眉不展呢?發現生活的美,把握自己,享受生活吧!txt電子書分享平臺

用快樂裝點生活(2)

Taking Your Fun Every Day as You Do Your Work

Orison Marden

Ten things are necessary for happiness in this life; the first being a good digestion; and the other nine—money; so at least it is said by our modern philosophers。 Yet the author of A Gentle Life speaks more truly in saying that the Divine creation includes thousands of superfluous joys which are totally unnecessary to the bare support of life。

He alone is the happy man who has learned to extract happiness—not from ideal conditions; but from the actual ones about him。 The man who has mastered the secret will not wait for ideal surroundings; he will not wait until next year; next decade; until he gets rich; until he can travel abroad; until he can afford to surround himself with works of the great masters; but he will make the most out of life today; where he is。

Paradise is here or nowhere; you must take your joy with you or you will never find it。

It is after business hours; not in them; that men break down。 Men must; like Philip Amour; turn the key on business when they leave it; and at once unlock the doors of some wholesome recreation。 Dr。 Lyman Beecher used to divert himself with a violin。 He had a regular system of what he called “unwinding”; thus