樂活在當下 原著︰Nancye Sims 編譯︰時習之
You Can Make Something Happy out of Everything That Happens in Life
Life can make choices for us. Sometimes these choices seem unhappy or unfair, but in the end we control our own destiny because we can decide how people and events affect us.
命運可以為我們作出選擇。有時這些選擇似乎令人感覺不快或不公，但最終我們也能左右自己的命運，因為對人對事作出怎樣的反應完全取決於我們自己。
So much of our happiness lies within the choices that we make. We can accept that life isn’t the way we want it to be, or we can change it so that it will be.
快樂很大程度上取決於我們自己所作出的選擇。面對不如意的人生，我們可以逆來順受，也可以改變它，讓它變得更順心快樂。
We can walk through the shadows or we can choose to smile and seek out the sunlight. We can create grand dreams that never leave the ground, or we can be builders of dreams that come true.
我們可以暮氣沉沉地活下去，也可以帶著微笑去追尋光明前路。我們可以永遠做一個空想者，也可以令夢想得以成真。We can look at only the negative aspects of ourselves, or we can lift ourselves up by being our own best friend. We can live in the past or dream about the future, or we can live for today.
我們可以只看到自己不足的一面，也能成為自己的最好朋友，幫助自己振作起來。我們可以留戀過去或幻想未來，也可以活在當下。We can give up when the road becomes difficult, or we can keep on going until the view is much better.
我們可以在前路變得困難時放棄，也可以繼續前行，直到前景變得更好。
