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Are You Ready for Happiness?  (5)

In Search of the Methods to Happiness

寻找幸福的方法

Darrin M. McMahon, an American professor, spent six years researching the history and livelihood of mankind, and completed a book titled Happiness: A History. He concludes at the end of the book that happiness may only exist in our imagination: we can pursue happiness, but it only lives in our imagination; we can think of happiness as an ideal to follow, but it may never be attained.

美国教授达林•麦克马洪(Darrin M.McMahon)花了六年的时间，研究人类的历史，以及人类的现实生活，之后完成了一本著作，叫《幸福的历史》。他在书中最后得出的结论是：幸福可能只存在于我们的想象当中。他的意思就是：我们可以追求幸福，但它仅仅存在于我们的想象当中。我们可以把它作为理想去追求，但却可能永远都没有真正能追到幸福的时候。

I think this conclusion is overly pessimistic because it is based on incorrect methods. If our methods are correct, we can find happiness in this life. The question is how we look for them. If the methods are incorrect, we may not be able to attain happiness however hard we try.

我认为这个结论太过于悲观，这都是因为寻找幸福的方式错误所导致的。如果我们的方法没有错，则即使在现实生活当中，也可以获得幸福。问题是，我们该怎样去寻找？途径和方法非常重要。如果方法错了，则穷尽毕生精力都不一定能找到幸福。

What then are the right methods?

那么，什么是正确的方法呢？

There are essentially five methods to happiness, the three “No’s” and two “Should’s. ”

归纳而言，寻找幸福的方法有五个，包含了三个“不要”，两个“应该”：

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