经典背诵文章20篇
第1篇
Does money buy happiness? No! Ah, but would a little more money make us a little happier? Many of us smirk and nod. There is, we believe, some connection between fiscal and feeling fantastic. Most of us would say that, yes, we would like to be rich. Three in four American collegians now consider it “very important ”or “essential ”that they become “very well-off financially ”. Money matters.
Well, are rich people happier? Researchers have found that in poor countries, being relatively well-off does make for greater well-off being. We need food, rest, shelter and social contact. But a surprising fact of life is that in countries where nearly everyone can afford life’s necessities, increasing affluence matters surprisingly little. The correlation between income and happiness is “surprisingly weak ”. Once comfortable, more money provides diminishing return. The second piece of pie, or the second ＄100,000, never tests as good as the first. Even lottery winners and the Forbes’100 wealthiest Americans have expressed only slightly greater happiness than the average American. Making it big brings temporary joy. But in long run, wealth is like health; its utter absence can breed misery, but having it doesn’t guarantee happiness.
第2篇
To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happenn tomorrow, the present moment is where you are-always!
Without questions, many of us have mattered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things-all at once. We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments, so much so that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed, and hopeless. On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, our stated priorities, and our happiness, often convincing ourselves that “someday ” will be better than today. Unfortunately, the same mental dynamics that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that “someday ” never actually arrives. John Lennon said, life is what’s happening while we are busy making other plans. Our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away or dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss out on life.
第3篇
Almost all of us have image of how life should be. The problem, of course, is that only rarely do people’s jobs, spouses and children live up to these imagined ideals. Here’s a personal example: no one in my family had ever divorced. I assumed that marriage was for life. So when my wife and I divorced after five years of marriage and three years after the birth of our son, my world collapsed. I was a failure in my own eyes. I later remarried and confided to my wife that I couldn’t shake off the feeling that my family life had failed. She asked me what was wrong with our family now(which included her daughter from a previous life and my son ). I had to admit that, aside from the pain of being with my son only the half time(my ex-wife and I shared custody ), our family life was wonderful. “Then why don’t you celebrate it?” she asked. That’s what I decided to do. But first I had to get rid of a “perfect ” family.
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