英语经典美文诵读100篇：085.the happy door

[00:01.87]085.The Happy Door [00:13.30]Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. [00:20.27]As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty. [00:25.00]There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. [00:32.67]The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find beggars, [00:38.04]invalids and so called failures who are extremely happy. [00:43.45]Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, [00:49.99]a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others. [00:59.86]Being unhappy is like an infectious disease; it causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. [01:06.90]He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, [01:15.02]at first glance, ridiculous: If you don’t feel happy, pretend to be! [01:21.42]It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. [01:28.51]You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will. [01:35.12]Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, [01:40.99]and can forget yourself in being of service to others. [01:45.17]Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, [01:50.16]opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.

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