It’sYou
IhaveabsotelythebestarriageofahatIknow.
HowdoIknowthat?Idon’t,it’sjtwhatIfeel.
Iahappywithywife,yhoe,ycar,ybody,ykids,yjob,ychurch,andyuntry.
Sure,allofthehavesnags,allofthehavefaults,butoverallIwouldn’ttradethe,Iahappy.
“Happessisnothavgwhatyouwant,buthavgwhatyouhave.”That’saquotethatIreberfroalittleboy.It’strue,verytrue.
Societydoesn’tgeartowantwhatwehave.Otherwise,wewouldn’tbuythenewandiprovedversion.Weareadetofeelasthoughweneedsothgdifferenttobehappy,sothgbetter.
Aretherebetterwivesouttherethane?Maybe.EveniftherewereandIhadher,wouldtherethenbeabetterohanthatone?Probably.
Thereisalwayssothgbetter,fancier,orepowerful,andoreexpensive.Ifnotnow,it’sg.
Coputerprograskeepwaitgforanupgrade.Anupgradesupposedlyfixesallofthecurrentbugs.Often,theupgradetroduewbugs.
Weareanstantstatetogetsothgbetteranddifferent.Weareoftentrygtobesoonedifferent,evehecurrentisprettydet.Ifyouarenothappybegyou,thenwhoelseyoube?
Iherwanttonorhavetheabilitytotradepceswithanyone.Iahappywithyself.Withalllife’sfaults,withallofyfaultsandyntugstruggletoiprove,Iahappy.
Therearealotofotherswhohaveorestuff.Buttherearen’tanywhoarehappierwiththestufftheydohave.That’sthekey.Areyouhappywiththestuffthatyoudohave?
Areyouhappywithyourself?Youareyouandthatisn’tgogtoge.Anoldproverbsays,“Bewhatyouare,notwhatyouaren’t,becaewhenyouarewhatyouaren’t,thenyouaren’twhatyouare.”
在我认识的人中,我所拥有的婚姻绝对是最美好的。
我怎么知道的?其实我不知道,只是感觉。
我的妻子、房子、汽车、身体、孩子、工作、教堂和祖国都让我感到很开心,很幸福。他们当然都有缺点,都有令人遗憾的地方,但我不会利用他们,我很幸福。
记得一个小男孩曾说过这样一句话:“幸福不是追求你想要的,而是珍惜你现在所拥有的。”真理,绝对是真理。