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told his servants tofind him things to make him happy,but each cameback
saying,”Noting in the world can match thewonderful things you have already.”Then
in thatland,there lived a poor man with a patch over oneeye and a crutch to help
him *gh he hadlittle,he was always * the king heard ofthis,he
asked the man to teach him his secret.
從前有一位國王，很有權力和財富，然而他并不快樂。
他
告訴仆人去找可以使他快樂的東西，但是每個回來的人都說：“世界上沒有什么比得上你已經擁有的極好的東西。”當時那個國家住著一個窮人，他一個眼睛戴著眼
罩并靠拐杖走路。
雖然他擁有的很少，但是他總是很快樂。
當國王聽說這件事的時候，他要求這個人教他快樂的秘決。
“I never push.” the man replied,”and I never rush. Most of all, I never
wish for too much.”Thenhe smiled and was gone.
“我從來不強迫，”這個人答道，“而且我從不匆忙。
最重要的是，我從不希望得到太多。”然后，他笑著離開了。
If you would make a man happy,do not add to his possessions but subtract
from his desires.
如果你想使一個人快樂，不要增加他的財產，而是要減少他的欲望。
I find it humorous sometimes that even the mostmundane occurrences can have
an impact on ourawareness.
有時候我覺得很有意思，甚至連最平凡的事情都能夠對我們的認識產生影響。
My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nineyears ago and we spent a
lot of time and energy inthe yard to get it looking like it does today. We
liveon a corner, higher than street level, and the entireside of the yard is
encased by a professionally builtrock wall. The front of the house though is
anotherstory because instead of a wall along the sidewalk, the rocks appear to
be just thrown up ontothe dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish.
九年前，我的妻子、女兒和我搬進了現在的家，我們花了大量的時間和和精力整修我們的院子，讓它看起來像今天這個樣子。
我們住在一個拐角處，比街道的水
平面要高。
院子的外側圍著一面砌得很講究的石墻。
盡管房子的前邊是另一碼事——因為沿人行道修建的不是一面墻，而是在泥地上草草壘起來的石頭堆，好像是什
么人匆忙趕工完成的。
We did the best we could with what we had to work with and called this area
our ‘rock garden’.Whenever we had leftover flowers or plants, Denise or I would
stick them out front, just tobring some color to the area.
我們竭盡所能來做我們必須做的工作，并把這個地方叫做我們的“巖石花園”。
每當我們在這里種上花或其他植物，丹尼斯或者我就會讓它們伸到墻外，只是為了給這個地方增添一些色彩。
I still do all of my own yard work, even the dreaded weed-pulling. After
putting on my kneepads I assume the position to clear the yard of weeds, even in
the rock garden.
我還在做自己的庭院勞作，包括讓人生畏的拔雜草工作。
我帶上護膝后，我便著手清理庭院雜草，即使是在巖石花園里。
Last summer I had reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny
little plant that I couldnot immediately identify, I knew I didn’t plant it and
Denise claimed that she didn’t either. Wedecided to let it continue growing
until we could figure out what it was.
去年夏天，我走到巖石花園的一端，發現一株我不能立刻認出來的小植物。
我知道我沒有在那里種植它。
丹尼斯說她也沒有種過。
我們決定讓它繼續生長，直到我們能搞清楚，它到底是什么植物。
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery plant, it appeared to
be a * was spindly looking with a tall skinny stalk and only one head
on it. I decided to baby italong and weed around it. As I pulled rocks from the
area to get to the weeds, I noticedsomething unusual. The Sunflower had not
started where I saw the stalk begin. It actually hadbegun under a big rock and
grown under and around it to reach the sun.
幾周過去了，我回到那株神秘植物跟前，它好像是一棵向日葵。
它還很纖細，長著細高的莖桿，上面只有一個頭。
我決定好好照看它，除去它周圍的雜草。
當我
把這個地方的石頭挪開以便除草時，我發現有些異常情況。
向日葵并不是從我發現莖桿的地方開始生長的。
實際上，它從一塊大石頭下面開始發芽、生長，然后繞過
石頭，以獲取陽光。
That’s when I realized that if a tiny little Sunflower didn’t let a big
rock stand in its way ofdeveloping, we too have the capability of doing the same
thing. Once our environment beginsto see that we believe in ourselves like that
little Sunflower, we can attain the samenourishment and nurturing as well.
那時我認識到，如果一棵小小的向日葵都沒有讓一塊大石頭擋住它成長的路，那么我們同樣有能力做同樣的事情。
一旦我們的環境開始看到，我們像那棵小小的向日葵一樣相信自己，我們就能夠得到同樣的養分并且成長起來。
First, we need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the capabilities in
achieving our * the Sunflower, it knew it had the capability to
overcome its obstacle because it trustedin the Universal Truth and had faith it
would succeed.
首先， 我們需要相信自己， 認識到我們有能力達到我們的愿望。
就像向日葵那樣， 它知道它有能力去克服障礙， 因為它相信普遍真理，
并且相信它會成功。
Stand tall like the Sunflower and be proud of who and what you are and the
environment willbegin to support you. You will find a way to go under or around
your big obstacle in order toreach your desires.
只要你像向日葵一樣高高站著，為自己感到自豪，環境就會開始支持你。
為了達成愿望，你會在障礙下邊或其周圍找到一條出路。
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