While being happy is about feeling good, meaning is derived from contributing to others or to society in a bigger way.
快乐是一种感觉良好的状态，而意义则来自于以更大的方式为他人或社会做贡献。
A few months ago, I wrote a piece called "There's More to Life Than Being Happy" about a psychology study that dug into what happiness really means to people.
几个月前，我写了一篇名为《人生不止是要快乐》的文章，是关于一项心理学研究的，该研究深入探讨了快乐对人们的真正意义。
"I can't afford to have fun" (but being happy doesn't need to cost anything)?
我无法为开心买单(但是，快乐时不需要任何花费)？
And here I was encouraging them to attack me and being happy to work at the difficulties.
我鼓励他们攻击我，我很高兴能处理这些难题。
On average, every happy friend you have increases your chance of being happy by 9 percent.
一般来说，你的每个快乐的朋友能增加你9%的幸福。
Our minds are complex and are often our own worst enemies when it comes to being happy.
无疑大脑是复杂的，可是谈到快乐，它却常常是我们最大的敌人。
"I believe in being happy and enjoying life, and I love to be with other people, " she says.
她说：“我信仰快乐人生，享受生活”。
The new study found that friends of happy people had a greater chance of being happy themselves.
这项新研究发现，快乐者的朋友有很大的几率自己也是快乐的。
The findings support another study which showed that being happy can reduce the risk of heart disease.
这些证据同时也支撑了另一项研究，那就是保持快乐的心态会降低得心脏病的风险。
Being happy is a prerequisite to have a pro-social attitude leading to generosity with time and money.
幸福是保持一种对社会的正面心态的前提，这种心态会使得人们对时间和金钱的慷慨。
When bad things happen, you temporarily feel terrible, because you've gotten used to being happy.
当坏事情发生，你会暂时感觉很糟糕，这是因为你已经习惯了感到快乐。
Generosity is being happy to share what we have with others and not being afraid to give things away.
慷慨，意味着我们要乐于与他人分享我们所拥有的，而不是害怕给与。
I learned that life is not about being happy about how much you weigh but just being happy with yourself.
生活幸福与否并不是凭身材体重多少，而是要能自得其乐。
A happy third-degree friend — a friend of a friend — increases a person's chances of being happy by 6 percent.
如果你的第三层社交圈，如朋友的朋友很快乐，那么你快乐的几率会增加6%。
And having the freedom to fail and try again – being happy with failure during the design process and learning from it.
我们允许失败、鼓励尝试。在设计过程中，即使失败也可以微笑面对，并从中学到东西。
Being happy with who you are, embracing life with a smile, getting excited about the little things can take YEARS off of you.
快乐的作自己，微笑着拥抱生活，对小小的事都感到新奇会让你年轻。
I felt so proud of my friends in Lark Rise, poor beyond imaging, yet they had never lost the secret of being happy on little.
我为雀起乡的朋友们感到自豪，他们贫穷的无法想象，然而却从未放弃在生活中追寻小幸福的权利。
The only thing I actually always wanted to be was "happy. " It happens that part of my being happy is singing and performing.
其实我一直都想让自己活得“幸福快乐”。碰巧唱歌和表演是我幸福快乐生活的一部分而已。
Just like a baby can learn the new concept of standing on his own, you can learn the new concept of being happy as a single person.
一个孩子能够懂得什么叫做独自站立，你也可以懂得什么叫做单身且快乐。
But the hardest part of being happy is realizing when negativity starts to creep into your mind and from there, getting rid of it.
但是成为一个幸福的人最困难的部分是，知道什么时候消极情绪会涌上心头，并及时的制止。
So the puzzle is this: why do social scientists consistently find only moderate relationships between having more money and being happy?
问题在于，与常识相反，社会科学家们不断得出这样的结论：更多的金钱和幸福感之间仅有很小的相关。
Being happy is not a constant. But I am very happy when I am spending time with my family and my friends, and going on hikes with my dogs.
快乐不可能长久。但是当我和亲人朋友们呆在一起时，或者和我的狗狗们一起爬山时，我会非常快乐。
No, I'm not implying that we can instantly heal the pain of a severe or unexpected personal tragedy just by thinking about being happy.
不，我并不是指，只要想着自己的开心快乐的就能够解除一个人正经历的严重或意外的伤痛；
Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.
一旦你认识到快乐是一种责任并使快乐成为习惯，通向不可思议的乐园的大门就会向你敞开，那里满是感激你的朋友。
It's clearly related to Happiness. Worrying is an opposite of being happy and learning how to overcome worrying means learning how to be happy.
该书很明确的谈到了快乐，忧虑是与快乐相对立的，因此学习如何克服忧虑，就等于在学习如何让自己快乐起来。
Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.
一旦你认识到快乐是一种责任并让它成为习惯，通向不可思议的乐园的大门就会向你敞开，那里满是感激你的朋友。
Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.
一旦你认识到快乐是一种责任并让它成为习惯，通向不可思议的乐园的大门就会向你敞开，那里满是感激你的朋友。
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