经典美文欣赏：从现在开始，多想想你拥有的

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　　Think more about what you have
        　　记住，从现在开始，多想想你拥有的，而不是你想要的。如果这样做，你的生活会比以前更美好，那种感受或许将是你生命中的第一次，你将会懂得心满意足的含义。
        　　One of the more pervasive and destructive mental tendencies I've seen is
that of focusing on what we want instead of what we have. It doesn't seem to
make my difference how much we have, we just keep expanding our list of desires,
which guarantees we will remain dissatisfied. The mind-set that says "I'll be
happy" when this desire is fulfilled is the same mind-set that will repeat
itself once that desire is met.
        　　We want this or that. If we don't get what we want, we keep thinking about
all that we don't have and we remain dissatisfied. If we do get what we want, we
simply recreate the same thinking in our new circumstances. So, despite getting
what we want, we still remain unhappy. Happiness can't be found when we are
yearning for new desires.
        　　Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of
our thinking from what we want to what we have. Rather than wishing you were
able to take a vacation to Hawaii, think of how much fun you have had close to
home. The list of possibilities is endless! Each time you notice yourself
falling into the "I wish life were different" trap, back off and start over.
Take a breath and remember all that you have to be grateful. When you focus not
on what you want, but on what you have, you end up getting more of what you want
anyway. If you focus on the good qualities of your spouse, she'll be more
loving. If you are grateful for your job rather than complaining about it,
you'll do a better job, be more productive, and probably end up getting a raise
any-way. If you focus on ways to enjoy yourself around home rather than waiting
to enjoy yourself in Hawaii, you'll end up having more fun. If you ever do get
to Hawaii, you'll be in the habit of enjoying yourself. And, if by some chance
you don't, you have a great life anyway.
        　　Make a note of yourself to start thinking more about what you have than
what you want. If you do, your life will start appearing much better than
before. For perhaps the first time in your life, you'll know what it means to
feel satisfied.