I live in Hollywood.You may think people in such a glamorous,fun-filled place are happier than others.If so,you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun.The truth is that fun and h

I live in Hollywood.You may think people in such a glamorous,fun-filled place are happier than others.If so,you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun.The truth is that fun and h
I live in Hollywood.You may think people in such a glamorous,fun-filled place are happier than others.If so,you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.
Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun.The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common.Fun is what we experience during an act.Happiness is what we experience after an act.It is a deeper,more abiding emotion.
Going to an amusement park or ball game,watching a movie or television,are fun activities that help us relax,temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh.But they do not bring happiness,because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play,it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun.These rich,beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties,fancy cars,expensive homes,everything that spells "happiness".
But in memoir after memoir,celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun:depression,alcoholism,drug addiction,broken marriages,troubled children,profound loneliness.
The way people cling to the belief that a fun-filled,pain-free life equates happiness actually diminishes their chances of ever attaining real happiness.If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness,then pain must be equated with unhappiness.But,in fact,the opposite is true:More times than not,things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result,many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness.They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage,raising children,professional achievement,religious commitment,civic or charitable work,and self-improvement.

I live in Hollywood.You may think people in such a glamorous,fun-filled place are happier than others.If so,you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun.The truth is that fun and h
住在好莱坞,你可能会认为人在这样一个迷人的,妙趣横生的地方,是幸福比别人.如果是的话,你有一些误区的性质幸福.
许多聪明人仍然等同于幸福与乐趣.事实的真相是乐趣和幸福,很少或根本没有共同的.有趣的是,我们有什么经验,在某种行为.幸福是什么,我们的经验后,采取行动.这是一个更深,更守法激动.
去游乐园或球赛,看电影或电视,都是有趣的活动,帮助我们放松心情,暂时忘记,我们的问题,甚至笑说.但他们并没有带来幸福,因为他们的正面影响,为此,当乐趣的目的.
我常常想,如果好莱坞明星扮演一个角色,就是要教导我们的幸福无关,不好玩.这些丰富的,美丽的个人都不断获得迷人的缔约方,花式车,昂贵的家园,这一切都说明了"幸福" .
但在回忆录后,回忆录,名人揭示的不满隐藏在其所有的乐趣：抑郁症,酗酒,吸毒,婚姻破裂,困扰儿童的,深刻的孤独.
路人们固守相信一项妙趣横生,疼痛无生命等同于幸福,实际上削弱了他们的机会越来越达到真正的幸福.如果乐趣和快乐是等同于幸福,那么痛苦,一定要等同于不快.但事实上,正好相反：更多倍以上,没有的事,导致幸福牵涉到一些痛苦.
因此,许多市民应尽量不要使用非常努力,这是从源头上真正的幸福.他们害怕疼痛,必然带来这些东西作为婚姻,抚养子女,专业成就,宗教的承诺,公民或慈善工作,自我进步的过程.