名人名言解读 Happiness is a butterfly

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.  —Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist
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Paraphrasing(Andrew's Note)
It turns out that happiness is like a mystery. When you are eager to get it, it seems to stay away from you. However, when you take it in your stride, happiness just shines upon you. 


幸福有如蝴蝶，你追逐它时永远捉不到，你静坐下来，它却可能落在你身上。   —纳撒尼尔·霍桑，美国小说家


Notes: 
1) alight：if a bird or insect alights on something, it stops flying and stands on it〔鸟或虫等〕飞落
2) take sth in your stride(take sth in stride): to deal with a problem or difficulty calmly and not to allow it to influence what you are doing 从容处理，对…泰然处之;从容不迫
When you become a politician, you soon learn to take criticism in your stride.
等你成了政治家，你很快就会学会对他人的批评泰然处之。
When the boss asked Judy to stay late, she took it in stride. 
老板要求朱迪留到很晚，朱迪也坦然接受。
3)shine on : 照射在…上; 闪耀；闪耀光采；照在…上
4)It turns out that :  事实证明; 结果证明是；原来是；结果是