Stop trying to be happy 你不是真正的快乐

If you have to try to be cool, you will never be cool. If you have to try to be happy, then you will never be happy. Maybe the problem these days is that people are just trying too hard. 

如果你努力让自己冷静下来，你就永远不会冷静。如果你努力让自己变得快乐，那么你永远也不会快乐。也许现在的问题是人们太努力了。

Happiness, like other emotions, is not something you obtain, but rather something you inhabit. Research shows that people who focus their energy on materialistic and superficial pleasures end up more anxious, more emotionally unstable and less happy in the long-run.

快乐，像其他的情感一样，不是你努力获得的东西，而是你所处的状态。研究表明，那些把精力集中在物质上和低层次娱乐的人，最终会更加焦虑，情绪上更加不稳定，并且从长远来看，他并不快乐。

Pleasure is the most superficial form of life satisfaction and therefore the easiest. Pleasure is what’s marketed to us. It’s what we fixate on. It’s what we use to numb and distract ourselves. But pleasure, while necessary, isn’t sufficient. There’s something more.

娱乐是人生最肤浅的满足形式，因此也是最容易的。娱乐是可以被推销给我们的。它是我们所关注的，也是我们用来麻痹和分散自己注意力的。这种娱乐，虽然是有必要的，但却远远不够。我们应该有更高的追求。

【重点词汇&表达】

1.inhabit

 栖息；居住于；占据；

2.Research shows that

 研究表明；

3.materialistic [mə,tɪərɪə'lɪstɪk]

 物质的；唯物主义的；金钱至上的；

4.superficial [,suːpə'fɪʃ(ə)l]

 表面的；肤浅的 ；

5.in the long-run

 从长远来看；

6.fixate [fɪk'seɪt]

 注视；固定下来；

7.numb [nʌm]

 麻木的；发愣的；

8.distract ourselves

 让我们自己分心；