It’s You
I have absolutely the best marriage of anyone that I know.
How do I know that? I don’t, it’s just what I feel.
I am happy with my wife, my house, my car, my body, my kids, my job, my church, and my country.
Sure, all of them have snags, all of them have faults, but overall I wouldn’t trade them, I am happy.
“Happiness is not having what you want, but having what you have.” That’s a quote that I remember from a little boy. It’s true, very true.
Society doesn’t gear us to want what we have. Otherwise, we wouldn’t buy the new and improved version. We are made to feel as though we need something different to be happy, something better.
Are there better wives out there than mine? Maybe. Even if there were and I had her, would there then be a better one than that one? Probably.
There is always something better, fancier, more powerful, and more expensive. If not now, it’s coming.
Computer programs keep us waiting for an upgrade. An upgrade supposedly fixes all of the current bugs. Often, the upgrade introduces new bugs.
We are in a constant state of trying to get something better and different. We are often trying to be someone different, even when the current us is pretty decent. If you are not happy being you, then who else can you be?
I neither want to nor have the ability to trade places with anyone. I am happy with myself. With all life’s faults, with all of my faults and my continuing struggle to improve, I am happy.
There are a lot of others who have more stuff. But there aren’t many who are happier with the stuff they do have. That’s the key. Are you happy with the stuff that you do have?
Are you happy with yourself? You are you and that isn’t going to change. An old proverb says, “Be what you are, not what you aren’t, because when you are what you aren’t, then you aren’t what you are.”
在我认识的人中，我所拥有的婚姻绝对是最美好的。
我怎么知道的？其实我不知道，只是感觉。
我的妻子、房子、汽车、身体、孩子、工作、教堂和祖国都让我感到很开心，很幸福。他们当然都有缺点，都有令人遗憾的地方，但我不会利用他们，我很幸福。
记得一个小男孩曾说过这样一句话：“幸福不是追求你想要的，而是珍惜你现在所拥有的。”真理，绝对是真理。
社会不会仅仅使我们满足于现在所拥有的东西。要不然，我们就不会去买那些更为先进的新版和改良过的东西。我们有一种感觉，为了让自己开心，我们总需要一些不同的、更好的东西。
世上还有比我妻子更出色的女子吗？或许有。就算我拥有了那个更出色的，那比她更好的还有吗？或许还有。
更好、更别致、更强大、更奢侈的物品总是会有的。即使现在没有，那将来也会有。
为了应对现有程序的混乱，电脑程序总需要升级，但升级也往往会导致新的混乱。
虽然现在的我们已经很不错了，但我们还常常想做不一样的自己。因此我们不断尝试着更好、更新鲜的东西。如果你连做自己都不开心，那你还能做谁呢？
做自己我很开心，我不想，也没有能力跟任何一个人交换这个位置。我继续努力着改善自己，带着生活的坎坷，带着一生的差错。我很快乐。
世上富有的人很多，但因富有而幸福的人却不多。这就是关键。你对你所拥有的感到快乐吗？
你对自己感到满意吗？你就是你，这是永远不能改变的。古语说，“做你自己，不要做别人，当你做的不是自己时，你就不再是你自己了。”
1. “Happiness is not having you want, but having what you .”That’s a quote that I remember a little boy. It’s true, very .
2. Are there wives out there than mine? Maybe. Even if there were and I had her, would there then be a better one that one? Probably.
1. 他们当然都有缺点，都有令人遗憾的地方，但我不会利用他们，我很幸福。
2. 即使现在没有，那将来也会有。
3. 世上富有的人很多，但因富有而幸福的人却不多。
1. Even if there were and I had her, would there then be a better one than that one?
even if：即使；虽然
2. Computer programs keep us waitin
