A simple truth about happiness 总结

 A simple truth about happiness 总结
 
做了一场报告 give a talk 
After I gave a talk on the subject of happiness ,...

这位女士用语言表达出了我一直在探索的一个道理---
This woman enabled me to put into words what I  had been searching for－－

苦中求乐
I took pleasure in my anguish

我是在贪图省事
I was taking the easy way out

事实恰好相反
But the opposite is true

需要克服一些障碍
it’s necessary to overcome some stumbling blocks

在我眼里，我是个失败者。
I was a failure in my own eyes．

前妻 监护权
my ex-wife and I shared custody

Whatever your philosophy，it should include this truism9)：if you choose to find the positive in virtually every situation，you will be blessed，and if you choose to find the awful ，you will be cursed．
不管你的哲学是什么，它应该包括这个自明之理：如果你决心去发现每种情况的积极面（事实上都有），你就会得福；如果你决心去发现其消极面，你就会遭殃。