提 要
國畫名家喻仲林擅繪牡丹，有一次某人慕名買了一幅，回去掛在客廳。一位朋友看到後大呼不吉利，因為：「這朵花沒畫完整，牡丹代表富貴，缺了一角，豈不是『富貴不全』？」
此人聽了大驚，趕快拿回去請喻仲林重畫。喻氏聽了他的理由，靈機一動說：「牡丹代表富貴，缺了一點邊，不就是『富貴無邊』？」那人覺得有理，就高高興興的捧著畫回去了。
同樣一件事，看法不同，就有不同的認知。凡事學習多往好處想，自然少生煩惱多點快樂。
1.Stop focusing on how stressed you are and remember how blessed you are.
2.Your life will improve only when you take small chances, and the first and most difficult chance you can take is to be honest with yourself.
3.It only takes one person to make you happy and change your life:YOU.
4.When you smile about the life you live, you end up living a life worth smiling about.
5.Happiness comes more easily when you feel good about yourself without feeling the need for anyone else's approval.
6.Kindness is not to be mistaken for weakness, nor forgiveness for acceptance. It's about knowing resentment of any kind is not on the path to happiness.
7.Give as much as you can, but don't allow yourself to be used.
8.Listen to others closely, but don't lose your own voice.
9.What you allow is what will continue. It's always better to spend more time alone than allow negative people and their opinions to derail you from your destiny.
10.Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet them again on your way back down.
11.The unhappiest people in this world are the people who care the most about what everyone else thinks.
12.The trick is to enjoy your life today. Don't wish it away by waiting for better days ahead.
翻譯
1.立刻停止聚焦在煩惱上，記住自己有多麼幸福。
2.把握時機冒險，你的人生才會有所改善；首先也最困難的冒險，就是對自己誠實。
3.讓你改變快樂人生只需要一個人的幫助：你自己。
4.當你開始微笑度日，你將開始會讓自己微笑的生活。
5.幸福感來自於自我，沒有必要其他任何人的批准。
6.善良不應被誤認為軟弱，寬恕也不應被誤認為接受；必須了解，任何形式的怨恨不會通往幸福。
7.盡可能的付出，但不要讓自己被利用。
8.仔細聽別人的意見，但不要失去自己的聲音。
9.你容許的才會持續。與其任憑悲觀的人用負面情緒誤導你，還不如獨自靜一靜。
10.得意時，友善待人，因為失意時，可能再見到他們。
11.總在意其他人怎麼想的人，是世界上最不快樂的人。
12.快樂的訣竅是享受今天，不要為了等待未來更好的日子而蹉跎。
WOW!原來如此
take small chances
「take chance」意思是「冒險」，表示鼓起勇氣嘗試新的事物，在電影《春風化雨》（Dead Poets Society）劇中，教師用鮮活的方式鼓舞經歷成長苦悶的學生，希望他們跳脫原本古板的框架、用不同的角度看世界。他引用了詩人Robert Frost 著名的〈The Road Not Taken〉，其中部分詩句節錄如下：
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
...... ......
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
...... ......
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
黃木林裡分出兩條路，
很遺憾我不能兩條都走
身為旅人，我佇足
盡可能的望向一條的遠方
...... ......
這樣的早晨兩條路並臥
落葉滿布，無人踩踏
哦，其中一條路，我改天再走！
...... ......
林裡分出兩條路
我選擇走人跡罕至的那條，
這改變了一切！
wish it away
「wish away」表示 ：「to do nothing or to turn a blind eye on something, and hope that a problem will disappear.」（視而不見，或什麼也不做，然後希望問題會消失。）例如：
「Some people seem to think if they wish the disease away, then it will go away.」（有些人似乎認為，如果他們希望疾病遠離，那麼它們就會自行消失。）
「You can't just wish him away, you'll have to ask him to leave! 」（你不能只是『希望』他自己走掉，你必須開口要求他離開！）
Don't try to wish away the difficulties of your life.（別幻想生活中的困境會自動解決），也就是不要「駝鳥心態」。
end up
「end up」意思是「終歸、淪落」，也有時候是「出人意料的結果」，例如：
「If he continue to steal he will end up in prison.」（如果他繼續行竊，終究要被逮進監獄。）
Somebody like you could end up a scapegoat.（像你這樣的人最後可能變成代罪羔羊。）
At first,the boy denied everything, but ended up confessing everything. （那男孩原先完全撇清，但最後甚麼都承認了。）
I thought I was going to hate this job, but I ended up enjoying myself. （我以為我會很討厭這份工作，想不到居然樂在其中。）