双语美文｜攀比是偷走幸福的贼！

Happiness occurs when you do something you enjoy and when you feel content with your life.

当你做自己喜欢的事情时，当你对生活感到满意时，幸福就来了。

Happiness drives your mental health, your relationships and your general well-being.

幸福驱动着你的精神健康、你的人际关系和你的整体表现。

So, why do you feel unhappy, and how will you ever be happy again?

那么，你为什么会感到不幸福？你又如何能再次感到幸福呢？

A research study of over 300,000 adults revealed that adults were generally unsatisfied with their life, had less free time and a lot more worries.

一项针对30多万名成年人的研究显示，成年人普遍对自己的生活不满意，自由时间更少，烦恼更多。

Pressures from work, burdens of family life and a decline in health were just some of the reasons listed in the study, but they are reasons that ring true for a lot of us.

其中有来自工作的压力、家庭生活的负担和健康状况的下降，这些只是研究中列出的部分原因，但对我们很多人来说，这些原因听起来都很真实。

In today's world, people find themselves drowning in images of perfection that always seems to be taking place in the lives of other people rather than us; from fabulous beach holidays to joyful family portraits.

在今天的世界，人们发现自己沉浸在追求完美的生活中，而这种生活似乎总是发生在别人身上，而不是我们自己身上：从美妙的海滩假日到欢乐的全家福。

Instead of living in the moment, they're day-dreaming of better times.

他们不是活在当下，而是做着美好时光的白日梦。

There's an old saying comparison is the thief of happiness; we want what others have, and in a world filled with social media, it doesn't take long before someone is sharing their (seemingly) wonderful life and ruining our day.

有句老话说:“攀比是偷走幸福的贼”。我们想要别人拥有的东西，而在这个充斥着社交媒体的世界里，时时刻刻就会有人分享他们（看似）美好的生活，毁掉我们的一天。

A quarter of all men and women say they are unhappy, and what's even worse is that this seems to be the norm, but that's not the case.

25%的男人和女人说他们不幸福，更糟糕的是，这似乎变成了常态，但事实并非如此。

其实幸福很简单。肚子痛的时候，能找到卫生间，那就是幸福~

最近疫情，让很多网友感叹，原来车水马龙才是国泰民安，人来人往才是岁月静好。不追求大富大贵，平平安安才是幸福。

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