I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous1, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.
Many intelligent people still equate2 happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding3 emotion.
Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness".
But in memoir4 after memoir, celebrities5 reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction6, broken marriages, troubled children, profound loneliness.
The way people cling to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates7 happiness actually diminishes their chances of ever attaining8 real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated9with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably10 brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, civic11 or charitable work, and self-improvement.
幼儿英语单词顺口溜:一数到十
幼儿英语单词顺口溜:学生的一天
幼儿英语单词顺口溜:季节与天气英语单词歌
幼儿英语单词顺口溜:家庭成员
少儿英语单词大全:颜色篇
少儿英语单词儿歌:颜色
少儿英语单词大全:家庭篇
幼儿英语水果名称:字母O、P、Q、R开头
少儿英语单词顺口溜:食物及餐具英语单词歌
少儿英语单词顺口溜:课间活动动副词组英语单词歌
幼儿园英语单词教案
幼儿英语水果名称:字母T、V、W开头
幼儿英语水果名称大全
幼儿英语单词顺口溜:快餐食品
幼儿英语水果名称:字母A、B开头
幼儿英语水果名称:字母L、M、N开头
少儿英语单词儿歌:Apple Tree
幼儿英语单词顺口溜:小动物
学前英语常用词汇:食品、饮料(food & drink)
幼儿英语单词顺口溜:动物名词歌
幼儿英语水果名称:字母S开头
学前英语常用词汇:颜色(color)
少儿英语单词复习
少儿英语单词顺口溜:少儿学科科目英语单词歌
学前英语常用词汇:人物
看故事学英语单词:毛遂自荐
少儿英语单词卡片:景物英语名称
学前英语常用词汇:职业(jobs)
幼儿英语水果名称:字母F、G、H、J、K开头
少儿英语单词顺口溜:记一周七天英语单词歌
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