When facing a TV field interview on “are you happy?”, those people, wearing decent or fashionable clothes and carrying expensive bags, stunned and hesitated to response, with their puzzled eyes wide open. On the contrary, the beggar in rags confidently answered “I’m very happy”, grinning from ear to ear and contenting himself with appetizing smell of a fried chicken leg in his bowl.
In a comparative way, the pictures vividly present us a philosophy: wealth isn’t in proportion to happiness. Happiness is nothing but subjective perception. It doesn’t mean that the wealthier you are, the happier you are. Just as depicted in the pictures, those possessing more property than the beggar still couldn’t feel that they live happy lives. On the other hand, if approached inappropriately, more wealth may cause huge disasters. To a great extent, some officiallings or second rich generations go astray or commit crimes mostly because of abusing huge fortunes inherited from their prestigious parents.
Happiness is everyone’s pursuit but it is not directly proportional to wealth. Wealth shouldn’t be treated as the best measure of happiness. Only by cherishing what you own now and persisting in achieving what you desire will you experience the real happiness.
【精譯】
面對某個電視臺關於“你幸福嗎”的現場採訪時，那些提着或挎着昂貴皮包、穿着體面或時髦的人都躲躲閃閃、眼睛瞪得大大的.，茫然不知所措。相反，那位衣衫襤褸的乞丐卻滿臉笑容，一邊享受着盛在碗裏的雞腿散發着的香味，一邊自信地回答道：“我很幸福”。
這兩幅圖片通過一種比較的方式告訴我們一個哲理：財富與幸福並不成正比。幸福只是一種主觀感受。你擁有的財富越多，並不意味着你就越快樂。正如那兩幅圖 片描繪的那樣，那些人擁有的財富比那個乞丐多，但他們並沒有感到自己過着一種幸福的生活。另一方面，如果過多的財富使用不當，還會帶來災難。在很大程度 上，一些官二代或富二代之所以走上歧途或犯罪，主要是因爲其濫用從聲望顯赫的父母那裏繼承來的鉅額財富所致。
幸福是每個人的追求，但是它並不與財富成正比關係。我們不應該將財富看作是衡量幸福的最佳標準。只要你能夠珍惜現在所擁有的，並堅持不懈地去追求自己渴望得到的，你就會體驗到真正的幸福。
