The Secret of True Happiness [A]
Guidance for Reciting
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during the act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is deeper，more abiding emotion.
The way people cling to the belief that a fun-filled，pain-free life equals happiness actually diminishes their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with 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.
Notes
1.equate （with）[i5kweit] v. 与……相提并论
2.abiding [E5baidiN] a. 持久的，持久的，不变的
3.cling （to）[kliN] vi. 紧紧抓（抱）住；挨近；依恋；坚持
4.filled a. 充满……的
5.free a. 不……免于……的
6.diminish [di5miniF] vt. 使减少，使变少
幸福的真谛（一）
诵读导言
对于大多数人来说，他们认定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。
许多聪明的人仍然将幸福和乐趣等同起来。实际上乐趣和幸福不但并不一样甚至是截然不同的两件事。乐趣是我们行为过程中感受到的，而幸福却是我们在行为过后的体验。幸福是更深刻、更持久的情感。
人们坚信充满欢乐、没有痛苦的生活方式就等于幸福，实际上反而减少了他们真正获得幸福的机会。如果欢乐和愉快等于幸福，则痛苦就等于不幸福。但事实真相恰恰相反，经常的情况是：能导致幸福的事往往与痛苦相联系。