I have absolutely best marriage of anyone that I know.
How do I know that? I don’t, it’s just what I feel.
I am happy with my wife, my house, my car, my body, my kids, my job and my country.
Sure, all of them have faults, but overall I wouldn’t trade them, I am happy.
“Happiness is not having what you want, but having what you have.” That’s a quote that I remember from a little boy. It’s true, very true.
Society doesn’t gear us to1 want what we have. Otherwise, we wouldn’t buy the new and improved version. We are made to feel as though we need something different to be happy, something better.
Are there better wives out there than mine? Maybe. Even if there were and I had her, would there then be a better one than that one? Probably.
There is always something better, fancier, more powerful, and more expensive. If not now, it’s coming.
Computer programs keep us waiting for an upgrade. An upgrade supposed to fix all of the current bugs. Often, the upgrade introduces new bugs.
We are in a constant state of trying to get something better and different. We are often trying to be someone different, even when the current us is pretty decent. If you are not happy being you, then who else can you be?
I neither want to nor have the ability to trade places with anyone. I am happy with myself. With all life’s faults, with all of my faults and my continuing struggle to improve, I am happy.
There are a lot of others who have more stuff. But there aren’t many who are happier with the stuff they do have. That’s the key. Are you happy with the stuff that you do have?
Are you happy with yourself? You are you and that isn’t going to change.
An old proverb says, “Be what you are, not what you aren’t, ‘cause when you are what you aren’t, then you aren’t what you are.”
我绝对拥有我所知的最好婚姻。
我怎么会知道？我不知道，这只是我自己的感觉。
我对我的妻子、我的房子、我的车子、我的身体、我的孩子、我的工作还有我的国家，感到心满意足。
当然，他们都不完美，但我很快乐，因为他们千金不换。
“幸福不是拥有你想要的，而是珍惜你所拥有的。”我还是小孩儿时，就记得这句话。这绝对是真理，至理。
社会不会使我们满足于我们的所有。否则，我们也不会去买更新更先进的版本了。我们习惯了总是要更好的、更与众不同的东西来取悦自己。
世界上有比我的妻子更好的妻子吗？可能有。 即使那个更好的我也得到了，还会有比她更好的妻子吗？还会有的。
总是有更好、更奇特、更有力和更昂贵的事物，就算现在没有，将来也会有。
计算机总是要升级，升级原是为修复所有现存的漏洞。但通常，升级总会产生新的漏洞。
我们总是处在一个需要不断提高、需要改变的状态。即使现在的我们已经很不错，我们还是常想成为另一个全新的人。如果你对做你自己不满意，你还能成为谁呢？
我不想，也无此能力和任何人交换位置。我很乐意做我自己。尽管生活艰难重重，尽管自己错误不断，尽管为改善自我还得继续奋斗，我也很乐意。
有很多人拥有更多的财富，但他们中间因为财富而快乐的人却不多。这就是问题的关键。你对你所拥有的一切感到满足吗？
你对自己满意吗？你就是你，这是无法改变的。
有句老话说得好：“做你自己，而不是别人；当你连本来的自己都不愿做时，你就不再是你了。”