Simple Life, You Can Choose简单生活，你可以选择You’re waiting fior something to change in your life before you can be happy.

You might think if only you had a different partner (or one at all), a better job, or kids that did their homework then surely you’d be happy.

Surely then you'd wake each morning with the glow of one living a life worth loving.

Enough!

Here are 5 ways to get started:也许你在等待你生命中出现某种转机后，你才能开心。

你可能认为假如你有了一个不同的搭档(或是所有的一切)，一个更好的工作，或者是孩子完成了他们的家庭作业之后你才能开心。

这样你每天醒来的时候才能怀着一缕希望。

够了!

这里有5种方法帮助你重新开始:1.

Be present.

1.

活在当下。

You must be aware of your current existence and that you have control over your perspective.

Whether you’re willing away early morning grouchiness or seeing a messy house as a chance to teach teamwork, your choice of perspective will make all the difference between just living and loving.

你必须意识到你在当前是真实存在的，你完全可以掌控自己的未来。

无论你是想逃离晨间的抱怨，或者是见到一团糟的屋子，其实都可以作为一次团队精神教育的机会。

你对前途的选择定会让生活和爱大不相同。

2.

Practice gratefulness.

2.

学会感恩。

Every day, no excuses.

Pretend to be grateful if you must.

It's one of those thirngs that catches up to you quickly as life reciprocatedsyour emotional generosity.

Seeing the good in your life will allow you to keep your heart fed while you work to change the more unsavory parts.

Try it.

live it.

You’ll love it.

每天都要感恩，不要找任何借口逃避。

假如有必要，哪怕是假装会感恩也好，这是一样能让你快速上瘾的事情，就像生活在回报你在感情上的宽容。

当你尝试改变生活中令你讨厌的地方时，你会发现生活之美会使你的心变得很充实。

尝试一下，这样的生活，你会爱上的。

3.

Pursue balance.

3.

寻求平衡。

As a person given to extremes this has always been a tough one for me.

I'll go from taking great care of myself and communicating well to abandonment and silence as I let work consume me.

The pursuit of balance requires constant adjustment as your life shifts but every time I really try for the middle I end up happier about my life.

And that’s truly the point.

作为一个人，要走向极端，对我而言是件很艰难的事。

我能做到从用心关心自己，沟通能力良好，到放弃一切，选择静默，就好像工作非常让我着迷一样。

这种对平衡的追求需要你随着生活的转变不断地做出调整，但是每次在我试着求得平衡后，我的生活就变得更加开心，这才是最重要的。

4.

Nurture friendships.

4.

维系友情。

You know the people who for some reason or other welcome you into their lives?

Treasure them.

Make time to spend with them.

It is those relationships that you’II look back on with satisfaction when you get old and begin to wonder what your life was worth.

Many of us spend far too much time thinking about how some material possession will improve our lives.

An Mac would be nice.

A good friend is worth just about everything though!

你了解那些因这样或那样原因而欢迎你进入他们生活的人吗?

请珍惜他们，抽出些时间和他们在一起。

等你变老，开始怀疑你的生活是否有价值的时候，你将会走向回忆，而这些人际关系能带给你满足感。

很多人花费了很多时间去思考怎样的物质拥有才能改善自己的生活，一台苹果电脑就很好。

事实上，一个好友抵得上世间的一切。

5.

Embrace simplicity.

5.

拥抱简单生活。

You don't need to have all your gold-plated ducRcs in a row in order to love the lifie you're living.

You don't need lots of stuff and relationships so driven by drama that you often wish just to be left alone in silence.

Instead you might try for a simpler approach and enjoy things because they are useful and not because they are expensive.

You might join a friend just to talk and not worry about all the expensive trappings we so often heap on get-together's.

Try for simplicity and if complexity sneaks up on you, so be it.

In learning to love the basics you’II find a wondrous appreciation for the nicer things that come along.

你不需要一排排的镀金鸭子才能爱上你现在过的生活。

你不需要戏剧中那么多的东西和各种人际关系来驱动自己，那只会让你希望独自一人，清静一下。

你可能会想尝试一下更加简单的生活方式，你会喜欢某些东西，只是因为它们很实用，而不是因为它们有多昂贵。

你可能会想和一个朋友随便聊聊，不用担心平时扎堆聚会的高昂花费。

试试简单一点儿，如果复杂靠近你，就顺其自然。

学会热爱生活的本质，你将会发现随之而来的是那种对美好事物的美妙感受。

What have you found helps bring you back to the moment you’re in and really start to enjoy the life you’re living right now?

什么能帮你回归到你当下的生活?

什么能让你真正地享受你此刻正在过的生活?

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