Chapter 2
一、问答
1. Why happiness is a problem?
Because life is full of problems, and happiness comes from the process of solving the problems.
2. Why the author invented disappointment panda? What is it for?
It tells people harsh truths about themselves that they need to hear but don’t want to accept.
3. What is the role that emotions play in our life? Why they are overrated?
It helps us live and reproduce a little bit better.
Because they made the decision based on emotional intuition without thinking it was right or wrong.
4. Why you don’t have chiseled abs? (if you do have, how did you make it?)
Because I didn’t make an effort for it.
二、感想
In some cases, experiencing emotional or psychological pain can be healthy or necessary. Just like stubbing our toe teaches us to walk into fewer tables, the emotional pain of rejection or failure teaches us how to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
有时候，我们经历的感情或身体上的疼痛教会我们很多事情，如你被桌子绊了一下，下次就知道绕着走；感情上受到伤害，下次就知道该怎样保护自己。
作者在本章举例说明，孩子小时候如果给他过多的保护和关爱，长大后就不知道该怎样面对困难和挫折，所以孩子小时候要让他多经历一些事情，多积累经验，长大后才能知道如何应对。
Happiness comes from solving problems. The keyword here is “solving.” If you’re avoiding your problems or feel like you don’t have any problems, then you’re going to make yourself miserable. If you feel like you have problems that you can’t solve, you will likewise make yourself miserable. The secret sauce is in the solving of the problems, not in not having problems in the first place.
生活中总是存在这样那样的问题，关键是要及时解决。如果一味地回避问题，或装作没有问题，你的生活将会很糟糕；如果这些问题即便有能力也不去想办法解决，听之任之，你的生活状态也不会好；正确的做法是发现问题后及时解决，才能拥有快乐的人生。
True happiness occurs only when you find the problems you enjoy having and enjoy solving.
真正的快乐在于你发现问题后，享受解决问题的过程。有的问题比较简单，比如说去一个好玩的地方，吃些好吃的食物；有的问题要复杂些，如搞定和领导间的关系，找到一份理想的工作。但无论怎样的问题，都要积极主动地去解决。有些人逃避问题，逃避现实；有些人即便有能力也不去解决问题，在短期内会感觉良好，但长期来看，心中的不安、愤怒、无助等始终无法消除。短期的逃避不过是一种暂时的自我麻痹。
Because happiness requires struggle. It grows from problems. Joy doesn’t just sprout out of the ground like daisies and rainbows. Real, serious, lifelong fulfillment and meaning have to be earned through the choosing and managing of our struggles.
作者告诉我们，幸福是靠奋斗换来的。快乐不会像雏菊和彩虹自己从地下冒出来。人生的幸福要靠一次次的选择和奋斗。要想拥有好的身材，就得在健身馆里挥汗如雨；要想成为成功的企业家，就得敢冒风险、承受失败、忘我工作，人生没有免费的午餐。
I wanted the reward and not the struggle. I wanted the result and not the process. I was in love with not the fight but only the victory. And life doesn’t work that way.
作者最后指出，有些人想要奖励，却不想努力；想要结果，却不想经历过程；想要成功却不想奋斗，这些人的想法在生活中是不可能实现的。
三、字词
1. He spoiled the child, lavishing him with food and gifts, surrounding him with servants who catered to his every whim.
lavish 常用作形容词，表示浪费的；丰富的；大方的，如：a lavish lifestyle 奢侈的生活方式
此处用作动词，表示慷慨地给予，如： lavish them with love. 给他们多多的关爱
2. The prince became kind of a pissed off young man.
pissed off表示厌烦的；失望的；不快的 如：You get really pissed off applying for jobs all the time. 不停地找工作会让人很烦。
3. The prince began to notice that this life of suffering wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be.
not all that is was cracked up to be 表示没有预想的好
如：But are such trials all they are cracked up to be? 但是这些试验真的如它们被赞扬的那样吗？
4. We won’t delve into the biological viability of sitting in the same spot for forty-nine days
delve into深入研究
如：We must delve into his mind and find the source of his delusions. 我们必须深入探究他的精神状态，找到错觉的根源。
viability生存能力；可行性
如：It evaluates the basic viability of the project. 它估计了项目的可行性。
5. People who abstain from worldly pleasures suffer because of their abstentions.
abstain from 放弃；戒绝
如：He abstained from speaking ill of others. 他不讲别人的坏话。
abstention 弃权；戒绝
如：a vote of sixteen in favour, three against, and one abstention. 16人赞同、3人反对、1人弃权
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