本文为【哈佛幸福课推荐书】—Flow 读书笔记之一
Csikszentmihalyi花了25年的时间发现:
幸福不会自动产生,它与运气或概率无关;它用钱买不到,也不能用权力夺到;它不受外界事物的控制,而是取决于我们对外在事物的诠释。实际上,幸福是一种要靠个人准备、培养与维护的状态。只有学会掌控内心体验的人,才能决定自己的生活品质;具备这种能力,也就相当于接近幸福的境界了。
happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them. Happiness, in fact, is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated, and defended privately by each person. People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy.