Happiness Is An Inside Job
Author: Mac Anderson & BJ Gallagher
When I travel on business, I like to talk to the taxi drivers who take me from the airport to my hotel, or to a convention center, or to a restaurant. Taxi drivers are often immigrants with interesting personal histories and unusual cultural backgrounds. I ask them how long they've been in America, how they chose which city to live in, and what they like best about where they live.
Of course, I also ask them for advice on good local restaurants and any special attractions they'd recommend to a visitor. I've had some great experiences on my travels, thanks to the advice of taxi drivers.
On one trip about ten years ago, I was making conversation with the taxi driver, asking him my usual questions about how he came to live where he lived. Then I asked him a hypothetical question: "If you could live anywhere in the world-and if money was no object-where would you live?"
Without hesitating even for a second, he replied, "I live in my heart. So it really doesn't matter where my body lives. If I am happy inside, then I live in paradise, no matter where my residence is."
I felt humbled and a little foolish for my question. Of course he was right-happiness is an inside job. He had reminded me of something I already knew, but had forgotten. If you can't find happiness inside yourself, you'll never find it in the outside world, no matter where you move. Wherever you go, there you are. You take yourself with you.
I am grateful for the wisdom of that taxi driver. And I'm grateful for all the wisdom others have shared with me about how to be happy.
Rebecca Lin 2011 Summer In USA |
森林朝陽，謝謝共鳴，周末愉快。
肖民，周末好，謝謝你的留言和建議。
很遺憾，我目前還沒有找到美觀的能提供關閉功能的Flash音樂播放器，隻好麻煩你調整你自己計算機的音量，這樣你就聽不到文章的背景音樂了。
好開心看到米德精彩的點評，周末快樂。
清清泉源，你的巴西之行乘車經曆真有趣，拉丁音樂和舞蹈也是充滿了活力和激情。
臥在豪華的Heart裏，
運行在激情與高速的碰撞中。。。
劃算人生。
說起坐出租車，在巴西好像少有傳統十字路口，隻是道路變得很寬，象個大足球場，司機在高速下連車帶人射向要去的方向，就象射門。有一次和另一車擦碰，司機速都不減，我叫slow, 他慢了下來，後麵卻笛聲一片，他聳肩挑眉居然還攤手，nobody slow，加速而去。看來中南美人確實是活在激情的高速和碰撞中。
http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php?date=201107&postID=3873
The Road to Happiness Author: Mac Anderson & BJ GAllagher
http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php?date=201105&postID=25501
Barbara "BJ" Gallagher Hateley
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Barbara "BJ" Gallagher Hateley is an author and speaker who lives in Los Angeles, California. She writes business books, women’s books , gift books , and children's books. She is quoted almost weekly in various newspapers, women’s magazines, and websites. In addition to writing books, BJ also conducts seminars and delivers keynotes at conferences and professional meetings across the country.