Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses;
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes;
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears;
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Now, isn't there a great feeling of optimism and good cheer in thoughts such as these?
"Although we travel the wide world over to find the beautiful, it is essential that we carry it with us or we find it not." Take a few minutes to think about these words today—I am certain that you will find a great deal of truth in them.
我們每個人都有過這樣的時刻，感覺生命中沒有了閃耀的陽光。這樣的情景——讓我們期待它少一些——我喜歡用無名作家的這些格言提醒自己。
多想好運而非黴運；
多想收獲而非遺失；
多想喜悅而非哀傷；
多想友人而非仇敵；
多露笑容而非淚水；
多些勇氣少點敬畏；
多計豐年少數歉年；
多施善行不記吝嗇。
現在，想想這些之後，是不是有了樂觀的情緒和愉快的歡呼呢？
“盡管，我們滿世界尋找美麗，它其實每天都與我們相伴，隻是我們沒有發現它。”今天，用幾分鍾的時間細細品味這些話語——我確信你會從中領悟許多道理。
blessing ['blesi] n. 上帝的恩賜；幸事；幸運
An honest heart being the first blessing,a knowing head is the second.
擁有一顆誠實的心靈是第一大幸事，聰明的頭腦尚在其次。
cross [krs] n. 十字架
She wears a small silver cross on a chain round her neck.
她脖子上戴著項鏈，上麵掛著個銀的小十字架。
woe [w] n. 悲傷；哀愁；痛苦；苦惱
Love is alternating joy and woe.
愛情就是歡樂與痛苦的輪回。
lean [li:n] adj. 難以賺錢的；生產不出（食物等）的
The company recovered well after going through several lean years.
經曆了幾年的蕭條後，這家公司的業務才恢複正常。
我們每個人都有過這樣的時刻，感覺生命中沒有了閃耀的陽光。
多想好運而非黴運；多想收獲而非遺失；多想喜悅而非哀傷；多想友人而非仇敵；多露笑容而非淚水；多些勇氣少點敬畏；多計豐年少數歉年；多施善行不記吝嗇。
盡管，我們滿世界尋找美麗，它其實每天都與我們相伴，隻是我們沒有發現它。
Count your blessings instead of your crosses.
instead of：（用……）代替……；（是……）而不是……；（用……）而不用……
Take a few minutes to think about these words today—I am certain that you will find a great deal of truth in them.
a great deal of：許多；大量