Happiness is very difficult to define, because it means so many different things to different people. While some people link happiness to wealth and material success, others think it lies in emotions and loving personal relationships. Yet others think that spiritual paths, rather than either the material world or relationships with people, are the only way to true happiness. Because people interpret happiness for themselves in so many different ways, it is difficult to give any definition that is true for everyone. However, if there are different kinds of happiness for different individuals then the first step in achieving it would be to have a degree of self-knowledge. A person needs to know who he or she is before being able to know what it is that makes him or her happy. Of course, factors such as loving relationships, good health, the skills to earn a living and a peaceful environment all contribute to our happiness, too. But this does not mean that people without these conditions cannot be happy. Overall, I think an ability to keep clear perspectives in life is a more essential factor in achieving happiness. By that I mean an ability to have a clear sense of what is important in our lives (the welfare of our families, the quality of our relationships, making other people happy, ect.) and what is not (a problem at work, getting annoyed about trivial things, etc.). Like self-awareness, this is also very difficult to achieve, but I think these are the two factors that may be the most important for achieving happiness.
幸福是很难定义的，因为它对不同的人意味着许多不同的东西。有些人把幸福和财富联系在了物质上，而另一些人则认为它存在于感情和个人关系上。然而，其他人认为，精神路径，而不是物质世界或与人的关系，是真正的幸福的唯一途径。因为人们在这么多不同的方式理解自己的幸福，这是很难给任何定义，是真实的，对每个人。然而，如果不同的人有不同然后取得成功的第一步就是要有一种自我认识的幸福。一个人需要知道自己是谁，才能知道是什么让他或她幸福。当然，爱的关系，良好的健康，谋生的技能和和平的环境都有助于我们的幸福，太。但这并不意味着没有这些条件的人不能幸福。总的来说，我认为在生活中保持清醒的能力是实现幸福的一个更重要的因素。的，我平均的能力有一个清晰的认识什么是重要的在我们的生活中。就像自我意识，这也是很难实现的，但我认为这是最重要的两个因素，实现幸福。