Author: Chekhov
Life is a very unpleasant joke, but it is not difficult to make it beautiful. In order to do this, it is not enough to win 2, rubles in the first prize, get a "White Eagle" medal, marry a beautiful woman and be famous for being a good person-these blessings are impermanent and easy to get used to. In order to feel happy constantly, it requires: (1) being good at satisfying the status quo; (2) I am very happy to feel: "Things could have been worse." This is not difficult.
If a match is lit in your pocket, you should be happy and thank God: it's a good thing that your pocket is not a powder magazine.
If a poor relative comes to the villa to look for you, don't turn pale, but shout happily, "It's good, but it's not the police!"
if you have a thorn in your finger, you should be happy: "it's good, thanks to this thorn not in your eye!" "
If your wife or sister-in-law practices the piano, don't lose your temper, but be grateful for this blessing: you are listening to music, not a concert where wolves howl or cats meow.
You should be happy, because you are not a horse pulling a long-distance carriage, a "little spot" of Kirk, a trichinosis, a pig, a donkey, a bear led by the people of Cigang, or a bug. ..... You should be happy, because at the moment you are not sitting in the dock, and you have not seen the creditors in front of you, and you have not talked with the chief writer, Tulba, about the payment.
if you don't live in a very remote place, don't you feel happy when you think that fate has not sent you to a remote place at last?
if you have a toothache, you should be happy: fortunately, it's not a toothache.
You should be happy, because you don't have to read the Citizen, sit on the garbage truck or marry three people at once. ......
If you were sent to the police station, you should jump for joy, because it's a good thing you weren't sent to the fire in hell.
If you were beaten by a birch stick, you should jump and cry, "How lucky I am that people didn't hit me with a barbed stick!" "
If your wife has changed her mind about you, you should be happy, thanks to her betrayal of you, not the country.
and so on ... friend, follow my advice and your life will be full of joy.