英语晨读美文：Love Your Life

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英语晨读美文：Love Your Life
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2 E! {; s6 ]" U　　However mean your life is, meet it and live it;
& P% J: V. z# N* A  |  A! y　　do not shun it and call it hard names.
: w5 f  j" N  t" M0 j$ k　　It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest
) z; Z) ?7 }' Y4 J　　when you are richest. The fault-finder will
　　find faults in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is.
; h6 Y" T* n. R* |  e! t, Q, g7 \　　You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling,
　　glorious hours, even in a poor house. The setting sun
　　is reflected from the windows of the almshouse
4 e  |* a5 J% G9 B　　as brightly as from the rich man’s abode;
4 \: ~6 H: F: m( g: I+ w8 [　　the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.
0 ]( E% x% z& n! T& T* S, G+ v　　I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,
% \4 W' Z- C2 _% e3 S8 z　　and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.
# p2 ?( o/ w2 L9 i% l. i" L　　The town’s poor seem to me often to live
: t7 ~) c0 O6 Z9 o3 r　　the most independent lives of any. Maybe they are simply
　　great enough to receive without misgiving. Most think that
+ C+ e, p* h* o$ P0 ?& j　　they are above being supported by the town;
( H, s. Z. g, \0 K: F! E2 t, L　　but it often happens that they are not above
　　supporting themselves by dishonest means,
　　which should be more disreputable. Cultivate poverty
　　like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much
  Z: R2 {. d4 X2 Z　　to get new things, whether clothes or friends.
　　Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change.
  f) N3 V2 }* z+ O; F- a; |. ]2 N　　Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
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