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1、ReadingforwritingTheArtofLiving---FindRealHappinessTherewasalittleboywhowasbored,sohewentouttothetreetoplay.Soontheboygrewtiredofplayinginthetree.“I’mhungry,”saidtheboy.“Here,”saidthetree,“takeanapple.”Theboytooktheappleandate.“Iwantabicycle,”saidtheboy,“butIdon’thaveenoughmoneytobuyone
2、.”“Here,”saidthetree,“takeallmyapples,andsellthemsoyoucanhaveenoughmoneytobuythebicycleyouwant.”Theboytooktheapplesandwenttothemarket.Thetreewassohappytohavehelpedhisnewfriendandlookedforwardtoseeinghowhappytheboywillberidingaroundonhisnewbicycle.Daysturnedtoweeks.Weeksturnedintomonthsa
3、ndmonthstoyears.Theboydidnotvisitthetree.Finallytheboyreturned,buthewasnotaboyanymore.Hewasayoungman,andhewasunhappy.“Iwanttotravel,”theyoungmancomplained,“butIdonothaveaboat.”“Here,”saidthetree,“cutmedownandusemywoodtobuildaboat.”Theyoungmancutdownthetreeandbuiltaboat.Manyyearspassedan
4、dthetreedidnotseeorhearfromtheyoungmanwhowasonceaboy.Finally,hereturned,buthewasanoldman,anunhappyoldman.“Whatiswrong?”askedthetree.“Iamoldandalone,andIhavenothing.”“Ihavenothingtogiveyou,”saidthetree.“Ijustwanttositdown.”Theoldmanwhowasonceayoungmanwhowasonceaboysatdownonthestumpthatwa
5、sonceabeautifultree.Thenhewept.Theoldmanfinallyunderstood.FromTheGivingTree,byShelSilversteinDon’talwaysaskfor“more”Theboy,likemostpeople,wantsconditionalhappiness.Hedidnotunderstandthatweshouldacceptlifeunconditionally,andthatleadstohappiness.Wecanallhaveandenjoytheluxuryofthings---the
6、latestdigitalproduct,thebiggestTV,thenewestandgreatestcellphone---yetwemustnotforgetthatsomeoneelseinthisworldmaybesufferingbecauseofourgreed,becauseofourlackofunderstanding.Togetwhateveryouwantistoforgetthatwantingisthesourceofsuffering.Thereisnolimitationtohappinessexceptfortheconditi
7、onswesetforourselves.LearntobecontentIfwegettoknowwhowereallyareandwhatwereallyneed,wemaycometorealizewhatishererightnowisperfect.Thus,weshouldlearntobecontentwithwhereweareandwhatwehavenow.Whenweliveeachmomentwithapeacefulstateofmind,whenwelookattheworldwithour“child”eyes,when
