Happiness and Pain

快乐与痛苦

Jerry was the kind of guy who was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say.

杰瑞是那种总是很快乐、总是传递正能量的男孩。

One day I went up to Jerry and asked him，"I don't get it！You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

吃一天我去找他，然后问他：“我不明白！你不可能一直都是很快乐啊。你是怎么做到的？”

Jerry replied，"Each morning I wake up and say to myself，'Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood."

杰瑞回答道：“每天早晨我醒来后，都会对自己说，杰瑞，你今天有两个选择：快乐或痛苦。我会选择快乐。”

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy，"I protested.

我反对道：“是，是那样，但是没那么简单啊。”

"Yes it is，" Jerry said."Life is all about choices. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. It's your choice how you live life."

杰瑞又说：“生活全部都是选择。你选择着如何对所处环境作出反应。你选择着身边的人们怎样影响你的情绪。你选择着保持快乐或是痛苦。如何生活也是你的选择。”

I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I changed my job. We lost touch.

我思考着杰瑞说的话。在那之后不久，我换了工作。我们就失去了联系。

Several years later, I heard that Jerry was robbed and was shot.

多年以后，我听说杰瑞遭遇了抢劫，还被子弹击中了。

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied，"I feel really good."

意外后大概六个月的时候我见到了杰瑞。我问他最近怎么样，他回答道：“我挺好的。”

I asked him what had gone through his mind when he was taken to the hospital. Jerry replied，"The first thing came to my mind was that I should have closed the back door. Then I remembered that I had two choices：I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."

我又问他当他被送往医院的时候，他在想些什么，他回答道：“我首先想到的就是我本应该关上后门的。然后我又想起我有两个选择：活下去或者死亡。然后我选择了活下去。”

Jerry continued，"The nurses kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses scared me. In their eyes, I read，'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."

杰瑞继续说道：“当时护士一直跟我说我一定会没事的。但是当她们把我推进急救室的时候，医生和护士们脸上的表情把我吓坏了。从他们的眼睛里，我看到好像在说，他是个死人。那时我知道我必须采取行动了。”

"What did you do?" I asked.

“你做了什么？”我问。

"Well, a nurse asked if I was allergic to anything，" said Jerry，"Yes" I replied. The doctors and nurses were waiting for my reply……

杰瑞说：“一个护士问我有没有对什么东西过敏，然后我回答有。医生和护士们等着我的答复……

I took a deep breath and yelled，"Bullets！" Over their laughter, I told them，"I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead. "Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.

我深呼吸了一下，大喊道，子弹！在他们的笑声中，我告诉他们，我想要活下去，给我做手术吧。”多亏医生的医术高明，也是因为杰瑞积极的生活态度，他活了下来。

I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live positively.

我从他身上学会了，每天我们都有选择快乐地生活的权利。