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How to Find Happiness: 7 Timeless Tips from the Last 2500 Years

행복 찾기 : 2500년이 전해주는 시간을 초월한 7개의 조언

1. Choose.(선택 하기)

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

The world of those who are happy is different from the world of those who are not.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

2. Focus on the present, not yesterday or tomorrow.(어제나 내일아닌 현재에 집중하기)

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Helen Keller

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
James Oppenheim

3. Don’t forget to be grateful.(감사함을 잊지 말기)

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
Fyodor Dostoevsky

We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
Frederick Keonig

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust

4. Help someone else find happiness.(이웃의 행복 찾아주기)

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Buddha

If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap. If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.
Chinese Proverb

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.
Bernard Meltzer

5. Get rid of a couple of your less valuable desires.(덜 소중한 욕망 제거 하기)

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Epicurus

You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
Eric Hoffer

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.
Henry David Thoreau

6. Do what you like to do.(좋아 하는것 하기)

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

7. Or at least do something.(아니면 적어도 뭔가 하기)

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Benjamin Disraeli

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain

Crisis & Opportunity

I came across interesting phrase during the business trip. It made more than a sense, and thought worth sharing with others…

"危" signifies "crisis" and "機" signifies "opportunity"

How do you view the current economic crisis?

A crisis? or An opportunity?

출장시 어느회사의 회의실에 걸려있던 액자에서 본 문구입니다. 평소에 미처 생각해보지 못했던…

"危"는 위험을, "機" 는 기회를 의미합니다.

당신은 지금의 경제위기를

위험으로 보십니까? 기회로 보십니까?

Family Pictures

For the memories of 814 Sybil, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2008-2009



Alexander, Mat, Dan, Alex, Mike, Dave, Andrew, and Ryan...Wish you all of you the best of luck !!!

Graduation Day

After 4 years of hard(?) work, my son, Alexander, and his 7 roommates all had graduated today. The graduation ceremony was held at the "The Big House", and the speaker for the commencement was Larry Page, Google co-founder and University of Michigan alumnus.

However, the most impression was made by George Dong who made remarks on behalf of graduating class. George arrived here from China with a minimum command in English, but after graduating from Michigan, he will be teaching English to children in Chicago. George’s speech was humorous, well delivered, and well received.

Most of all, Alexander and his 7 roommates will move on with their lives with aspiration of becoming lawyer, opera singer, engineer, physicist, human rights activist, and environmentalist.

For some of you who does not know what “The Big House” is, let me provide you with a short introduction.

“The Big House” is nickname for Michigan Stadium, the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Stadium has often been called "The Carnegie Hall of all Sports" . It was built in 1927, at a cost of $950,000 and had an original capacity of 72,000. Today, Michigan Stadium has an official capacity of 106,201, due to renovations for the 2008 season. The stadium previously had a capacity of 107,501 spectators. The football game attendance often exceeds 111,000 when band members, stadium staff, and others are added. The largest crowd in NCAA college football history was 112,118 on November 22, 2003 for a game against Ohio State.

Currently the stadium lists as the second largest in the United States, behind Penn State's Beaver Stadium, due to a reduction of 1,300 seats resulting from a lawsuit filed on behalf of disabled patrons. The former official capacity of 107,501 made The Big House the largest stadium in the United States up until the recent changes.

Currently “The Big House” is going through $230 million renovation which will result in addition of luxury boxes and 5200 seats. Upon completion of renovation, “The Big House” will regain the honor of being largest stadium in the United States.

As bid goodbye to April

On Wings of Song - Mendelssohn

Feauturing pianist Vladimir Horowiztz, this classic masterpiece is augmented with subscripts from Heinrich Heine, the poet who created the lyrics (1835) for its well-known operatic version. A host of paintings represented by Chagall, Homer, O'keefe, Pissarro, Sargent, and Spadecaller portray the beautiful night garden, where love is transported by the "Wings of Song."

4월을 떠내보내는 시간. 피아니스트 블라디미어 호로위츠가 연주한 이고전적인 걸작은 1835년에 잘 알려진 오페라 버전의 가사를 만든 시인 하인리히 하인의 자막이 느낌을 더해줍니다. 샤갈, 호머, 오키프, 피사로, 설전트, 와 스페이드콜러 를 대표하는 작품들이 사랑은 “노래의 날개”에 의하여 운반된다는 아름다운 밤의정원을 묘사하여 줍니다.

Songbird - Fleetwood Mac’s Classic

Christy McVie is one of the hidden jewels of the music world. People who have never experienced her beauty both inside and outside are in for such a wonderful awakening if they should be so lucky to really hear her. Christy will always be one of My Favorite,

“Songbird” is one of the most heartfelt songs.

크리스티 맥비는 음악 세계의 숨겨진 보석 중 하나입니다. 그녀의 아름다운 내면과 외면을 경험하지 않은 사람들이 운이 좋아 정말로 그녀의 음악세계를 접하게되면 멎진 놀라움을 경험하게 될것입니다. 크리스티는 항상 제가 좋아하는 가수중 하나로 기억에 남을것 입니다.

“송버드”는 깊은 심금을 울려주는 드문 노래중 하나입니다.


For you, there’ll be no more crying,
그대를 위해, 더이상 눈물은 없을 거야
For you, the sun will be shining,
그대를 위해, 태양은 빛날것이야
And I feel that when I’m with you,
그리고 그대와 함께 있을때에는
Its alright, I know its right
마음의 평화가 느껴져

To you, I’ll give the world
그대에게, 세상을 줄거야
To you, I’ll never be cold
그대에게,영원히 냉정하지 않을거야
cause I feel that when I’m with you,
그이유는 그대와 함께 있을때에는
Its alright, I know its right.
마음의 평화가느껴지기 때문이야

And the songbirds are singing,
그리고 노래하는 새는 노래를 부르고있어
Like they know the score,
마치 악보를 아는것 처럼
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
그리고 난 널 사랑해, 사랑해, 사랑해
Like never before.
처음처럼

And I wish you all the love in the world,
그리고 그대에게 세상의 모든 사랑을 전해주고 싶어
But most of all, I wish it from myself.
하지만 무엇보다도,나로 부터 먼저

And the songbirds keep singing,
그리고 노래하는 새는 노래를 부르고있어
Like they know the score,
마치 그들은 악보를 아는것 처럼
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
그리고 난 널 사랑해, 사랑해, 사랑해
Like never before, like never before.
처음처럼, 처음처럼.

I Dreamed a Dream

47 Year old Susan Boyle wows the judges with her performance in the auditions for Britains Got Talent, singing I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables.

Here are the Lyrics.

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used
And wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted.

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame.

And still
I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms
We cannot weather...

I had a dream my life would be
So different form this hell I'm living
so different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.



화제의 주인공인 수잔 보일은 지난주말 영국의 "Britan's Got Talent"라는 프로그램 무대에 걸어나올 때만해도 비웃음 거리였습니다. 약간 촌스런 외모에 허름한 차림, 흩어진 헤어 스타일에 우스꽝스런 몸짓은 보기만 해도 웃음을 자아내기에 충분 했읍니다.

심지어 그녀가 웨스트엔드 뮤지컬 스타 "일레인 페이지와" 겨뤄보는 꿈을 꿔왔다고 말하자 노골적으로 비웃는 관중들도 있었습니다.

그러나 그녀가 청아한 목소리로 뮤지컬 레미제라블의 "I DREAMED A DREAM" 을 부르기 시작했을 때 모두 넋이 빠질 정도였습니다.

불과 두 소절 노래를 불렀을 때 관객들은 일어나 박수를 쳤습니다.

심사위원 피어스 모건은 "이 프로그램 심사를 3년동안 봐왔지만 가장 큰 충격이었다"고 말했습니다.