最近縱觀國際，天災人禍不斷，如何才能擁有幸福快樂的人生？
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與世人分享的10項重要原則：
Pope Francis reveals《top 10 secrets to happiness》
1. Live and let live 努力向上，提攜旁人
Everyone should be guided by this principle, he said, which has a similar expression in Rome with the saying, "Move forward and let others do the same."
每個人都應該遵照這項原則，就像羅馬古諺語：「前進，也讓他人跟進」。
2. Be giving of yourself to others 與人分享，貢獻自己
People need to be open and generous toward others, he said, because "if you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid."
敞開心胸並慷慨待人，若自我封閉、以自我為中心，內心終將成為一灘腐敗發臭的死水。
*Give of sth 獻出
Professionals who give of their free time to help underprivileged youngsters.
運用空閒時間幫助社會低層年輕人的專業人士。
*Egocentric (adj.) 自我中心的；利己主義的
*Stagnant (adj.) 不流動的，停滯的
*Putrid (adj.) 腐敗的 = rotten, foul
3. Proceed calmly in life 沉著地過生活
The pope, who used to teach high school literature, used an image from an Argentine novel by Ricardo Guiraldes, in which the protagonist -- gaucho Don Segundo Sombra -- looks back on how he lived his life.
"He says that in his youth he was a stream full of rocks that he carried with him; as an adult, a rushing river; and in old age, he was still moving, but slowly, like a pool" of water, the pope said. He said he likes this latter image of a pool of water -- to have "the ability to move with kindness and humility, a calmness in life."
曾任教於高中文學科的教宗，以阿根廷著名小說的內容做比喻：「年輕時就像溪流，能夠夾帶著許多小石頭；成年時如同湍急的河流；老年時緩慢流動如水塘。」當中他最喜歡老年的譬喻，如緩慢流水般，過著仁愛、謙卑、沉穩的生活。
*Protagonist (n.) 主角
*Stream (n.) 小河，溪流
*Humility (n.) 謙卑
4. A healthy sense of leisure 休閒的重要性
The pleasures of art, literature and playing together with children have been lost, he said.
"Consumerism has brought us anxiety" and stress, causing people to lose a "healthy culture of leisure." Their time is "swallowed up" so people can't share it with anyone.
Even though many parents work long hours, they must set aside time to play with their children; work schedules make it "complicated, but you must do it," he said.
Families must also turn off the TV when they sit down to eat because, even though television is useful for keeping up with the news, having it on during mealtime "doesn't let you communicate" with each other, the pope said.
藝術、文學與親子時光帶來的快樂逐漸消逝，消費主義更為生活帶來焦慮和壓力。
即使工作繁忙，家長們還是得空出時間留給孩子，工作與家庭的取捨難拿捏，但必須這麼做。
當家人共餐時，請務必關閉電視機，否則人們無法學會真正的「溝通」和「分享」。
5. Sundays should be holidays 週日留給家人
Workers should have Sundays off because "Sunday is for family," he said.
6. Find innovative ways to create dignified jobs for young people
為年輕人創造工作機會
"It's not enough to give them food," he said. "Dignity is given to you when you can bring food home" from one's own labor.
僅僅給予他們食物是不夠的，要讓他們透過自己的力量賺錢回家。
7. Respect and take care of nature 尊敬並保護大自然
Environmental degradation "is one of the biggest challenges we have," he said. "I think a question that we're not asking ourselves is: 'Isn't humanity committing suicide with this indiscriminate and tyrannical use of nature?'"
環境惡化是當今面臨最大的挑戰，我們該知道的是：「任何對環境的破壞和掠奪等同於人類的自殺行為。」
*Degradation (n.) 惡化
*Indiscriminate (adj.) 任意的
*Tyrannical (adj.) 暴虐的
8. Stop being negative 擺脫負面思想
"Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self-esteem. That means, 'I feel so low that instead of picking myself up I have to cut others down,'" the pope said. "Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy."
說別人的壞話不會讓自己變更好，也不需要靠著踐踏別人，來讓自己好過，反而該想想如何提升自己。
9. Don't proselytize; respect others' beliefs 尊重他人信仰
"We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. But the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyzes: 'I am talking with you in order to persuade you,' No. Each person dialogues, starting with his and her own identity. The church grows by attraction, not proselytizing," the pope said.
教會透過交流而成長，並非靠勸說他人入會。
*Proselytize (v.) (使)改變信仰
*Proselytism (n.) 改變信仰
10. Work for peace 維護和平
"We are living in a time of many wars," he said, and "the call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet, peace is always proactive" and dynamic.
我們身處在充滿戰亂的時代，和平應該被呼籲並伸張。和平給人一種寧靜的感覺，但它並不全然沉靜，和平總是積極而充滿活力。
*Proactive (adj.) 主動的，積極的
*Dynamic (adj.) 有活力的，有生氣的
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