i tach conomics at unlv thr tims pr wk. last monday, at th bginning of class, i chrfully askd my studnts how thir wknd had bn. on young man said that his wknd had not bn so good. h had his wisdom tth rmovd. th young man thn procdd to ask m why i always smd to b so chrful.我在内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校教经济学，每周上三次课。上周一，在刚开始上课的时候，我兴致勃勃地问学生们周末过得怎么样。一个男生说，他的周末不太愉快，因为他的智齿被拔掉了，结果让他痛了一整天。然后，他又问我为何我总能保持那么快乐的心情。his qustion rmindd m of somthing i'd rad somwhr bfor: "vry morning whn you gt up, you hav a choic about how you want to approach lif that day," i said. "i choos to b chrful."他的问题使我想起了一句不知出处的话：“每天早上，当你起床的时候，你可以选择如何面对一天的生活”，我说：“我选择快乐。”"lt m giv you an xampl," i continud, addrssing all sixty studnts in th class. "in addition to taching hr at unlv, i also tach out at th community collg in hndrson, 17 mils down th frway from whr i liv. on day a fw wks ago i drov thos 17 mils to hndrson. i xitd th frway and turnd onto collg driv. i only had to driv anothr quartr mil down th road to th collg. but just thn my car did. i trid to start it again, but th ngin wouldn't turn ovr. so i put my flashrs on, grabbd my books, and marchd down th road to th collg.“我给你们举个例子吧，”我对着全班六十个学生继续说道，“除了在这儿上课，我还在一所社区大学任教，那儿离我家17英里。几周前的一天，我驾车前往那所学校，驶离高速公路后，我转入了校园区。在只差400多米就到学校的时候，我的汽车抛锚了。我努力重新发动引擎，但就是不行。我只好把指示灯打亮，然后抓起课本直奔学校。”"as soon as i got thr i calld aaa and arrangd for a tow truck to mt m at my car aftr class. th scrtary in th provost's offic askd m what has happnd. 'this is my lucky day,' i rplid, smiling.我一到学校就马上打电话给汽车协会，让他们在我下课后开辆拖车过来。院长办公室的秘书问我发生了什么事。“今天我真走运。”我笑着答道。"'your car braks down and today is your lucky day?' sh was puzzld. 'what do you man?'“你的车坏了，你还说今天走运?”她一脸的困惑。“你什么意思啊?”"'i liv 17 mils from hr.' i rplid. 'my car could hav brokn down anywhr along th frway. it didn't. instad, it brok down in th prfct plac: off th frway, within walking distanc of hr. i'm still abl to tach my class, and i'v bn abl to arrang for th tow truck to mt m aftr class. if my car was mant to brak down today, it couldn't hav bn arrangd in a mor convnint fashion.'我回答到：“我住在离这儿17英里的地方。其实我的车有可能在高速公路上的什么地方就坏掉了的，但庆幸的是，没有。相反，汽车是在离开了高速公路后才抛锚，而且距离学校很近。我还赶得及上课，还能够安排拖车在课后来处理。如果我的汽车是注定了要在今天抛锚的，那在这个位置抛锚已经是非常幸运了。”th scrtary's ys opnd wid, and thn sh smild. i smild back and hadd for class." so ndd my story.“那个秘书听得目瞪口呆地，然后她笑了。我也冲她笑了一下，便上课去了。”这就是我的故事。i scannd th sixty facs in my conomics class at unlv. dspit th arly hour, no on smd to b aslp. somhow, my story had touchd thm. or mayb it wasn't th story at all. in fact, it had all startd with a studnt's obsrvation that i was chrful.我扫视了一下全班六十张脸。虽然是在大清早，但没有一个学生在打盹儿。不知道为什么，他们好像被我的故事触动了。也许触动他们的并不是故事本身。其实，从一开始有学生发现我兴致高昂的时候，他们便已经被我的快乐感染了。dpak chopra has quotd an indian wis man as saying, "who you ar spaks loudr to m than anything you can say." i suppos it must b so.著名的印度作家乔布拉，曾经引述过一位印度智者的名言：“你为人行事的本身，比你的语言更具说服力。”我认为这的确是真理。