6 inspirational little stories about happiness

Chase after happiness too hard, and it evaporates between your fingers. The trick is to let it creep up on you unawares. I am happiest when I am lost in my own imagination.
过分追求快乐，快乐就会从你的指间溜走。获得快乐的窍门就是让它在你不经意间来到你身边。沉醉在自己想象中时是我最快乐的时候。
I people-watch and try to work out what their story is. And the best place to do this is the daily commute. Everybody uses public transport: rich, poor, old and young.
我喜欢观察别人，然后想象出他们的故事。上下班途中是做这个的最佳时机。无论穷富老少，每个人都会使用公共交通工具。
I try to pick up clues from the shoes they wear, the state of their fingernails, the depth of their laughter lines.
我会在很多地方找到线索，比如鞋子的款式、指甲的样子和笑纹的深度。
I have learned not to stare, and since the advent of smartphones, this has become a lot easier. Commuters tend to be so distracted by their electronic devices, they don’t often look up.
我观察的时候可以不盯着别人看，而智能手机的出现让观察变得更容易了。人们的注意力总是在他们的电子设备上，很少会抬头。
Also, people tend to kill their time by reading through old emails (always interesting) or by tapping out messages to friends (absolutely fascinating).
而且人们想要打发时间的时候通常会看旧邮件或者给朋友发信息，内容总是很有趣的。
I like to call it feeding my novelist’s imagination. But you could just call it nosy.
我喜欢称之为小说家的想象，不过你也可以说是八卦。