What is happiness? What contributes to our sense of happiness?
幸福是什么？哪些因素给我们带来了幸福感？
If I say that material things are not so important factors to happiness, maybe you will show a smile as Sa Beining did on a lecture where Ma Yun said: “I don't care about money at all”. Well, we can't deny that material things do matter to our acquisition of happiness. But what I want to say is that they are only part of it.
如果我说物质并不是我们获得幸福的重要原因，可能你会像撒贝宁在一次讲演中听到马云说“我一点都不在乎钱。”时一样露出微笑。的确，我们不能否认物质对于我们幸福感的获得来说至关重要。然而我想说的是，它们也只是其中一个部分。
Recalling the memories of happiness in my daily life, I find most of them are related to comradeship and intimacy. It is spiritual things rather than material things that bring me more happiness.
回想我生活中有关幸福的记忆，我发现它们大多数都与情谊和亲密关系有关。精神往往比物质能带给我更多的幸福。
I have two best friends and we have cultivated our friendship since we were in junior high school. In early days, I was puzzled by choosing the perfect gifts. I wanted to select things that could really bring them happiness. Meanwhile, I was always afraid that the gifts were not their cup of tea. However, as we grew older, we realized that it was not material things that always brought us real happiness and we reached an agreement that we didn't have to prepare something so called gifts on any festival or anybody's birthday. A greeting, a blessing, or a party was enough.
我有两个最好的朋友，我们相识自初中。但早前，我曾因为她们选择完美的生日礼物而困扰。我希望能够挑出真正能带给她们幸福的物品，同时又常常担心我送出的礼物不合她们的胃口。但是，随着我们年龄的增长，我们渐渐发现，带给我们幸福的往往并不是物质。所以我们达成了共识:我们不必在节日或生日时为对方准备所谓的礼物。一个问候，一句祝福，一场派对就足够了。
On the birthday of my best friend last year, another girl and I collected sincere words from our mutual classmates and made them a video for her. She said that she was so excited that she jumped out of her bed at the sight of it.
在去年我最好的朋友生日时，我和另外一个女生收集了来自我们同学的祝福并把它们制作成视频当作给她的生日礼物。她说当她看到视频的时候自己激动地从床上跳了起来。
With the growth of age and experience, I gradually realize that material things do provide a foundation. But it doesn't mean we can't acquire happiness without rich money or things like that. Even in poor days, we can also derive a sense of happiness from details in our daily life. Especially when we have certain assets, more material things seem to be a block standing on our way to happiness.
随着年龄的增长和经历的丰富，我渐渐意识到，物质提供了基础，但这并不意味着没有丰富的金钱与物质，我们就无法获得幸福。即使是在艰苦的日子里，我们也能从生活中的点滴中汲取到幸福。尤其是当我们有了一定的财产时，更多的物质似乎就难以给我们带来更多的幸福。
All in all, we all have our own understanding of happiness. Besides material things, we may derive our happiness from family, friendship, food and so on. In the end, hope you can find your own happiness!
总之，我们都有自己对于幸福的理解。除了物质，我们还可能从家庭，友谊，美食等各个方面获得幸福感。最后也希望你们可以找到属于自己的幸福！
Translator: Zheng Bowen
Date: December 2, 2020
