I like a sentence very much: "God gave everyone a glass of water, so you drank life from it." People can pursue and choose their favorite lifestyle, but they can't abandon the essence of life. Life was originally a glass of water, poverty and abundance, power and humility, and so on. They are just spices that people add according to their own mentality and ability. Some people like a rich and exciting life and mix it into a multi-flavor sauce. Some people like to take the trouble to make it a coffee life. Some people like to add more honey to their lives and make it into sugar water. Some people like to make life into tea and savor its sweetness. Nothing else, just like the original boiled water. Some people even unconsciously boil their lives into bitter medicine, even poison, and bury their lives with their own hands. What kind of life is a happy life? In fact, happiness is just a state of mind. If you feel happy, life will be extremely happy, if you feel painful, life will be extremely painful. It is the same sky. Some people look up and see layers of shadows, while others can feel the boundless blue through the clouds. Once I went back to my hometown to visit my relatives, and I met my childhood friend who I hadn't seen for years. We were all surprised, so we made an appointment for a long talk all night. I didn't know that she had suffered a lot until I chatted with my friends, but I couldn't find the slightest trace in her cheerful smile. She lost her mother in her early years because she helped her father send three siblings to college. Later, when I got married, my wife was seriously ill, but she was paralyzed after recovery. Her husband is a rural primary school teacher with little income, but she was just a substitute teacher at first, and her salary was lower. In order to support this family, she asked the villagers for fields that others didn't want to farm, and went to help after class, and the leftovers could be taken to the market to sell. In the evening, we should not only prepare lessons, take care of our wife, but also settle down our two young children. I also heard that although she is always so busy, she never flinches from working and studying because of her family. At school, her teaching level is not worse than that of teachers from regular schools, and her students rank first every year. When she is free, she will take her children for hiking and outing. This year, she also took part in the private teachers' confirmation exam, and her performance was the first in the county. I asked her if it would be difficult. She smiled happily. She said that although life is a bit bitter, it is very practical and satisfied. Often, watching a family sitting around eating together, watching the children's eager eyes in class, and watching the green crops at work, I feel an indescribable sense of happiness. She said that people are unhappy with money, but they can live happily with less money. She is a clever woman. The collar of her husband's shirt is a bit torn. She takes it off, turns it over and sews it on, which can last about a year. The child had no clothes to wear, so she cut out old clothes to make clothes for the child. There are curtains lost by neighbors. She thinks the fabric is fine and can make tablecloths and screens. Personally, I often wear old clothes worn by relatives and friends. I can change the big one into a small one and change it into a new one according to my favorite style. I can't help but feel ashamed when I look at her face with red in black and healthy luster under orange light. When I used to go home, the old people in the village always told me half jokingly how happy I was to live a relaxed life in the city. I occasionally think of acquaintances who are not much better off than myself and feel smug. However, in front of her, all sense of superiority disappeared. I dare not discuss with her. After all, what is life and what is happiness. I dare not tell her that many friends in the city live a leisurely and rich life. They talked about how hundreds of thousands of their clothes are, how fashionable their styles are, and pointed out whose car is not a high-end car. They lambasted last night's meal for not being worth thousands of dollars at all, and started to make an appointment at whose house to play cards and mahjong tonight before work ... They kept complaining every day, and they often felt very tired. Their children and husbands do not seem to know them yet. They walked in the street, showing cold and pale eyes, and their gorgeous coats wrapped a never-ending heart. Are they happy? Only their own hearts know, but I know that it must not be the happiness we yearn for. Life is just a cup of boiled water, but they give their cups too many greedy colors, and they wantonly squander their premature overdraft of a glass of water. Some people live and don't know what they want. Therefore, blind envy and blind pursuit often pass by happiness. In fact, everyone will be happy under any circumstances as long as they have a correct attitude, learn to grasp, learn to be satisfied and learn to be grateful. At the same time, happiness is not measured by how much property you can get and how much reputation you have. Social harmony, family harmony and good health will make people feel truly happy. Life is just a glass of water. You have to taste it slowly, chew it carefully and appreciate it with your heart. Only in this way will you find that the happiest life is to live a wonderful life in plain water.