We will often think of our happy childhood and blame our society and family for our tedious life. Actually it is not true. No matter what era human beings live in, they tend to be happier when they are young, for the reason that humans like carrying everything of the past with them all the way, which bars them from focusing the present authentic world.
我们常常回想童年的欢乐时光,并认为现在的苦闷是社会、家庭的改变导致的。其实不是,不管什么时代,人们都是在越小的时候越容易欢乐。原因就在于人习惯于背上过去的包袱,它使我们没法把注意力集中到当下真实的世界。

For a child, it is exciting to see a monkey in the park, see pedestrians in the street, eat and drink, go to school and go back home. Every little scenery is fresh to him, for he does not put some obstacles of the past between his heart and the outside world.
对于一个儿童来说,去动物园看猴子、在大街上看行人、吃饭喝水、上学回家,都是会让他兴奋的事。每一处景色都是新鲜的,他没有过去的包袱隔在心灵和世界之间。

Assume that you can still live like a child without anything. Then your choice may be different every day. Assumes that you have no identity, status and property, then everyone around you means a lot to you and every meal is delicately delicious to you as if you have never touched it before. You will view everything with an appreciative sense and feel amazed at human’s intelligence for creating so many beautiful things.
假使你能设想自己仍然是一个儿童,一无所有,那么你每天的选择也许会全然不同。假使你没有身份,没有地位,也没有财产,那么每一个人对你而言都是珍贵的(想象一下在一个孤岛上常年见不到人的情形);每一餐饭也都是可口的,好像你从来没吃过它;每一件东西都只得用欣赏艺术的眼光去审视,因为你对人类智慧能变出这么美的东西感到惊奇。