Every desire is a chosen unhappiness. 欲望是主动选择的不开心。
人常犯的错误是认为自己会因外部环境变化而获得幸福。I know that's not original. That's not new. It's fundamental Buddhist wisdom--I'm not taking credit for it. I think I really just recognize it on a fundamental level, including in myself. 不是原创，也不新颖，这并不是我总结的，而是佛学的终极智慧。我是最近才从根本层面上理解这种智慧的，也认识到自己过去对幸福的理解有偏差。
take credit for sth. 付出努力得到认可和好评。
including in myself 引申翻译出来了一句。
向外界的事物追求幸福，本身就是缘木求鱼fundamental delusion。不是物质世界不重要。You're a living creature. There are things you do. 人作为社会性动物，需要履行一些社会职责。You locally reverse entropy. That's why you're here. 人的一生就是在力所能及的范围内减少无序状态，即做局部熵减，这是你的人生责任。
locally reverse entropy 局部熵减。
人都有自己的责任。不可能天天躺在沙滩上冥想。You should self-actualize. You should do what you are meant to do. 人需要自我实现，应当承担起属于自己的职责和使命。
如果认为通过改变外界就能获得内心平静、开心和应得的幸福，那本质上就是痴心妄想is a fundamental delusion we all suffer from, including me. The mistake over and over and over is to say, "Oh, I'll be happy when I get that thing," whatever it is. That is the fundamental mistake we all make, 24/7, all day long. 我们一遍一遍地坚持着自己的执念，等到得到那个东西我就快乐了，这就是一个我们时时刻刻都在犯的根本错误。
The fundamental delusion: There is something out there that will make me happy and fulfilled forever.
根本错觉是外界总有一样东西会让我一直满足和永远快乐。
Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.
欲望就是你跟自己的约定，如果不得到想要的东西你就不会快乐。
大部分没有意识到这是欲望的本质。
I like to stay aware of it, because then I can choose my desires very carefully. I try not to have more than one big desire in my life at any given time, and I also recognize it as the axis of my suffering. I realize the area where I've chosen to be unhappy.欲望是痛苦的来源。对欲望保持清醒，慎重选择自己的欲望。目标无论在什么情况下，都尽量不让自己对外界有一个以上的欲望。即使只选择一个欲望，也是自寻烦恼。
as the axis of my suffering 欲望是痛苦的来源，提到前面翻译出来比较连贯。
One thing I've learned recently: it's way more important to perfect your desires than to try to do something you don't 100 percent desire.
最近我明白了一个道理：相较于做一些不是自己百分之百想要做的事情，努力调整欲望是更重要的。
perfect your desires 调整欲望。
人在年轻健康的时候，做事越多欲望越多。没有意识到正在破坏幸福。越年轻幸福感越少但是越健康。老年更幸福但是健康少了。
年轻的时候有时间和健康，没有钱。中年的时候有钱有健康，没有时间。老年的时候，有钱有时间，没有健康。So trifecta is trying to get all three at once. 三连胜全赢模式就是同时拥有时间、健康和金钱。
By the time people realize they have enough money, they've lost their time and their health.
等到人们意识到自己有了足够金钱时，他们却失去了时间和健康。
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