Good Advice to Help You Live Happily

It Is Okay to Make Mistakes

Making mistakes is something we all do，and I am still a fine and worthwhile person when I make them．There is no reason for me to get upset when I make a mistake．I am trying，and if I make a mistake，I am going to continue trying．I can handle making a mistake．It is okay for others to make mistakes，too．I will accept mistakes in myself and also mistakes that others make．

Everybody Doesn't Have to Love Me

Not everybody has to love me or even like me．I don't necessarily like everybody，I know，so why should everybody else like me？I enjoy being liked and being loved，but if somebody doesn't like me，I will still be okay and still feel like I am an okay person．I cannot make somebody like me，anymore than somebody can get me to like them．I don't need approval all the time．If someone does not approve of me，I will still be okay．

I Don't Have to Control Things

I will survive if things are different than what I want them to be．I can accept things the way they are，accept people the way they are，and accept myself the way I am．There is no reason to get upset if I can't change things to fit my idea of how they ought to be．There is no reason why I should have to like everything．Even if I don't like it，I can live with it．

I Am Responsible for My Day

I am responsible for how I feel and what I do．Nobody can make me feel anything．If I have a rotten day，I am the one who allows it to be that way．If I have a great day，I am the one who deserves credit for being positive．It is not the responsibility of other people to change so that I can feel better．I am the one who is in charge of my life．

I Can Handle It When Things Go Wrong

I don't need to watch out for things to go wrong．Things usually go just fine，and when they don't，I can handle it．I don't have to waste my energy worrying．The sky won't fall in ；things will be okay．

I Am Capable

I don't need someone else to take care of my problems．I am capable ．I can take care of myself．I can make decisions for myself．I can think for myself．I don't have to depend on somebody else to take care of me．

I Can Be Flexible

There is more than one way to do something．More than one person has had good ideas that will work．There is no one and only“best”way．Everybody has ideas that are worthwhile．Some may make more sense to me than others，but everyone's ideas are worthwhile，and everyone has something worthwhile to contribute ．

Words and Expressions

- handle v．对待，处理

approve of赞同，赞成

- rotten adj．极坏的，不愉快的

watch out小心谨慎，留意提防

fall in倒塌，塌陷

- capable adj．（+of）有……的能力，能够（做）……的

- flexible adj．可变通的；灵活的；易适应的

make sense讲得通，有意义，言之有理

- contribute v．贡献，提供

Read the following advice and translate them into Chinese：

a）It is okay to make mistakes．

b）Everybody doesn't have to love me．

c）I don't have to control things．

d）I am responsible for my day．

e）I can handle it when things go wrong．

f）I am capable．

g）I can be flexible．

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助你生活幸福的好建议

犯错不要紧

我们都会犯错。即使犯了错，我依然是一个优秀的有价值的人。当我犯错时，并没有理由难过。我一直都在努力，如果犯了错，我也会继续努力下去的。对于犯错的事情，我能处理。别人犯了错也不要紧。我既然能接受自己的错误，也能接受别人的错误。

并非人人都得爱我

不必每个人都得爱我或是喜欢我。我不见得喜欢每一个我认识的人，因此为什么每个人都要喜欢我呢？虽然我也很乐意被人喜欢或被人爱，但是如果有人不喜欢我，我也不会介意，仍然会自我感觉良好。我无法强求别人喜欢我，就像别人也无法逼我去喜欢他们一样。我并不总是需要别人的认可。如果有人对我不满意，我也照样过得很好。

不必什么都管

如果事情和我所想的不一样，我也一样生活。事情该怎么样就怎么样，别人的生活方式、我自己的生活方式我都能接受。如果无法照我的想法改变事物，也没用理由难过。我也不需要喜欢每样东西。哪怕不喜欢它，我也能和它共处。

我对自己的每一天负责

我怎么想、怎么做，那是我自己的事。任何人都无法影响我的感觉。如果哪一天过得很糟，那是我愿意；如果哪一天过得很爽，那个积极向上的我就应受到嘉奖。别人并没有义务改变以为了让我感觉好一点。我是那个对自己生活负责的人。

出了问题我能处理

不能因为害怕出问题就谨小慎微。事情通常都会顺利进行，就算出了问题我也能处理好。没必要杞人忧天。天不会塌下来，一切都会好起来的。

我能行

我不需要别人来处理我的问题，我自己能行。我能照顾好自己，能自己拿主意，独立思考。我不需要靠别人。

我懂得变通

做事情的方法不止一种。有好办法的人也不止一个。没有哪一种方法是绝对最好的。每个人都可能有好点子。有些办法可能更吸引我，但是每个人的方法都是有价值的。每个人都可以想出一些好点子。