It was many years ago.
許多年前，
I was a young dad sitting on the couch, reading a fairy tale to my little girl.
那時我還是個年輕父親，正坐在沙發上，給我的女兒講童話故事。
She sat next to me with her head on my arm as I told the tale.
她坐在我身邊，把頭枕在我的肩膀上聽我講着。
When it came to the end, I finished with those famous words: "And they lived happily ever after."
我用那句經典的話結束了這個故事：“從此他們過上了幸福的生活。”
As I looked over to her with her wavy, brown hair and big, innocent eyes, I could see the smile on her face and I never wanted it to end.
我看着女兒棕色的捲髮和大大的、充滿童真的雙眼，從她的臉上看到笑容，多麼希望能夠一直這樣看着她。
It dawned on me then that the ending of the book was what I wanted for her. I wanted her to "live happily ever after."
我忽然明白了童話的結尾就是我對女兒的期許，我希望她也能“永遠快樂地生活下去。”
Still, deep in my heart, I knew that this couldn't always be so.
雖然我內心深知世事難預料。
I knew that there would be times when her heart was broken. I knew there would be times when she cried in grief and I couldn't comfort her. I knew there would be times when all she felt was fear, sadness, sorrow, and despair.
我知道有時她可能會被傷害；我知道有時她可能會傷心地哭泣，而我卻不能安慰到她；我也知道有時她的世界可能只剩恐懼、悲傷、懊悔和絕望。
As I stroked her hair and smiled at her, I hoped that those times would be brief and that she would have joy in her life more often than not.
我微笑地看着女兒，輕撫她的頭髮，心裏祈禱那些傷心的日子能短一些，再短一些，希望有更多的快樂降臨在她的生活。
Living happily ever after, though, seemed out of the question.
然而，永遠快樂地生活下去，似乎是不現實的。
It took me a lot of years to realize that it is possible to live happily ever after. You just have to do it "one day at a time."
多年之後，我才發現永遠快樂地生活下去是可以實現的，你只需要“開心地度過每一天”。
Happiness isn't some reward that you get at the end of your journey. Happiness isn't something dependent on what life hands you.
快樂並不是旅程結束後的獎勵，也不是取決於生活給予你什麼。
Happiness is something you create in your life, choice by choice and day by day.
快樂是你在生活中一次次的選擇、一天天的積累所創造的。
The truth is that happiness comes when you love. It is love that mends broken hearts. It is love that heals grief. It is love that gives us joy.
事實上，快樂是愛的付出。愛癒合破碎的心靈；愛撫平傷痕；愛賜予我們快樂。
Choose to "live happily ever after, one day at a time."
希望我們都能選擇“永遠快樂地生活下去，開心地度過每一天”。