What is “the thing that we enjoy doing”?
【Xian’er says so: How to obtain real happiness?】
Xian’er is in desperate need of sleeping in and often fails to get up.
Shifu said to Xian’er: “Sleep as much as you want. ”
Xian’er was so happy that he slept for two days.
He wanted to get up but Shifu didn’t allow it.
So he kept sleeping for another two days.
The third day came, he begged Shifu to let him out of bed.
Shifu said: “No. Go back to sleep.”
On the fourth day, Xian’er completely broke down.
He begged Shifu with running nose and tears, “Please let me out of bed.
I promise that I will never sleep-in again.”
Later Xianyi asked Xian’er privately about how he felt having laid in bed for four days and nights.
Xian’er said: “It was wonderful the first day, but it got boring the 2nd day.
I was suffering terribly the 3rd day and felt that I would rather die the 4th day.
In the end, I would do anything to get out of bed. ”
Below are quoted from my Shifu’s new book, Say Good Things—Master Xuecheng’s insight on the path to speaking like a Buddha.
“He who doesn’t think of the future is certain to have immediate worries.”
If we don’t consider the future but do whatever comes to mind, long-term and real happiness is tough to be gained.
The so-called “the thing we enjoy doing” is only a feeling that is impermanent and hard to control.
Such pursuit of happiness will certainly lead to suffering.
It is only via inner exploration, not dependence upon external conditions that true happiness is obtained. 
什么才是“自己喜欢的事情"?
贤二如是说：如何得到真正快乐
贤二太想睡懒觉了，总是起不来床，
师父就跟他说：“那你睡个够吧。”
贤二开心坏了，就睡啊睡，
睡了两天，想起床，
结果师父不让，
让继续睡，贤二就继续睡。
到了第三天，就哀求师父，让我起来吧。
师父说：“不行，继续睡。”
到了第四天，贤二崩溃了，
一把鼻涕一把泪地说：“
师父，求求您，让我起床吧，
以后我再也不睡懒觉了。”
后来贤一悄悄问贤二，
在床上躺了四天四夜，什么感受？
贤二说：“第一天特美，
第二天就没劲了，
第三天难受的不行了，
第四天简直比死还难过。
只要能下床，让我干什么都行。”
以下来自我师父的《好好说话》
“人无远虑，必有近忧。”
若不顾将来，只是随性而为，
也难有长久的、真正的快乐。
所谓“自己喜欢的事情”，
只是在感受上而论，
而人的感受是无常的，难以捉摸的，
如此追逐必然痛苦。
要想得到真正的快乐，
唯有向自己内心去寻求、开发，
而不是依赖外在条件的满足。
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