智者的笑话

导语：重复的牢骚于事无补，应对不满最好的不是车轱辘话，而是付诸行动。

2023年11月5日于袁老奶米线

A Wise Man's Jokes

A wise man once faced a group of people who were complaining about the same issues over and over again. One day, instead of listening to the complaints, he told them a joke and everyone cracked up laughing.

一位智者曾经面对一群人，他们一遍又一遍地抱怨同样的问题。有一天，他没有听他们的抱怨，而是给他们讲了一个笑话，大家都笑得前仰后合。

Then, the man repeated the joke. A few people smiled.

然后，他又重复了这个笑话。有几个人笑了。

Finally, the man repeated the joke a third time–but no one reacted.

最后，他第三次重复了这个笑话，但没有人有反应。

The man smiled and said, "You won't laugh at the same joke more than once. So what are you getting from continuing to complain about the same problem?"

那人笑着说：“同一个笑话，你们不会笑第二次的。那么，你继续抱怨同一个问题又能得到什么呢？”

You're not going to get anywhere if you keep complaining about the same problem but do nothing to fix it.

如果你一直抱怨同一个问题，却不采取任何措施去解决它，你将一事无成。

Don't waste your time complaining, expecting other people to continue to react to your complaints. Instead, take action to make a change.

不要把时间浪费在抱怨上，期望别人继续对你的抱怨做出反应。相反，要采取行动做出改变。