The days that make us happy make us wise.”-John Masefield. When I first read this line by England’s Poet Laureate(桂冠诗人), I was amazed.What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much, I had always assumed that the opposite was true.But his calm assurance(自信)was remarkable.I could not forget it. Finally, I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound(意义深远的)observation.The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear understanding, not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed(变暗淡)by despair and boredom, and without the blind spots caused by fear. Active happiness–not more satisfaction or contentment-often comes suddenly, like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud(蓓蕾).Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it.The grass is greener; bird songs are sweeter; the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable.Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision. The insight of happiness are not limited to what is near around you.Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional sadness, your vision is cut short as though by a wall.Happy, the wall crumbles(倒塌). The long vista(展望)is there for the seeing.The ground at your feet, the world about you-people, thoughts, emotions, pressures-are now fitted into the larger scene.Everything assumes a fairer proportion(比例、关系). And here is the beginning of wisdom.