现实中平庸的幸福总是被人忽视的，甚至会被人鄙视。
然而，现实中平庸的幸福也是最真实的，也正因为其真实,让人不能拒绝。
人们往往在喧嚣中渴望一份寂静，在忙碌中渴望一份清闲，在纷繁中渴望一份孤独。在这个物欲横溢，竞争激烈的时代，人们活的辛苦了，便有了返璞归真的渴望。
我们倡导“拼搏”，倡导“永不放弃”，倡导与命运“抗争”。但不是每一个人都能具备这种精神的，也不是每个人都能在“拼搏”和“抗争”中胜出的。
那么，做一个平常人，过着平常人的生活，无疑是一种大众的，难能可贵的“平庸”。
有人说平庸是一种可怕的消沉，这是对现实生活的鄙视，这种人混淆了平凡与伟大的辩证关系。在现实生活中，家长对于孩子，老师对于学生，上司对于下属，以及朋友之间，夫妻之间，总免不了寄予厚望。人们总是习惯于把人生误作竞技体育。然而，人生是没有制高点的。纵观当今社会，比如家长对于孩子的“望子成龙”，老师对于学生的“年级排名”，“校级排名”，攻名校等等，把孩子培养成了学习机器。“两耳不闻窗外事，一心只读圣贤书”，一群“书呆子”、“高分低能”者，岂能担当大任？孩子没有了童趣，学生没有了创造力，也就失去了他们本该拥有的快乐。比如上司对于下属，以至于朋友，夫妻之间，对成功的顶礼膜拜，扭曲了相互之间的关系。这个社会，有时候真的是那么的不宽容，人们可以容许自己的碌碌无为，却总是幻想着从对方的成功中获取荣誉和利益。有的人为了迎合对方，往往不择手段。伴随着狭隘和复杂的心理，他们生活在抑郁，焦虑，不满，愤愤不平乃至于恨中，这样的人生没有幸福可言。
其实，成功与失败只是一个很抽象的概念。在人的一生中，好的、坏的，都是一种经历。生活重要的是曾经经历过，把各种滋味都尝一遍，这样才不至于迷失自己。
人生作为一个过程终归要逝去，但在这个过程中，能够承受平庸，实在是大智大慧。人们都在感叹，纷繁的社会，复杂的人际关系，激烈的竞争环境，常常压迫的我们无法安宁。这就需要一种内在的沉静，需要在极度悸动后及时修复一颗受伤的、膨胀的心，让自己的心灵在生命的旅途中得到一个轻松而温存，恬静而包容的驿站，以一种欣赏、慰藉的心面对平庸，使自己活的充实而不辛苦。
承受平庸，是一种境界，拥有这份境界是十分不易的。生命中有太多的诱惑，只有甘于平庸才能阻挡诱惑。当然，每个人有权选择自己的生活方式，我不想随波逐流地得到一种表面的轰轰烈烈，我渴望平庸的幸福只是我生命的一种形式，即便是“此时不搏，更待何时”，对自己的拷问也一定应该是纵向的。每往前走一步，每有一份长足的进步，都是积极的人生。
渴望平庸的幸福，并不是消极面对人生。事实上，在现实生活中，每一个人都曾经努力过、付出过，只不过并并不是每一个人都能够达到某一个制高点的。能够平静的面对这种失落，淡看功名利禄，才能理清头绪，盘点过去，把握未来，使自己疲惫的身心得以释放，让灵魂在平静中保持清醒。
平庸的真实，可以让人活得洒脱。或许没有人甘于平庸，或许在平庸中我们要忍受世缘远离，忍受一种深沉、凄美、失落、敏感的情愫。但能够在人生中寻求一份真实，保持一份自然的心境和致远的情操，无疑是一种幸福。
译文:
Yearning for Mediocre Happiness
Mediocre happiness is often neglected, or even despised, in reality.
Nevertheless, mediocre happiness in reality is truest, and is thus irresistible.
People always long for silence in noisiness, relaxation in busy time, and solitary in complicated time. Having toughed it out in the modern times full of materialism and rat race, people now have the yearning for returning to simplicity and nature.
We advocate “struggle”, “never give up”, and “fight against” fate, but it’s not everyone who can possess this spirit, and not everyone who can survive the “struggle” and “fighting”.
Then, living an ordinary life as an ordinary person is undoubtedly a commendable and most sought-after “mediocrity”.
Some people say mediocrity is a terrible depression, because they despise the real life, and mix up the relationship between common and great. In real life, it is not uncommon for parents to place high hopes on their children, for teachers to place high hopes on their students, and for superiors to place high hopes on their subordinates; and between friends as well as husband and wife, they also have high hopes for each other. People are in the habit of treating life as competitive sports, but life has no commanding height. In our current society, parents hope their children will have a bright future, teachers hope their students will acquire good “placing for their class”, good “placing for their school”, and fight their way to elite schools, and so on and so forth, thus turning the students into learning robots. How can these “bookworms” take on great responsibilities if they have high scores but low abilities and “are only busy studying classics and ignore what is going on in the immediate surroundings”? Children without childhood fun and students without creativity have lost their happiness that they deserved. Those superiors and subordinates, friends, as well as husbands and wives who worship success, have indeed distorted the relationship between themselves. It is sometimes really so intolerant in our current society where people can excuse themselves for being busy working in vain, and yet have the delusion of getting honour and profit from success by their other parties. Some people would often do whatever by hook or by crook in order to please the other party. With a sophisticated and narrow-minded mentality, they live in depression, anxiety, discontent, indignation, and even hatred. There is no such thing as happiness in their lives.
In fact, success and failure is only a very abstract concept. Be it good or bad, it is only an experience in life. What is important in life is the experience of having been there and having tried a variety of tastes, and only then you would not get lost.
Life as a process will eventually elapse, but if one can take on mediocrity during the process, it is indeed a wise move. People all complain that the complicated society, the complex interpersonal relationship, and the environment with fierce competition often oppress us, leaving no peace with us. We do need an intrinsic calm to timely restore a maimed and swollen heart after extreme throbbing, and in the journey of life let our souls find a station that is cushy and gentle, peaceful and forgiving, in order to face mediocrity with an appreciating and consoling heart, and live a rich life with no hardships.
Taking on mediocrity is a state of mind, and it is not easy to possess this mindset. Life is full of too much temptation, and only with willingness to be mediocre can one resist temptation. Of course, everybody has a right to choose a lifestyle. I don’t wish to swim with the tide just to get the seemingly rigorous style, and longing for the mediocre happiness is only my lifestyle, despite the saying “if you don’t fight now, when will it be”. My own interrogation has certainly gone sideways. Every step forward and every great progress made are all taken as active life.
Longing for mediocre happiness is not having a passive life. In fact, everybody has made great efforts and paid the price in real life, but not everybody can reach certain commanding height. Only with the ability to calmly face the feeling of getting lost and disregard fame, wealth and position, can one have a clear mind to take stock of the past and get hold of the future, while setting free the exhausted body and mind, and keeping the soul sober in tranquility.
You can live a free and easy life in the truth of mediocrity. Maybe nobody is willing to be mediocre, as we may have to bear with isolation, discretion, having “sadly beautiful” outcome, the feeling of getting lost, and touchy sentiment. But to be able to find truth and keep one’s natural frame of mind and far-reaching sentiment, is undoubtedly a kind of happiness.