agreeable, grant, perception, ethic, maglev, cosmic, anchor

很久很久以前，在一个不太遥远的星系里，住着一个名叫皮普的小小的宇宙（cosmic）尘埃球。皮普有一个独特的看法（perception）：他认为快乐的道德（ethic）就是永远要随和（agreeable）。如果有人提供他乘坐磁悬浮（maglev）飞船，他会说：“当然！”即使他内心深处想待在家里看书。如果一个脾气暴躁的外星人想满足（grant）他的愿望，皮普会为了表示礼貌而许下更多的愿望。他坚持这个信念的支点（anchor）是他奶奶讲的一个故事，故事说一颗星星在同意万物时会更亮。但有一天，皮普遇到了一颗明智的旧彗星，彗星说：“皮普，随和很好，但有时你需要做自己。万一那个脾气暴躁的外星人想满足一个让你不开心的愿望呢？你的支点（anchor）是你自己，而不是一个故事。”皮普想了想。也许，只是也许，他自己的感受才是最重要的。这是一个宇宙（cosmic）般的顿悟，一种新的看法（perception），它不必满足（grant）每个人的愿望，但可以满足（grant）他自己获得快乐的自由，即使这意味着不总是随和（agreeable）。他旧的道德（ethic）正在被一种新的道德取代，一种不需要磁悬浮（maglev）或故事来让他保持稳定，而是需要内心的支点（anchor）。

Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away, lived a little cosmic dust bunny named Pip. Pip had a peculiar perception: he believed that the ethic of happiness was to always agreeable. If someone offered him a ride on their maglev spaceship, he'd say, "Sure!" even if he secretly wanted to stay home and read. If a grumpy alien wanted to grant him a wish, Pip would wish for more wishes, just to be polite. His anchor to this belief was a story his grandma told him about a star that shone brighter when it agreed with everything. But one day, Pip met a wise old comet who said, "Pip, being agreeable is nice, but sometimes, you need to be you. What if the grumpy alien wanted to grant you a wish that made you unhappy? Your anchor is yourself, not a story." Pip thought about it. Maybe, just maybe, his own feelings were the most important thing. It was a cosmic realization, a new perception that didn't need to grant everyone's wishes, but could grant himself the freedom to be happy, even if it meant not always being agreeable. His old ethic was being replaced by a new one, one that didn't need a maglev or a story to keep him steady, but an inner anchor.

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