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Strive For Balance in Life
" A2 f: j) a$ K 努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson
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. g' Q- L8 d6 E: J; l* `5 Q) Q2 t Imagine Iife as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air.You name them—work,family,health,friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air.
6 o( b$ K; L; T# d9 ~9 m* qyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. * ^- \) Y8 N0 X( B: ]
But the other four balls—family,health,friends and spirit—are made of glass.If you drop one of these,they will be irrevocably scuffed,marked,nicked,damaged or even shattered. 6 A* v3 U6 X# T* [* y( b
They will never be the same.
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2 O; S' j! D0 w# G; ?& A You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? . R4 X; k# ~4 p3 z
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
3 L* e: E! o' l# ~6 Y0 I- x0 `' {It is because we are different that each of us is special.
# ?% ~ a! j; U' m7 E# p) Y6 @ Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. " p% [9 d' N; x- M# V
Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart.Cling to them as they were your life,for without them,life is meaningless.
5 V3 q2 u* `. `" d8 t8 p Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. ) i1 x% |& H& O7 Y- ?/ C* n/ M) W
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. & {# T: g' O2 I. p. K# Z6 J* F
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
6 m+ P- d6 q$ ^3 v) o Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
2 |) \ L1 r4 I4 i& B) @ Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 2 G* V( a% T( i' S
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 6 T; F+ T( S: @+ e7 T, c
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
/ p p \/ y( q Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
' C: u: a" n" | F* t Q2 @( Lbut also where you are going.
" v1 i8 @5 A& h Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. ( u6 Y/ _- _; V5 T. y8 a( I
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
; B8 b7 W) R* j* P Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 5 u1 Z! G( b7 |8 w$ b6 A/ Z
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. & l% F. h* U0 N3 s0 u
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( |( ~, Y( w5 ]2 D 努力保持生活平衡
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8 ~) w' j- P! P6 r9 ?* f --布莱恩.戴森 3 w- h# k) Z# m/ f# q; J$ j
想象生命是一种往空中抛五个球的游戏，你把这五个球分别取名为：工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵，而且你要努力不让它们落地。你很快会了解到工作是一个橡皮球。
0 j4 H; M# H6 a( G# N如果你让它落地了，它还会反弹起来。但是，家庭、健康、朋友、和心灵这四个球是用玻璃做成的，如果你让它们掉到地上，它们将会不可避免地遭到磨损，留下印记、划痕，摔破甚至碎落一地。 " }, C* F6 g: t2 ^
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 " L( Z2 i0 o5 n; S6 T
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你必须了解这个道理，并且努力保持生活的平衡。但要怎么才能做到呢？ - r, X/ Y6 f* [1 D/ o, D. M; S
! H, D7 t: S9 l不要拿自己和他人比较而贬低自己的价值。正是因为我们彼此不同，所以每个人才很特别。
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6 B# b- ?5 R% U& u不要因为别人看重那些东西而把它们设定为自己的目标。只有你才知道什么最适合自己。
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不要将最亲密的人或事视为理所当然的。好好珍惜他们，就像是你的生命一样，因为没有他们，生命将失去意义。 1 U$ v# F i, ]! p
. X- k7 v1 x5 y8 D4 H, n. m不要让你的生命总在留恋过去或是遥想未来中流逝。如果你活在每个当下，你就活出了人生的精彩。 & f* v s: {. i2 g
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当你还能给予的时候别轻言放弃。只要你不放弃，万事皆有可能。
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不要害怕承认你并非完美。我们正是藉由这脆弱的细丝紧密地联系在一起。
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不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 + R% K8 A$ t9 l; ]! G: v
2 T/ J: X0 }9 K8 j7 W不要以真爱难求为借口而紧闭心扉。找到爱最快的方法就是给予你的爱；
, H; n9 i$ M" A% q失去爱最快的方法就是紧紧地守着你的爱不放；维系爱的最好方式就是给爱一双翅膀。 5 f8 R3 j1 v8 K4 Z. m
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不要匆忙地走过你的一生，以至于忘了自己到过哪里，要往哪里去。 , g1 m1 ^' R9 \; q9 o3 d
, ^+ |$ K( `8 G' C) F" Y不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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不要害怕学习。知识不会成为负担，是你可以轻松携带的珍宝。
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! h+ {) x* O: `6 k5 p& l8 [不要漫不经心地蹉跎光阴或信口开河。时间与话语都是收不回来的。 ( W5 ^$ c" D8 A
1 y$ I$ f5 s- o& J2 G生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 / p& }: Y/ X; s3 T7 {% }' a
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
9 g1 M+ E" m9 B" m那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 * q7 E" P8 R [, S. [/ i
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（周倩茹编译）
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