, t* ?9 q; n5 v Strive For Balance in Life
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# D' N$ r+ r f- Y by Brain Dyson
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; y1 s r1 l4 a5 c+ ]' Y% b6 l7 f& n8 L 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. 3 {2 V8 U0 M( j5 g
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
; e8 P. d: o" I/ _" B0 K/ zBut 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.
: E. D& y5 R6 K# ?7 e7 cThey will never be the same. " S q1 F. r8 D+ J
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? $ M, v( S/ w0 C
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
0 S, N/ r$ v; B9 [It is because we are different that each of us is special.
5 A* _5 y: {% U* H1 P$ [& t Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
7 H- E' \6 x/ 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. * Z% G# @2 h4 ~. ~' q3 c
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
j( K6 d! e* k, lBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
# [. L3 k5 h7 P& \4 p Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
+ `) {6 [7 T6 L! V( D Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. " O. Q- h3 Q- n6 E3 m) w
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
# D# A# W3 b; z& ^4 q0 u Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. + N5 c9 X" E6 @3 s7 v
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. " N% a, X8 o( w& y9 u
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
+ `" j: ~: o- X. Y: y& Hbut also where you are going. 1 M# ? T' r' N- \4 G4 P( C5 c
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
: G+ A; Z6 T. c* q$ C) U- y Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
# @- W: M8 P* H* [! a( i 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, " C& y3 I0 w0 g/ r# u1 z
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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, T+ a- D' t- E9 \5 [. Y --布莱恩.戴森 |4 `, p/ ~- O7 D3 W Q
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。 4 i# V( \$ s) U( C6 B* E
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。
6 g- ~* W$ Z8 d) F9 g3 `5 g$ G它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 / V3 W4 v# w: \6 E, }) P3 t
5 T2 @% t5 L, G0 g0 P2 L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? " P/ j' o. Y: [5 l- S; R4 _ z
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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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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。 3 u( @5 t/ [4 x. K& x
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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。
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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。
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3 J" X% N4 V8 {" [7 H4 \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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# h! j2 t% w4 J m3 `不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。
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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;
: n' \8 ~: {* D9 b1 {) p0 z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。 " p% E$ |9 t1 Z3 e6 J
$ A) h% C/ \4 B; k5 [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。 ) e3 j Q& d: C/ u1 N
: |) o7 @) c9 l$ m不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 $ ^, [8 c4 m& k8 Q" f3 R" ?
* t/ r3 ?6 q4 Q9 s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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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。
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生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
' [3 u) [1 l# f/ l" R8 ?昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物: + N2 Q7 a1 H9 S
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 4 t1 N) _" n3 m) ] p% i
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