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Strive For Balance in Life
0 H4 \/ ^( s) ?' k1 ]2 ~$ r 努力保持生活的平衡 ; I4 U" ?$ i6 {! a c+ |
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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.
5 Q; w; ^- g! ^) \, `you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
8 z+ f3 Z8 Y+ M: \/ m# T6 UBut 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.
, y1 b9 E/ I0 o" H. `4 I5 V. \They will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? H# m) f o2 U
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. * ~1 p8 C7 E" [" Y8 B
It is because we are different that each of us is special. : d# c+ E$ ^9 `. o$ v; M
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. ) c* g5 j c9 y; y, q
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.
+ l3 E& z; _9 ^6 x: U Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. 6 E) t9 ?$ D8 b9 T
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
/ q4 S( z6 a* ^0 x Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 3 u; O0 |! [5 A( T: I& M" t
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. ; a% g; X6 u( p' {; u5 I
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. & C% ^- T- p3 X
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. / U j$ {. |% a7 j8 B4 }1 w' E' y
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. + A1 j7 l4 r1 {, L( u/ ?4 w9 B
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
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Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. $ E9 s; D$ O. x# @" e
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
& u, d$ T" B: K* G4 B Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. ~, D8 a( N. r# ^. [* c- ^
2 v; z% f. _2 f- ?: I Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
$ Q. r6 b. K9 h4 NTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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努力保持生活平衡 " `+ n3 I' @" x- E% M9 I
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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。
( _7 t6 i! i+ O( c$ H' R' g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。
& h: c8 T, F- j它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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% G% ? E% Z7 R0 x. ]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? 4 i8 ]7 e. p4 y
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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。
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1 ~$ _" B. S G% u, S6 [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。 ( c- m1 r2 V3 ^) K/ F9 c% c/ C- ]
& Y _ r% n S; d; _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。 % B' K( M0 E+ j* ?/ _6 B
* V- x5 w$ e' Z% K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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5 T7 g; T, T, c" i: C+ t$ ]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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- ]+ @. \! m3 L. W/ P7 O3 F8 l不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 : u# |; a$ U/ m1 Z
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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;
! p8 s% n. U& ?6 b* s" |* _$ x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# Q3 m# _: ?* o9 _/ B" {
2 C9 m# h3 z3 i6 w' B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。 6 k- z2 s1 A3 ?3 V8 O O1 [
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不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 j( P% C* o4 T) V
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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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- s) r" [, Y* l- D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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+ R8 I+ A! h" j6 ^# M( l# V生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 . t5 {6 H q1 \* x L
昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物: 7 _4 o% z5 L# m; @/ U" C
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 : [2 S) O' k( Z4 ]4 V! \* o3 ~
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