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Strive For Balance in Life
8 A* @( J) ?( W7 N0 I* p3 q% A0 j 努力保持生活的平衡
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8 v* ~( H; n' U0 L- ~; v" d by Brain Dyson
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: F; Z1 s, A' g, u 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. 8 k: u+ w* V& g' x% o
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. & H: @' e3 _4 \) H7 n i8 L
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. 2 V+ K& P3 ?) ?$ X6 d# ~; e
They will never be the same.
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/ r) c* Q/ k0 i& A You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
; E, J; B @4 n6 P Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 4 B5 |$ P- V7 ?! i0 e& F/ ]- @
It is because we are different that each of us is special. / Y3 v8 Z, Z g2 Y I
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. . |4 n! q/ w) W
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.
' |* D% w2 W# B& k% f Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
; X; H8 z3 m; L5 O. S& E# b6 V& kBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
* d; a! U7 a# \ Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
% x# N; P" W; ^9 I4 u Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. ' o6 ^! e8 A8 p) F3 d" m+ [' K3 y
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
0 r2 e$ V4 y7 D( I7 o Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 6 F6 F; w( [: `1 U* {
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
) j' F4 w8 O# U2 p& V+ | Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, K$ _! A* p9 r# s. B
but also where you are going. . C; U( f9 H. N9 ]- E/ X
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. # ]! s2 |9 X [+ F3 t1 Q
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 9 }2 Y% H- P! \2 w
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. ) _$ O* f) b0 D( }- y1 Y
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, H" ~& K( l0 }, r: O1 K+ O
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. ' Z" n2 l# \6 T2 \5 P
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努力保持生活平衡
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( u2 `. d1 x9 [4 w. X- Z" Z% Z --布莱恩.戴森 3 h" q0 o3 y. @4 s$ ~
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。 ( n; k' @5 Y1 D1 O& v" n* z
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。
# Y b6 S K2 o0 P9 }它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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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？
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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。 1 H) l6 s. B) h- y5 t
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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。 - z( h/ p8 C( R$ c$ x- S! e
* L. y0 {# H1 [6 ]0 T1 h4 A& b* T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。 $ ^, t1 m s) |
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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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5 I& T1 e6 j3 [! O' e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。 ! h, Y' c0 a$ y" d
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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。 # }+ C Y- R P5 l+ l" X- ~' [
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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。 $ w3 Z6 w8 v( a" }; o, g
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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； 2 r( u9 ]: z2 v- v }1 B* z9 ^- U
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。 ( i* n& c. Z6 R7 g3 Z$ \
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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。
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不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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) m v8 {( ^9 \& v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。 8 K% g' q: s5 u
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
" h+ F5 _+ g) v) _" y昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： ' M3 g' l! ~0 J* _
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 6 q2 P4 g% I$ F; J" u. u& v& w
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（周倩茹编译）
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