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Strive For Balance in Life
5 o( [4 _0 w3 f! \' G7 F 努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson
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- ~( s- G$ r, F- Y1 K4 ?% [ 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.
& u* G' T& P- w: Y+ t3 l$ N2 v* b6 Q+ Hyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
/ Y1 @% a) Q9 l0 F3 w9 eBut 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. + A1 l" X5 O* b0 Y. A
They will never be the same. + w0 C( A5 l' i8 z& H& p
# Q! v( _ p/ Y6 Z; g' a You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 3 N9 _6 r4 d/ {* K4 v8 z8 T( d
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
2 L! x, O0 j+ Y4 Q: OIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
7 M* B3 r1 a, v* S0 R V Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
- G7 `0 a C/ 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. - m: B. l& n* H/ }3 k1 G0 s, b
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. % K n1 n8 P, j! t7 {% v
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. ) L9 x1 P# Q! k; v4 p
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 4 |- k4 c- p9 ?2 ]% G% e
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
: l" T% _* ]( O Q1 ?" r0 i Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
; I( P5 C0 |2 k# p7 ~ f: h Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
0 f5 y( m4 q, XThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. ) X/ k3 c5 o: v
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. * X! d' Y0 X& B9 H0 J. T
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
# ~4 g7 E* v2 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,
- F$ g" C1 Z! F/ @( JTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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* R+ k6 |& K' M9 E 努力保持生活平衡 . e1 E; s0 a8 k( m5 A) Y1 l2 k
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--布莱恩.戴森
! }/ Z, I4 e, E) T" T# |5 v; V 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。
1 D! H2 b! l5 m* C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。 , T5 b) E- r& N \( h! q
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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, c) l1 b1 v) R/ n8 ~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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1 n3 X2 k0 O; E# ^1 X2 A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。 4 z% K8 V1 A7 F$ r
, }( k& ]8 A9 P2 c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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* x7 d0 Z! D" F( W7 l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。 ( I: [! R! R8 _' A }
7 W1 d; W( C% z! w2 h& [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。 & o9 q4 L! p" `1 L4 ~& Y% b
4 K7 G" ?0 a7 l6 Q5 I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。
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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;
# S. y: L. C( ` I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。 ( M; d% M& S9 ^; s8 O6 Y+ c
; Q1 Y" N8 w. D3 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。 {* W& H& K0 ?2 m
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不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 . R% P- }& E# ~' I# j. L7 `
L: K) {0 s; Z& I( w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。 5 I( y) e. T( H' Z
3 B% m) i& @( ]' }4 C2 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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. \8 c U+ S7 `. N1 T* j$ J/ I生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 : ?, i/ i8 A5 y. A- E6 o
昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物: 2 g2 i9 ] |/ F2 N! o! G
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 $ v4 W+ I7 Q) C3 ~. ` s' T( W
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