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Strive For Balance in Life ; d9 y5 A, g% w) [5 V* O" y+ O0 b5 w
努力保持生活的平衡 , [! @ a+ h4 f' X/ N) l
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) e8 j2 W+ B' s9 o8 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 |9 d$ T2 f! H: uyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 0 c: Q/ R. u; `0 g7 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. ' K1 M* p m7 Y% O
They will never be the same. / _$ L. H% {- x0 t. Z& O
! B8 a& \) _/ W7 \ You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? ' ~; {: E, H7 n4 v A
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. & \+ A& r( Q( h0 M* {8 e* q
It is because we are different that each of us is special. ( j: h% F; b6 X
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. , B9 G7 a) V* } c" m! Y& [
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.
% X# [( E+ t5 @/ k8 F) {6 ]" n$ N Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. 9 ] P, a1 c5 L8 a
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. - g+ \6 J- c4 [8 _# {' v& r! t
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. # k/ B0 N3 j0 Z2 L4 `* l
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. 7 S& T2 |& V1 n
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
2 q6 i4 Z9 Y. E6 x+ N$ P Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. . A% R1 O- L# m, E8 ? t/ d- b
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. ; w3 A1 D* F5 ?6 f
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, C( `7 R2 T5 a4 o' c l7 J; F
but also where you are going.
J0 j* k5 I: ?+ U Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
4 n: M) j5 `+ n: Q Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
; |) Z1 ]7 q/ d9 } Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 3 }& K. d8 k/ K) N4 Q- Z0 @
) M' R5 r- C8 ]- d4 F+ t7 [* T. Q Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, # l2 s. R7 W( j! w% \4 u; c( ~8 O
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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$ D0 s* R- `- R --布莱恩.戴森 ' Y: X1 W0 N$ t7 i( `3 |6 ~/ d
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。 , B" `8 Q, _6 ]/ r1 \
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: F, j" c+ p. F
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。 / I( M% m5 U8 ]& W: D l/ H
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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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+ V# z& b0 K$ W! `. G$ p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。 ; D) H# E/ M4 M
3 c, V9 h$ k1 ~( {& T) Q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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; `+ W$ w5 b# R6 `! z# D! F0 z 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。 - _5 J o# J" S$ a5 K
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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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6 ?9 W* W8 Q% h+ }$ D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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! U" X8 E; ^) u: |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；
& G Y$ B) t* ^/ 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。
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7 y* c8 \5 ]! h( }- `7 h9 X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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4 J9 V! F5 j( 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。 4 a. S6 U; P5 K; W y. u) v
$ M* ~5 P- A: o! t. g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。 ) k! O6 ?' t' q% M
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 7 {# v3 ~. Y) ~ b6 L
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
, H$ s' t; I# _# ]7 ?8 c那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 ) A L4 i$ h. ]; _
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