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4 f% m" P2 V/ {; S' v Strive For Balance in Life * j( o r) ?$ X8 E! A
努力保持生活的平衡
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& h8 L+ f* Y5 g! Y by Brain Dyson 4 ?. }4 _& ~4 J M- e& h
: ?; Q/ k+ m' b8 z) r" E- C& 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.
# g( T) N" F V; Jyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. $ r n& @1 l# J* V
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.
9 n0 v/ t1 ~% U4 S& a4 x0 R9 mThey will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
4 C6 |1 e2 e/ Y" a1 I4 d Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
2 ~* `) j* q; ~It is because we are different that each of us is special.
2 }9 }* U t& P5 a- G; _# N Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. " K% O l4 M2 V; l
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. ! o+ K% U' v4 b0 [/ y
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
! [ a: `( y- g6 v1 }3 ?$ FBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
" x! B! Z5 h% O; Z1 z) L- X Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
, _" p+ k* _8 N8 y/ f9 x# i9 Q Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. 3 ]; W1 m* y* J4 l. }$ M
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 3 |( ` X o' ^$ |* a9 \0 n
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
" ^# F: Z. ^* m8 @- B+ C0 j5 `$ {The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. % w6 M3 N" I" C% N7 ^& y& X
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
; d! P2 v/ f; u) Jbut also where you are going. / q) f! O9 q5 p
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
* a: U2 U) ~% k ^4 N! d0 r Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
% P5 |1 h8 d" `+ [3 v: X3 N/ N- Q h- _ Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 6 D7 [; _! F' H& w t$ Y. r2 ]
; n' n; O3 S; b+ E& K+ {+ y Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, " K, z6 f4 U n0 V8 \4 Y- w% }
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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% u2 ^ F) g8 M( O: r 努力保持生活平衡
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* ]7 M$ P/ J% f" V: w# x --布莱恩.戴森
# A" \* e8 V; z! 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。 $ R) x' Q" \& N4 i
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。
) s6 s9 B, L" b/ Z1 f它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 3 E. v' t0 q9 l
7 V2 C. a( z7 H) N/ r2 ]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？ & v: e- o1 I E3 Q1 {# C
6 O( b/ R. J% ^0 O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。 : p p% z# D/ _5 J0 F8 w1 V @
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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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7 o* }$ E# T4 ^, W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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5 [: ?' o- J( {, x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。 ! u' B! M4 L4 V5 ^* G6 s9 Z6 u
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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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* s( D. R5 {/ O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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0 z6 m0 H8 C$ C# [4 p" Q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； 9 Y. ?' ]) J7 Y/ k0 q
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。 0 R& m @- l6 |3 ~* N; K7 z
' u2 p N* q% b& _5 q4 t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。 % E ]- }% f9 w4 S2 K: f% c
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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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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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m) z: O {, ]& }5 r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。 . H, Y- F) O6 ^* Z% I$ D+ c$ l) p
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
& N) I0 [$ X* G; L6 ~那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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