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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. 0 q8 i6 N1 M) R* z5 \3 g/ z
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
( d) \- s0 T* q z+ }) P) |7 ABut 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. / ~" n- U4 I- J$ {0 m6 ^ v
They will never be the same. ( @4 E5 H. G g. @- t2 r6 r
9 t, o, P8 ~* R2 { You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
6 o! Y& p5 y/ }1 u* Z Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. - U1 m: t, D4 I! q3 {3 Y
It is because we are different that each of us is special. 0 c, J/ @/ N$ [ ?2 W7 Y$ T
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
- J8 E% s/ V, J' w/ r v9 k 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. 9 Z4 l+ n5 C, t, Q7 j5 w6 [' q( p" ~
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
! h" U4 v- S- M: D" Y y" t: BBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
4 O. S" h( `: ] Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
" v: h# j U- G) @5 e3 G( { Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. ( r) g A. W( Y9 m; M9 n
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
* Y2 ]; D1 G1 j. _2 \3 M Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. % B* L3 f1 @& ]5 A5 c- j
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
6 A2 R+ t) V( g! j* \& i& _* Y+ P Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, 5 _ ?# n$ q' h9 ]+ @$ a! q
but also where you are going. 5 ?0 D) {0 ^" R2 O8 A- H
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. ' k& z, t0 e' r1 g7 e
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
( A' \, W1 r6 O9 N) k Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 4 z( r a. W) P6 D
' j; r) u3 t- F4 v, j$ | Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
& S; q: J6 N' w7 ^Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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2 N _! l1 f" Y8 @4 j, f M --布莱恩.戴森
3 N, [- X# f- a# w, q* l 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。
6 W; G* _! u: S) L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。
" c3 _7 L2 W( A6 ]* _ C它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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& ^# k4 l+ C! y$ v2 H x2 w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。
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/ B) C z; Y7 ]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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2 K' ~$ ]: D3 P/ 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。 9 c+ [2 Q+ K) }% j
$ e/ ?/ @1 B4 a1 V$ y6 S8 C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。 / M' z8 S8 V# B/ k, J0 o
2 `* v% U# ?4 ^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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* X: H( E$ J7 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。 # N5 p0 q8 X; q5 S4 W8 `2 e* g; p
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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。 ) W$ i' X# z" N" Y1 j+ i7 X. K8 c( n
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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;
, V' m) h* ^2 s0 G z1 \9 \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。 5 E" f* I0 |1 t. L0 L( s+ y
; T. }+ z) ~- l! 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。
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不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 - b1 ^4 C* S, ^! r0 ~0 c8 Z
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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。 2 j: F, i. q* c8 ]
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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。 * ? c1 ~$ D( z$ S* M& o* X: N. f
8 w- y: V) m0 Q8 j) Q生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
p. L" J* w# J% ]昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物: . L9 Z, c$ e6 q! f. M% P6 y% x
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