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Strive For Balance in Life
% b M# `. Q% r t% ^ 努力保持生活的平衡 9 I0 [5 I/ X% X: q- c: {2 d
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5 D$ e. _7 ?; G( J by Brain Dyson
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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. ! h k( v7 s. @/ @# R7 Z; i/ m; M
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 9 U- Z4 K7 q. c
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. 3 W) n N* e4 {) r" \) ]: N7 U
They will never be the same. 7 k% ]6 p5 A# n0 B: R) @
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
+ k7 S( U8 i$ S* W5 d3 H& B. a A Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 1 d j% G" ~! G) w9 A
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
' W+ \; M; D) B& G5 g Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
2 n6 a8 v8 f' Y2 f$ f 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 `6 \' @" r2 o
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
) A- S) A" h) w/ j$ JBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
5 x9 t0 ]8 u( |$ P, \ Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 5 \, M! s* C% g- W& _
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
% O2 G# ?1 m4 s* {. a Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
4 w; c! R9 H, B r! ^ Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
; p# | R4 p2 HThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
1 x# [) _! J$ g2 S; W' o8 H% N4 C Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, ; ~8 Z2 [7 d, k1 u& \( L8 x8 j
but also where you are going.
2 i3 b0 F7 V$ o& L! `4 k1 a$ z8 { Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
6 T) k# |7 L5 |8 o9 b1 L- p Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 6 l/ u- I- O# h% M/ O1 ?
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. % T# H! n. v/ d& @6 n. F
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 2 M: F& @: `( ?8 j9 a r
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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" `( H, \. |) Z# N* v) j 努力保持生活平衡
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. P+ g Z4 X: S2 C0 S* Z --布莱恩.戴森
; w( d' h! f6 ~& l$ n+ e 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。
9 G; t* P. J& k, A: Q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。
8 N c @) i7 I) a9 i# T! i8 Y7 P它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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- G. j; U+ v: G9 b2 C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? ! m) r |, D% r4 G7 L
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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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5 \. V* G8 t8 H7 g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。 2 E1 V1 W9 B, ]
# V1 F4 z8 K" W& \5 k* v& b' R. m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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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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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。 : z+ Y5 \3 R1 i- e# m6 a1 b
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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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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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0 U+ y j! f$ {* z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; + [6 t" a4 `7 W7 a5 o W! y5 @' C
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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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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% K' Z# }5 {) Z% `& G9 Z' I不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 . U, R4 ?1 |0 `, O
5 n2 h/ f/ I3 Q+ P/ x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。 1 h6 L4 K; P$ l, Z( v5 }' W5 X
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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。
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5 K6 l& j. @5 r" L S. L1 z; F生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
. N) x) S1 D7 { W# Y昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物: 9 R7 g9 z% j- s2 L ]
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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