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Strive For Balance in Life
) c: j: @2 ^. y) J& s L, r5 y( Z 努力保持生活的平衡
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( g. V# ]' {0 F, K, |+ e by Brain Dyson
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1 e5 z( @' z1 p& j) i6 R8 }6 c 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. 2 x6 e4 h5 T ~- }& w
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
* @" T% m K6 R7 v7 q wBut 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. ; J+ L: z/ D3 ^. `: M4 n
They will never be the same.
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9 l; @$ ]% ]- h( o A You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
. G$ N0 E5 \7 b/ n" r, m Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
; f+ W0 _+ X7 D: {: R9 JIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
+ j4 c: a, v5 k: G6 d. a) T Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 7 o3 Z# D% L9 _. P: s# ]1 |$ ~6 B
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.
; q" A7 N( o9 A& |# D, D; E Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
* e! J- _# Q6 |1 T5 E! w5 mBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 9 c4 m0 P+ M- T: P
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
o% S; {; b% ~4 H0 \" j2 M Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. / T# [* e8 d( [1 u, V3 Z7 M/ l( d5 k
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. ! {1 a- V- o9 Z. S; ?. Q
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
7 ]7 V: d$ r8 Y7 F5 x0 `The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. $ v( M7 L# ?# G ]2 Z. N9 B! b
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, - d1 R \3 z9 K- D
but also where you are going. # ~) \" F4 g: z6 t, V' c2 I' x
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
$ \% @! h1 h) i+ {$ h Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
1 w( T# Y7 @; D0 y& Z, e Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 2 h3 G& [8 I: a6 Q+ c' z
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
2 z6 _7 t1 ?7 e% oTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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--布莱恩.戴森 + \7 l4 }/ w# I! 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。 1 v, _, h' @$ f$ u" e$ \1 s& {3 O9 k
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。
, q. }8 ]# F2 ~1 h# P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。
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7 ^( V) j) H8 |+ 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。
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4 y+ W1 a3 x+ {8 F s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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/ z9 _+ |# M9 {. g6 y) n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。 0 \( a; P) V8 ]1 f( ]
0 g9 }7 g2 a3 c( h$ W7 U7 v5 P; E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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$ I( ^1 {8 u2 V# c3 Z. m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。 * d" r% Z- J. b+ w, O2 ]1 [
8 H4 F' ]: l5 H8 m# q+ j7 q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； 7 R3 v. A2 ?$ D( l0 m% E, G
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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8 n" O9 \: i+ V. M+ p( k& q) x不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 8 @) D. v) x# x+ @+ T
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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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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。 4 n- @, H5 s s) u( d
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： 8 e, x* ~* Z% a, u3 f5 H3 a
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 0 Z1 E6 y7 K" n3 B3 G. w
2 d3 p; m# I+ I) Q! R, G （周倩茹编译）
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