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Strive For Balance in Life , B! ~2 v) p' T6 h0 _0 i
努力保持生活的平衡 + E h( D4 U R, a7 `" r9 \
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by Brain Dyson
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8 \% Z3 P- [0 h; ?; P6 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. / y' O8 r! V* q
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. $ d; }, I4 M1 A1 U3 q
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.
- |, Y! Z2 n5 t9 K+ e$ rThey will never be the same. ! e/ b8 {* `( [0 B$ I7 J( g0 a
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
, f3 w' D0 u: b Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
1 d: c6 L& |( k; e- k; G- ~It is because we are different that each of us is special. 1 |8 l8 B# r" H
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. + y6 q* k( p% s6 t4 s: F( d
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. 3 t: H/ m- F) D9 @# t. o
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. 0 b5 C9 N, m$ T* O4 F0 A: r+ m0 ^
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 6 K/ v" K% x4 M( ]2 J+ a
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. - z$ }8 [. R- x B
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
' p Z) I0 V5 P' H Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
4 C9 y; T& `8 {- _ Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
/ T0 T7 S0 w+ G dThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
/ c5 X% O3 C3 e Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, . g1 q# l: O# y" ~8 s% K
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Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
* t& h9 _1 N, O' E Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
6 @* S2 e8 {; _8 n, H6 s/ N$ J/ | Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. & y2 y, C- m% s
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 1 z, T. \1 X1 N1 t* B: i9 V
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. 2 D3 s: u. K5 o
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- w" p% Z8 F7 g2 U 努力保持生活平衡 / S% {4 w: C4 ^! K# W. u5 C8 k1 [
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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。
" [/ y; }! j) `8 ?+ n; I! T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。 # S( {0 y& {' R/ B
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 4 w* f5 {- U) {3 L3 L; U+ T
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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？ ' s0 B5 ]: E% `: Y8 q+ u3 q
1 t# ?5 k" r; m# P* h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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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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) y% ~* T2 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。 ( V6 z5 E- p) j7 G; b( X- o
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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。 * c, n5 e I- P. ?$ q" e
2 X7 o5 f% k! f" n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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6 E* F, Z: e) \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。 / s$ T5 C0 _ q- H0 |9 O
0 f+ b+ H% L8 L/ _2 V% \不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 1 H& m7 S9 [/ Q7 j
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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；
) d" [; a# a+ t1 ]" M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。 / _4 u1 h# @0 i: B( T( l5 s4 Z2 [: U) M
5 p3 V6 k# b! r$ n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。
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* C2 D* v( @0 T0 ~$ i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。 " h4 _6 g+ W# t# U
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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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4 I# x, [7 {6 S& h3 h生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 + ~5 s3 T) n) D* S
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
0 p# m& Z* V% M9 D6 x b3 T5 {那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 9 A6 a3 x1 Q# R
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（周倩茹编译）
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