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Strive For Balance in Life
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0 q9 U& h# r& K' O. } | 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.
' t& R5 b0 K* y- S! |you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. V5 d- { H8 ?4 a" i5 g+ X7 L% B
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.
& q7 ]" t, o, e% A( l7 fThey will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
N" O7 X* m" T M8 | Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. : T6 y( l, |2 e0 y2 }# j( o
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
8 U/ a! o' R# y5 |& B Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
* ?0 `- y/ N4 Q+ C4 p0 W 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.
+ Y; H* Z% G. ~& ]# `4 c; {, E Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
6 k4 O4 p- ~' lBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 2 t4 N0 I( v- p0 l& ?
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
5 J l9 j+ H* j Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
7 r6 u" q3 @4 ^ Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. % j8 ] b; _) i4 a0 \0 l
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
: C6 W4 W$ n* xThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 0 n0 W& {2 C2 t
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, - J% Q% z, E1 F* P! J/ l5 }
but also where you are going.
# J, |2 @5 B% r Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. G$ I& T7 L8 E. c9 G
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
1 p" M/ U6 w1 f0 ~ Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. ) b9 E. f( |3 F, h7 e9 |
! G; y- G6 M, D, B Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
: Y& D7 I# E* B& Q: ATomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. ) D. F, j! i2 ~1 _& n
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- n7 U2 F X: X) A9 y$ P+ _ --布莱恩.戴森 , }5 u& W; S4 r8 [
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。 3 d: d9 R( O& K Y6 B7 l) v
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。 * R. `+ h% A9 ]" {2 I8 X5 W2 y
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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/ G0 N" \3 Y7 d( o1 _; M: F3 G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？ 7 M+ G- u% {4 o J" c- u
% @2 m3 e/ w4 {5 a0 R7 k c3 s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。 0 F9 `* ~+ ?4 f( r
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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。 8 |* u/ c1 Z* _8 D
- V$ @& M E0 b/ L9 f" F, j2 q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。 , j0 w0 m% v6 X* g
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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。
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0 Q# B5 b; K x% |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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. l: R* H* R+ H5 p# P不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 - K2 a/ E9 b' ^1 V/ B) R7 e w+ ` Z
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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； $ i2 k3 K s. v. n) E
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 j' @ h8 Z- g9 Q4 W( n9 e7 H1 P9 J; n
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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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5 f- p: j; X J" v不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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, F6 X; C) Q$ Q7 ^, o4 [/ t) [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。
2 Z# o/ V$ ~9 e7 x昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
! |" D0 K+ S2 p0 A+ k那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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