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努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson
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# D5 H, n8 r8 o6 s; A7 F: J 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.
! `- S( `9 F4 h4 @1 I7 f, Jyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. A5 n. u9 M; _7 u; n
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.
7 A2 W Z H- GThey will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? ! n3 B6 t; I' e+ N8 D6 c+ t1 E! r
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
+ J D, H* I- C5 M1 A6 c5 sIt is because we are different that each of us is special. . z, J; M1 Z! Z/ X# S) d) I
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. ! k' x3 ~& f% p2 N+ `
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.
) o' D, T8 L0 Y) g Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
; S+ J' n1 b4 h3 W' qBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
4 |: n5 [: s' W5 h" H Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. + K8 D4 v- b& j9 D1 ], L
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. 7 W' [( O. v4 P ?7 Q" T
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
) t0 f2 p1 a# ?6 |- c9 f: B0 W Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
& D3 t7 q, B6 k: ?# J j% _' h( Y9 wThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
5 f/ ~% I4 G% w1 ^$ X5 S Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, ; T7 c+ f9 ^, X5 h+ j' k5 r0 l! d: L
but also where you are going. : d# m0 `7 N1 W5 ~" p9 r. F
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
! Z. X8 Q4 F. T+ n Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. % b3 b7 _* S2 ?# u% Y; W4 a# d% X: M
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, ) W# x, _4 F6 t8 D6 M! q
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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: W* R' q, t) l; r2 @9 J 努力保持生活平衡 ( p+ e8 X N) g$ F0 G1 R
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--布莱恩.戴森 9 p' t8 t4 s3 O- X) c7 S& c7 G0 V! `
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。 & A7 S- b# h- ?% M) n, 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。
6 z5 s0 Y- Y, |! _9 l' o0 v6 x它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 , L5 f {/ v' A. s1 `% R! 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？
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! F* q/ H' R( o6 W+ }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。 ; R u, D/ u7 V: M* E
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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。 : f& W9 O% \) j; b( V
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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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$ Q r" c( v/ O5 ~! X0 ~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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4 L7 b+ {+ b7 o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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% \4 C) v% ^) I% X( z不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 " i; y) h; u% ]+ X, _" C% R( f- U1 N
0 U. w! Z: V. [# y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；
. c$ _8 C ~/ O0 Y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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5 e% S* \& l4 M' E9 u t1 W/ ~不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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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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/ S+ W y. e! }0 p& i4 U6 d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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, w6 J+ O: y8 t6 h; d生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 3 A5 V1 {* `4 S' F
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
& s- Z) i) A" d5 B) v' P那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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