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Strive For Balance in Life
4 \( c- Z0 m3 J& F! p& ^ 努力保持生活的平衡 1 }) T) C t; f7 {- E
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$ X0 f% G/ ?- [4 o/ C* \ 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.
- X; V+ O5 B- Q( z* iyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. ! @) T g- r/ G+ T8 I7 X# T3 }, {& h
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. 9 r/ N! {- G# i0 v) V
They will never be the same. ! l2 F8 T, `6 N9 j% @3 ]! A# C
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
% A6 c9 h7 {5 H# b; U. ~& j/ }. B) x: [ Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
; g2 |( [5 \$ }It is because we are different that each of us is special.
8 W% E9 U( n' T# s: z Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
) Q) M! o- T0 ^ R* @$ o 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.
L" G' z4 R/ j: F# C1 K3 O% w! b2 {' i* f Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. % D" a5 h8 v, s
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. * t S2 M* g+ {, A; R! ^' G
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
3 G* T% ?1 _% l2 k- U: l Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
! ]! k4 ]# w2 v- ]! }+ K Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
- A' u$ I2 n6 Z! d( m' {$ b Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
, q4 ~3 U/ E/ h$ _. SThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. ' F4 a9 h# x5 h& Y9 s
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
/ s9 H2 R8 U; o/ T7 J$ O( A9 Dbut also where you are going.
* Y0 T6 m' ~( l* b% A e R Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
% l3 p) F( C% L' J Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. n$ Y$ Z2 m: ]0 r6 Z c( A& T
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. ; B, Z4 B2 Y7 @1 J- h% j
8 C' L: @7 G5 F" k* q+ o Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 9 t& G2 w! Q1 U& b3 R: ^; Q4 ~
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. - S9 V$ I& g' P3 q* @6 p8 d! r
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--布莱恩.戴森
: n2 l; J4 D; S7 G5 a. A) [ 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。 - d- u( E! `$ g$ g, m4 P& q3 {( h
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。 $ ?, |' i% R9 o- k
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 % S) L% ?: Z. c- o( e3 M, ]
$ u7 k" V8 r3 v; |) B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 z( w. L/ O) [! @
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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。 0 L- [2 g$ B. t
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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。 " ~; `$ F6 Q, ]
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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。
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p! [# I% }9 ?& Y6 ]8 W6 M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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/ m# m4 y" ~) ]; Y6 }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。 v8 G+ |: E% ]2 L
* t: ~% \" V5 I0 d' Q! \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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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 ^4 p' @# \" W V$ u: 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。 4 H( s* z& l- h) X. Q
% a# A4 f' x6 H0 v; |' F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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% A1 ], M) u# ?( F不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 2 {$ Q/ g5 ]/ W% a" W6 z
2 l1 M: t; C2 o% T/ h# c5 c h7 s1 {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。 2 N7 H& h) ?" v9 a- Z6 O V
" g( L+ a6 w9 O2 N; r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。 ' O0 b: O0 Z: `) a
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
, M4 r! \# [3 j4 ~9 f那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 2 S0 i0 I: R7 Z: q$ w; R
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