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Strive For Balance in Life
2 @" ?/ d) b6 c. ?0 n6 H7 D8 ~ 努力保持生活的平衡
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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. , I9 e2 O* O' c- j
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. ' @; [. ] D5 A. S l
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.
3 f" c% X! u9 {2 b2 ^7 {' i5 xThey will never be the same. : y3 s+ n3 w2 q- V, J0 T
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? ' ~ z( h6 x0 Y% x% `
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. ! C( d- |# j# ] T2 H/ f
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
5 `' G. `, n3 | b7 P6 k+ f1 X Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
z3 a# X3 o+ 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.
1 q3 u2 B8 {! o/ F, |; X Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. 5 \6 T& d" ^$ K1 x) F f
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. ( A* y- e8 P/ Q4 f. }' J
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
# K2 h1 |9 E5 c Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
) u# p. b4 k9 h, k2 D5 p& z+ s Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. ) I+ b! ~$ R& x- J( M8 |9 B
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
( O2 G( X2 w1 d* Z( bThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
; J2 H0 @* J# E) N; o Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
$ _) q: }8 R) F, l [ M" r) {1 mbut also where you are going.
2 E D6 I" } l6 R Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. % w( P5 B, S& B' X
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 5 J1 [4 k: n: d0 |% r
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, . ? I% H3 z/ R
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
+ H: R8 a/ b: S! N5 r8 e 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。 ; G' J7 H; Z* O5 n2 {) s, y
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。
! M' k* J" H4 k/ [. W它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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9 ?8 Y# Y5 Y3 m& R7 q% 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？
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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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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。 ( |; J: E% u+ x6 e" g S$ G9 p
- N7 `7 I5 n4 b0 H! j( ?8 T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。 : {! A9 \) j _, f! j. K& C/ S
4 K# f8 E1 M/ M- Q6 M# r l0 x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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, a8 j7 w K9 }7 I5 w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。 / N* {% }- y8 i7 ?9 c
$ s" x! r, C1 r% e8 @ I; G4 c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。 ) i; D8 s3 N4 ~- k2 n! K# O
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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；
. h0 e8 _% j6 I N8 X* r2 R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。 " u) n0 Z2 L/ E+ U
7 T4 h' ~1 p+ m9 Y9 H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。 ' ^! v0 `8 q) E R1 u8 r0 X
& c. d0 a: b! z' c' Y5 b3 S8 V不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 & T; O% M2 L: Y& b# h* X
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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。 ( y5 T, S5 e3 x$ B- Z# q9 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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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 $ y7 |- H- E" a
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
6 M% N9 |/ [! ~" K9 a. ~' T0 C那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 2 I9 T" x. g. q! _0 p* v9 s
) V: o! \1 Z# _4 { （周倩茹编译）
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