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Strive For Balance in Life 1 k" E4 H& n! p" x5 H, N
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. 7 |4 r% O# T" f
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
) ~* m+ B2 e( ~* L( ?7 p6 X6 ~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.
% n1 ]7 m4 t* tThey will never be the same. 6 A7 R6 p( O' X6 G. k! L% ]5 s% G. `& }! [
1 K# D0 m! _' c2 j You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 9 [4 I5 N3 r Y a
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
( p- M f$ S# C5 M# r) J: w& X- o& XIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
. c; c* } C6 H! ~9 ? Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. % P5 f# M& H! h7 M% c2 O% g
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. : K& o$ i& `4 S+ [0 ^, ]4 z8 J( y1 Q
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. * B4 Y' g, A1 ~6 l
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. % ]% h0 n2 C2 J1 P _
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. & v) n7 N# @- u7 {8 y; e
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
- ]! A/ k5 h6 _0 u- G Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 4 R" Q3 N6 Y# }- B; R$ n N' t
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
; f! k% ?- p {4 W \2 L6 pThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
4 l" l2 Y8 X1 |, m6 R7 E Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, . D- F" ?1 x$ w4 k9 e* Y U
but also where you are going. $ _9 v8 p2 f' G# M5 b
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. , C. x- ^" b* A& Y0 B
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
, a1 k0 J9 s2 g6 ]5 b3 f! c Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 1 E9 r6 W# V7 `3 \# Z
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
- U- U' ?) r g. @/ z6 TTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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9 W1 t9 V( I( t( d+ U --布莱恩.戴森
1 J/ B' S# F7 M/ R 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。 7 c7 D1 w8 G+ d# C- @
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。
( F4 K% i( F" m# T它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 & f6 F4 a. d- `2 ~/ ^! V% _3 n
2 Q6 A0 n' b- G0 ]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? 4 H; R! Q* B9 ~
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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。
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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。 " {2 i" s" q/ |; w# ^) J( D
! G. D- G! c4 `4 b5 g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。 ( V" l ?" q; p
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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。 1 Q( k/ p1 L7 r. U! h$ P) K+ ]; u
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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。 ; u' ~% \* C+ W9 R, E5 }& }
& Z9 L3 ]& k* o1 V/ ^9 U1 W5 x, I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; 0 o* H4 {. ~; H
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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+ X& o o0 ]8 m% W, V( X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。 " d) `4 k1 a6 t/ H
% Y& M) b4 a& ]# W! j) g不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 2 Z' b5 K+ f* [' D% f' r1 P
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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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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。 1 T! S l! \ a
+ ]$ b0 c$ f! `6 z* V) d( x生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
- s5 Y* N5 m- F: a) b$ s* R昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物:
4 G' E7 N1 {1 m- {那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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