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Strive For Balance in Life
5 e# `0 G8 S! H 努力保持生活的平衡
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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. ! V2 e7 |% d7 W( ]
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. . p7 ~, a: S; p& r$ Q
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.
. i3 v& ~# [& U, s; aThey will never be the same. ) ~1 M& p" z$ f: G! D
% j% X8 t/ N: g$ Z( ~7 @6 p8 r You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
. g3 y/ g' o9 T1 V+ C, v Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
2 E9 y' m, ?9 u7 v O& G8 h: H: iIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
+ b( `+ }% y! N: E Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
* e4 v7 L( D) I) \3 H7 L7 _ 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. / u, F |0 X2 k& i
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
8 Z* S+ L& D+ x h: l6 nBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. ' o6 f0 C" \* G# J! _9 \# J+ u0 U, X
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
: x5 ]2 g `) E8 {" n" l) n# I Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
1 m0 {/ Z5 a1 W/ }9 c/ l Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 8 ]; V+ L$ Y) D" \8 }* f
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. . m( y P. n' W! R% q" p4 o! H* ]
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
1 i2 \4 c5 A o0 |3 E- } Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
! b# i' N3 m4 E8 ~$ N" nbut also where you are going. , e; Z' k, _2 K- h0 p- n
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
" E7 i" L3 D8 `0 ? Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. ) h7 t0 {2 V8 F
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. * [+ t( C. _7 c" [
" z8 E5 {# l8 O9 m# h Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, ! U# Q: Z6 O+ e) ^0 t5 P
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 6 e, Y' n3 Y0 F y
5 a6 I S" c- l$ t --布莱恩.戴森
7 `! \" a6 S- a4 F) N- b0 w x 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。 : Z1 {2 k, h V) T/ P3 r
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。 * R0 f* z+ }0 I4 s6 L& \
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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8 S# Y4 B" g9 I# X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？ ! I) G( O- M. S* M9 v/ ?% M
- v6 M" S/ h9 l+ V+ _7 W% ^/ 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。 # |8 X# ~% n5 e- M- w0 n$ 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。
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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。 % j: l9 w0 D/ D5 I
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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。 * B8 m& a2 S) i7 b
3 M# u+ E8 Y1 p3 ?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。 * j# o/ @7 B2 \
! t. q% n, Y8 s8 q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。 8 h. k; A3 L- P2 }1 V0 l
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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。
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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； ) O2 [" w0 q: f _1 G9 T. k
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。 4 k" n1 \% ^; U# o$ Q) `9 Q
1 U! `& V7 Q% f: L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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`% L4 y# _6 ^( ~* P5 t3 i4 `4 ]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。 3 p% w3 Q; y4 p4 k( w) Y& r* V
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 1 s+ t. D& C* M% u1 v. z' x2 e
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： 3 a9 k( f$ h! l! R
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 : G# X m9 y2 a3 J% n( Y6 r$ Q
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（周倩茹编译）
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