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5 N9 C+ w3 H/ B/ d Strive For Balance in Life
) r4 y4 g5 H' X- x3 q 努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson
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* ]8 O7 N5 Q1 W; ~0 W 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.
( L$ M/ @' C# ^4 X( t5 kyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
1 `* k& s$ h' eBut 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. 2 S0 p: R; |9 t% r1 J9 p
They will never be the same. 8 ^: }9 |- W0 c5 Q
. n; U9 `5 \+ O* _4 ? You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? & z/ p' e5 |, ]& I4 z
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 1 x9 m1 p/ R. N7 S
It is because we are different that each of us is special. 2 `5 `( L1 i" T% i5 C0 B3 \
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. ) [' j( J+ ~3 b( c; |/ B6 e! Z8 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.
; j7 f+ \6 x* D1 K3 K4 j2 g, Q7 Z Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. $ p% x( K! s+ E5 O. E" G
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
+ C2 e/ a. F3 L. C7 } Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. ; h2 g) Z7 a% `: ~6 _
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
+ W- m3 o8 q0 _+ c) {) h% J Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
3 R1 A9 U! M0 v, ^# t Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
2 c! b2 ]2 c; s+ K5 xThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. : h$ @4 R% H* Q3 v; L7 A) h
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
' ?) o: Q" W) B3 u% Vbut also where you are going.
2 {# O% B' }+ { Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 9 |0 f- Q% X# _. ~: A# @, ^$ _* X
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
3 A/ ?' O, n; J; ]" Y8 w" V( t Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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8 \2 E' `8 l# I3 Z- e Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
5 h8 t* }' y5 V, ?Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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$ b, q/ l* r0 F' w 努力保持生活平衡 ' W8 y% E* N8 F; h+ ?) I
- N1 k$ t `# ~# C4 B5 ]" o --布莱恩.戴森 $ v9 ~( ?! Z+ Q- ]% ^6 A* p& g, l
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。
' D3 t+ X: c, @7 n; U! @! ^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 g& f, ]6 r) S: l B: P$ V
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 9 Z: F1 t( E; F) ?" t6 M8 [2 S
2 N6 K- A' T- ?6 L- w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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1 w) L0 \+ _ g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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/ c: T: a0 b$ X/ \( _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。 2 H# ~$ D1 Y r, H6 ~& [7 y! U
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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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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。 9 I6 i* U9 m. }5 P
6 u( P [5 U" U) M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。 0 p3 S! P1 G. L, t3 B5 @
( T1 Z( v% v1 t' f! H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。 ' n; @7 ^9 S; R. f* _1 s4 R
! |) J; s* s; J( h5 D+ [6 a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 b" P* _) F: h: T3 R" b
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。 2 o9 l3 ?, ]: ]1 o* D% F$ x, P
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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 h, `5 g0 q' _4 W9 \! `' K7 b
( g3 t# S2 D; V' j J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。 - ^( r5 y# n/ K4 D( y; k
' Q0 I6 o, E5 h# J& u0 } b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。 ' o& D4 s+ D) n) B( I
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
5 Q+ |6 c9 j7 ]) F1 Y那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 ; A6 [' _* N `8 U8 G
& f6 k; N6 f5 i9 r （周倩茹编译）
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