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Strive For Balance in Life , {2 U3 D* A! k" m
努力保持生活的平衡 ! |- @$ O# ]- h4 D" |
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5 k, ?+ ]+ s8 \$ d by Brain Dyson : s" c1 d0 V( V1 h& t
& t3 n* w ~* C! s3 @% i! @! ]1 _ 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. / d& S5 @: T* Y+ |
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
/ e& c) ?3 W v, g" A) PBut 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. ) I; F& ?- U: e# Y ?7 ^6 @8 P6 m
They will never be the same. 9 P1 z Z1 G( ]9 D' t3 Y
5 a4 p5 @2 r7 t, T You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
1 I/ R5 I) T+ g3 N+ E, b" S8 L Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 9 _6 }" Y8 d" ?7 v
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
$ ?2 K; J2 ?# D( { B3 c+ A6 L Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
4 ]/ a/ s, l+ |9 J9 R 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.
5 w" x( t' I4 X" E Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. 8 ^6 F5 N9 t0 F+ j
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
! ^, T' |- T4 G. W1 H% ]: t, ~ Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. : Q) v- l5 ^7 I6 ^
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
6 L. j' V, p2 f* T2 @3 V& p( i: M Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
0 Q8 S1 Y" ? O! K+ ~ Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 1 M) t6 M3 D* {# H
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 9 u4 u( f/ t! j' f. P) z9 ~
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
, o) d( Q: _: e: H$ D* }but also where you are going.
! i% U6 B. l% p, t5 Q8 ~4 P) | Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. " W/ c! i2 @ ^6 ]1 Z+ m
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
2 Q7 O9 L {; O2 m+ n) i7 P 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, + w6 i" d' m: W
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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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 R% t. d6 l5 l9 H1 {2 b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。 0 s5 I8 Q, {9 i' v
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 + x, G$ {& i d- l2 M% U
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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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* p6 R* Z$ G% x1 p6 F* \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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; f5 z. L6 I: t+ o, d0 b3 o5 l( u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。
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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。 : o0 R" \1 i; D* E: B! g0 \9 P- N% _
# I& L- q W# m" t9 B* I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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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。 + a: ~! p4 G+ h8 k$ V
% X8 M! f% E t: S8 g$ `0 \* V不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 / f9 @1 |$ h& \; D1 h4 n0 a( [2 r+ I
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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; . `( h9 v8 J0 ~0 ^
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。 ' r# N a) u! N8 b1 w( w
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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。 3 q* X' Y% _0 D& I, ?4 S6 D( n1 h
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不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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4 u8 T C5 K& N( `' {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。
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& U3 O/ E+ M* }& X$ M9 [生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 8 | y% J( _5 [: t- u
昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物:
" O& t% }& F" v% m& H( e' {/ e! t% b那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 7 y/ U/ V# B+ }& O2 y
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