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( u* v0 l/ ?) G$ z0 T# z Strive For Balance in Life 3 A+ D6 j# h: e( m) C; L1 m
努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson
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# ?! Y2 z% z! o O0 c 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. + x3 r+ S% F3 n8 Z: N
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
; r& B1 S6 y9 D$ k4 jBut 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.
( M7 E$ O& m/ Y& CThey will never be the same. O) p: i" j& O. L5 L4 T, W! u/ ?) v5 D
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? % o/ K& Y0 E# d8 K3 E8 R- E. M4 R% g
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
{) q5 T& }1 \2 f" F* S* tIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
0 U+ u" N: l9 a9 e( |: h& u Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
7 c2 [7 D2 y- q; r) l0 Z 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.
, z6 |8 F0 |- E7 D8 z+ c; Z Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
2 X V$ i Q; O, b1 a, JBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 3 O& M0 Y) v1 w' f% A1 Y6 ~
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 3 r0 \5 f/ a4 w+ `" X q# B* V
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
8 ^& |- [. H% E9 X; |: U Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. + B5 m: S( ?0 N/ U) Y
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
+ Q& A, q+ R1 g3 g+ o* LThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 2 E/ F2 N% z0 Y, j7 m
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
1 M7 S3 D* i; D m8 q6 _ [. mbut also where you are going. % B: H9 {8 v/ q2 z- l; \
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. % S# K+ l/ s1 T" @2 b' W
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. $ d% i5 A; l8 y! x b
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 6 R, @( Q' H: m2 z- b: a: J
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, % v3 E$ N2 d3 X# G
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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3 s. h/ a+ o7 u 努力保持生活平衡 5 B3 l' r* \: C2 g$ r C
) f6 h2 k) A- Y' k --布莱恩.戴森 / |/ L+ E8 f2 S" I# Z0 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。 ( M2 A& }* G, |" A& \; D7 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。
: w! Q- Y2 z/ A) L它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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8 e5 Q4 {; r+ O8 I. p8 ?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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+ V7 p) y' j% p9 ~! ] V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。 K& H( L. U" {/ D3 `+ s
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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。
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3 g) y7 {2 |' ?3 f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。 6 H" {6 s3 A) q/ Z' W
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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。 * O+ M" o- K6 E% Q! ^/ G
1 B* u/ U" |- W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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# }1 |$ I1 ]# O. }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； ( t4 y* P* j& d
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。 4 P3 O( |7 r2 U" |$ v
( z# w0 `. x8 [/ R0 x' v% C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。 - S+ O3 |5 S6 O- b
/ d8 e- \6 b6 l/ _ _. b( \不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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( h4 O4 X1 W' y& H- b* ?; G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。 0 I3 V y+ a; Y9 }5 E5 Y
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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。 " C# p ^# l1 K: y
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 8 R9 Q3 F0 B- Y) w
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
0 O: r5 v+ T0 v9 ~% ]那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 ; b! m* N1 W4 P( ^2 {: \
3 I5 e D" X! P; s- T6 K5 _ （周倩茹编译）
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