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Strive For Balance in Life
. p( u4 M: l% 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. 4 f x8 J9 s. s2 C
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
4 b5 @& I, k+ Y/ F& B/ e; F3 t2 ~5 hBut 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. . t$ e+ n: Q5 l, c) A- a2 s
They will never be the same. ' e$ ^! M# M" `# N
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
8 ]% R3 d* U7 @% B Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
# @7 R: P# |/ ]4 a$ S8 W2 U( N5 k. yIt is because we are different that each of us is special. ; z) n% x: B: k3 a& I8 R. l
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
& U9 w6 x) L4 q 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.
% J T% u5 P- r0 t5 C Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
9 g. i* q9 t2 ?$ Q* mBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 3 G2 H4 v7 Z/ G( T& x( |) N
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. ; Z5 A: Q7 n- q) z
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. ' ^ I7 Z {1 N+ X7 e: @3 k
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 7 m" z% @# ]; b7 `, e5 u9 ~0 \
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
+ @) j+ ]! Y0 X" ]) zThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. : p7 O* V' F! z; w) N1 J
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
1 q3 z0 K) G, `! z" T# `. Jbut also where you are going.
, }/ z7 Y, @7 f0 _- e4 c1 ^# c Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
5 O; V' h/ N; E5 | Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. ' j% k" f# O- Y" n2 Q1 O
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. # n+ u) [$ A1 y" i1 `
' n3 m _+ h8 F+ N Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 7 k/ k; W9 E5 J2 A/ 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
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4 H& ?+ C8 q/ S% I7 X) d --布莱恩.戴森 1 Z( O' `7 Y9 k0 ^6 r$ b
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 b" }8 j; {6 H0 M
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 f; `) E" N' S+ Q
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 ' h* b2 O3 }1 a8 [6 T. }4 g3 B9 Y2 W
! ]6 Z# e. p) X) Y: ^7 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？
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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。 X J/ @; k+ i' h+ }
( A5 u& i6 s% H, Y2 C2 q U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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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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. w! D9 @0 M2 C6 I1 s) |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。 + O0 Y# {8 |% x- C( J3 m
+ l; n* ~ }- f8 |! ~8 d$ [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；
8 k& u2 B9 Y. i8 g- @. u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。 ( J( _1 G! [% |- d3 ^8 q( ]
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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。
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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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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。 ; ^4 o& F; h# Y$ X W: z9 S% q ]8 }+ u0 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。 # p- F& c$ g4 H5 @+ G" O/ ^
. v; N- A) v/ Q8 } P生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
9 p4 j( \6 s' M7 M5 x) B, {昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
& R; S7 C' D' ?* X那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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