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Strive For Balance in Life
% O( Q M$ ]. C( V 努力保持生活的平衡
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/ l# L& `( \; H' b0 p! G' P by Brain Dyson
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' T7 J% A# i, q T6 D+ s, ~9 S 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. 1 [7 p* b) d+ f! |. C1 q) r
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
% R- Z2 c; U* E& fBut 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 ]! P8 z3 F4 B. t( ]" I0 ~/ Y
They will never be the same. - L6 d% {4 S8 C0 M
4 S% l7 w6 X: j, _$ g You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? ' @5 c# n- ]. D/ ?9 K; f- t
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. $ n& {8 J2 S0 ?6 ]3 e% d" |
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
1 ?* t, e1 s) ^8 [% q- Q Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. : d# @( k# q) T
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. ( r' y" k5 K# R
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. 9 L& o Q9 Z$ x
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
, X O: i5 ] z" Z J+ [# ^' g Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
3 @8 U9 ?) K: U4 H+ H/ F Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
) h& l- L& X1 }; ^% Z Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. , a& w- l1 b8 q8 f" j0 y7 N# u" ~
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
5 D: F5 e d/ B( x0 s9 uThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. * {' _! p/ c& \6 v& q( @5 l
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
7 {! h. }# Z* Y: Xbut also where you are going. - A2 d4 o* n6 E2 {4 z
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
& F: d+ G% E2 v8 x Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
; y* @8 T! V" }8 O( m Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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" e# `+ E1 p. A+ _/ C W9 k, W# r Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
1 F% g( ^$ g, D9 `& s! E4 eTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. . o5 [( h+ I' j% I
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努力保持生活平衡 ( S3 X* G- ]% w
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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。
. i3 k% F0 e8 [- N, 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。
' K! B4 k/ N% V. n/ J3 A) B它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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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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' h( v4 g7 Y$ G$ D7 x0 R3 x- @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。 1 @! }! ~& z! N, O- K# H
/ M7 d, \' ^0 M! z) q% L4 M" k2 A! K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。 / r" W r; E9 K: D) b
# U2 f& U: @$ x" N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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' r2 K% y! T% q* Z5 x) @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。 4 U0 E. E; x' q, y+ E+ n5 n
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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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- S5 h* [# J( Z6 m# @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； # p) s+ G; U L. V8 U5 h$ `8 D5 X
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。 ) O, c( m, u! w5 ^% c% L
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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。 0 A; k" I' T( ~* j, x0 k: f3 j
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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。 ) {& p# d6 [- t& T% x: T! Q
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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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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
/ Q7 J$ Q& k6 b昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
0 K# q: `! _2 \那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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