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! l+ V( T4 J, k# w, \6 b# ]5 m4 ?* ] 努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson
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: u, ^- [* D4 g# l" z6 M 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.
, w( h! G2 w- s m& Myou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. : c' Z: L T1 z. r% b, n! N
But 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. . g+ h/ z! g1 ~+ f$ b
They will never be the same. 1 ]& q8 a; v2 N2 `
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
_; k! y& w7 e3 \& ?/ E; y Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
6 v% G% Y5 s: q. `) wIt is because we are different that each of us is special. - ~' a; c2 E" V/ z
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 7 W) q3 C- W- 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.
8 W) V( |1 f' I* B- D: h% F Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. # ^8 G+ @3 d* A/ ~8 o0 z% r
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
8 E' F9 R Y* o) ?" _$ l Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. ; |+ f) X D4 ^/ S; M6 j# X
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. : r, X' K5 G5 y: X4 D4 L
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 0 _# Q0 n7 m }& i1 ^9 j) J
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
, U a# L, {& n+ nThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
$ L, K8 K0 {- a( T+ Y4 i( ^ Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, & f, e7 Z# ]2 M" G2 J5 W( v6 }4 n
but also where you are going. 1 Z J: b$ S l' E% W
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. % T* ~6 W1 @5 D- M7 ]
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
( O8 ]8 z+ ]- @- X) d, M3 R0 o Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. ( ~! y, I/ u6 T
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, % T5 z2 A. R+ k. t0 ] q6 q
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. & P$ h* @2 p- E1 q1 u
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& G6 F. l: v7 _3 H 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森 ' b: V: ]: ]. r! R1 q p6 e
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。 3 i- ?9 S" b! s2 U& 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。
) z/ b1 |2 ?# o! U" R它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 " Z6 N7 @3 X* ^" ? r) }1 m8 ` G. F
# ~$ O2 ]) r# K) V4 ~6 L" @% K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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2 A) ?; a+ v5 B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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, F- Y+ t, h+ d8 ]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。 n* U$ f9 Z9 y. T" i5 u" w8 Q
1 I7 J* N/ L+ e d9 r! C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。 1 [6 ^8 r# q3 W* k, V4 N
" @2 ]; a; K# {4 k' u! 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。 ) ]5 F, Z- z. o6 [# x2 s0 O/ q% O u5 V
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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。
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% N, {$ `! a8 P5 o! I) X( z* Y不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 2 ^" O8 c2 }) B# V" m! G
- n$ H, t1 d' U0 g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；
/ x4 \, q* h) s [; y" \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。
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) y0 r |# R: l7 c& s$ j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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5 R) r6 G% ~; I7 T( j7 A: H1 n5 S不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 2 W, A4 A7 u- I3 @) a; U
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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。 " v. J0 ]) K( m4 d3 C; b \
( T# h8 t' |. g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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6 L: n0 a# Y f5 o* N生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
4 W1 `# M' A H( g% p/ w) Y4 B8 q9 n昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
2 ^' G0 h+ E( i那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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