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B- H x. v$ V7 e. n Strive For Balance in Life
# f6 F! @5 \% F( f 努力保持生活的平衡
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7 h1 Y8 w. M4 z by Brain Dyson
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$ {9 S, t. k) L; p) d' h 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.
# }" i) C: `+ i$ d9 O6 Oyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
$ E: V; g$ A; T B6 yBut 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. 6 a" h x Z/ |
They will never be the same. 6 z$ S' Y3 h3 p1 F8 z
$ p9 L& M3 B9 i: I You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
6 b" z9 b4 ]/ x$ ~2 S6 b: ?, V* G, T1 b Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
8 b+ G: G( i$ |) M0 i) V& @; dIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
$ x, v" i6 ~3 q! ?6 \ Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
3 z" b, P) e% K9 F0 X1 \ 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.
/ Z w$ X0 d$ M9 K# _" c6 [! p; X Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
, o- ^- K* d& yBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 5 B; }8 v, o8 Q
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 4 P3 e+ N* R7 T, B
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
; C% {* [( l( m+ n: T) r/ A Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
3 g1 y% G' M2 J) j6 t2 o" v! Z Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
k( P* l1 b+ CThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 5 f( s9 T2 F" v# g
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
6 u( }4 a, f' pbut also where you are going. 3 T& e7 o9 Z0 j9 y) D" q1 z" a
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
, d; U- M i2 Q6 X& } Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
" A1 S& ?( j* ~/ X1 f! o Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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+ M, a* y5 A- g. ?* b! J' x) _" @ Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 8 K+ X9 o. u- t/ u
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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8 ~7 T/ N- o. q# x. P8 [3 c --布莱恩.戴森
# k( a! n2 G2 ]# A" x6 W" i 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。 6 ?0 F8 c N! z3 O$ q
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。 3 x i7 H+ d+ D `6 r; `
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 ' z8 o# ~9 m) ^1 p- `; m/ e
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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? 5 F. A- K! g8 j; L" H0 _7 N
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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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3 f/ l6 h0 U% f. T" a5 b, l, F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。 1 n& a; R$ b3 E4 K7 f
0 b5 Q5 z1 h/ K% ~; {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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. O( \1 R2 t) q+ `; |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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2 P. G1 I" q# X7 w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。 : y8 g6 V; o% D* J* y5 i; h1 I- e
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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。 , v. z+ s+ `6 Y& y- \; V
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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; 1 w0 D" }" y# |9 `$ V
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。 + e( q8 ]) m3 p
5 ]8 y x" f+ K1 B" _& ^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。 ) r/ ?1 t: H% O" S0 W! T; m* c
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不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 7 i" {3 D1 P j; D9 S
3 o# @# R( t% {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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8 [. P6 B9 |+ p5 k" h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。 " i; l1 |4 G% I3 p
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生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 3 I* h5 }4 B1 h( w) F
昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物:
7 z1 W& @4 N0 I! i' d那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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0 _3 k5 i6 X: q" s2 j5 x; E (周倩茹编译) + K4 @$ G1 f6 |/ T/ u7 K, B# W
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