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" A; g6 a1 Q0 X/ y E- x1 p Strive For Balance in Life ) v4 g0 H0 h# j# s4 [6 I N
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by Brain Dyson
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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.
: Y3 T0 ~- N& U: N; \you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
5 {& k5 y1 i* z" 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. ! F% Z. k4 B v8 C# H4 W
They will never be the same. ) |& Q Y+ [1 {: {
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
. u [( m3 A% l( w) v m0 q H" h Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
) [+ S k; I7 M+ yIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
! m1 _) a; R( S1 b7 N6 S, c Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
/ X- E' w# c9 z: C& V 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. ; o1 z9 A. Y# k) m
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. - F# L- m2 C% I- N( K
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
1 D: W3 f; H7 ]$ F, O; F5 | Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 9 j+ k' V$ q1 M4 \( Y: u( `( y
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
6 b, k* g0 a% n! A# e/ u Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
0 o# C5 F% \: a9 g7 {7 a$ V Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
1 r3 |, I' s- d+ EThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
! c( L: A [! |, ? Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
9 L6 u' L, B% r, N3 x+ fbut also where you are going.
4 o3 o7 l0 w! I% X; a Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. ) h+ T9 A8 w X) v( N
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
$ ~$ Q& w; L. g% | Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. : I9 v$ p8 X- ]& ?6 B4 f/ b4 K
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
3 s( E/ V9 ~( h t9 ^9 i0 FTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. $ }5 ]9 q) W3 f/ H: {6 P, f
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0 f' F4 r# ]' Y; O 努力保持生活平衡 6 K# B( m& q& c
9 I/ c. \& U' P --布莱恩.戴森
8 Z% R' G/ a$ o: g) K2 v 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。
+ V- B0 ?* A+ V4 g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 }7 |7 ?9 p/ J; |+ B1 S
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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9 T) [. ]5 O0 C5 @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? # Z' B$ N. y$ T: }
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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。 . u9 Y; D6 R/ a" [) O! a% Y) L' {# t
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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。 * M5 ~6 }% ]% n+ i5 x& a
' V; A7 o3 m$ X+ M4 \9 c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。 2 {3 i9 f1 d$ `9 s8 q' J6 c8 Z
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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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0 u8 R9 |5 H% I* q- t0 s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。 % d6 O+ x" W+ k) k7 M$ S' Y2 h
1 x3 g: n" p2 G, 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。
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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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$ ^3 \$ ?: t& _$ n5 G: 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;
% M" [6 {$ J$ l5 l4 x( F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。 / A8 A J8 c+ Y0 b4 P- G" X0 e
) X- c, D- O/ ~& u9 U* X7 P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。 7 O; M' z4 @/ a( X9 _
9 c r) I4 G# [% a- O/ {3 M% K不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 ( B' [& _& ?& C3 s
) G3 \, {7 ]+ z+ U4 b8 _4 ^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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1 U2 w' D. T! R$ D$ j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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& Y2 t+ U4 l0 O" ?9 D生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
$ N0 O* g+ ~9 A昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物:
! p& O- r5 K1 C$ y( X1 |( [那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 6 Z. e/ c2 W- {8 F6 w+ W1 A
& _/ K/ ^. U6 V0 U (周倩茹编译) ) ~; Q9 F3 ?* V
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