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Strive For Balance in Life ; J. H& w W$ J( I
努力保持生活的平衡
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C) D$ q4 O* [; [+ A: |2 \ 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. # E6 d% J/ O* v! a# g* ~& ]
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. . O+ ]8 E6 |6 I# s
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.
B8 M8 ]" {4 H h. W$ o5 \They will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
4 A) ?: L' p7 n Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. ) w9 C. `; R: i. B1 i9 n
It is because we are different that each of us is special. ) Y+ R( q/ R- ?) ~
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. , u* F t+ K: w& j: \/ u8 a7 Z/ I
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+ a5 m! w0 Q% M6 w, _. _+ P, P
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
. n% I7 v5 O5 CBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. ( S, b* _! \* D) P1 i( ^- m
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
9 p% |+ T: b+ ]1 V" \$ M Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
4 z. V; b5 T) E/ q+ V$ u7 s Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
/ q/ z8 e, b! { {$ n Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. $ J, A3 D+ T4 m! c$ ?) b- S: p
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. , |" [& [! H3 [9 L3 X- p8 d o/ x' J, D
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, ; K& m; w* M+ v2 D
but also where you are going. " }3 g( B( _* k4 a7 }. Q4 R
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 6 w7 a# h1 F0 [# L
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 4 i1 g% T7 M: a
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 1 P# e5 G4 u+ M
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. : I8 S6 Y, q- c$ w1 K( g
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--布莱恩.戴森
6 Z7 ?6 G) C f- l1 }5 I% K9 @ 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。
' B$ F( g9 n6 S7 W1 A: ?# R4 u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。
" X1 I2 g7 @) \; p+ l' t1 ^它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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' w- {( u' Z4 r$ @% q" I% C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？ - A- b: [. u3 y* s# 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。
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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。
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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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% v$ Y) ~ b6 \ j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。 7 y( W: h% ?8 H0 C. ^) {2 b& }
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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。 * ^* {: o7 h7 U& D! N7 ]
! b- Q* Y7 N. ~0 C/ |( {不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 " W' ?7 M) v9 t a! a
' }% m1 S# w5 s+ N( c+ }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；
; A D5 }3 M# s5 @9 z9 k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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# h8 g# I2 O: D3 F% L4 v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。 . E& {) q; s5 ^ Z( _! F0 ^' ~
. R' f# s5 o9 V4 `: {# f7 X& d0 u; a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。 7 f4 p: T; b' e4 h3 x* j( E
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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。 , N- F0 H4 C" `$ X2 A
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： 6 j4 E: q: s7 q6 {# t, W y9 s
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 ( n; I/ Y9 ~. C: y
* f/ b6 W8 d% e1 Q' _+ k1 y& O （周倩茹编译）
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