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Strive For Balance in Life
5 v4 _3 ]( h. z- g" Z7 m4 w 努力保持生活的平衡 1 X' \; n9 C% w4 Z8 n4 n2 R( H
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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. 5 L }* y" N2 T! L" r, W
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
* c( j" Q+ z7 n+ b( @* JBut 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 l8 F2 c- Q! g0 A! B, [" y+ nThey will never be the same.
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3 L3 F/ @4 _! \1 L1 q% y8 J You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? $ e* C+ e. t" |
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
) q. X c3 y1 g. n! G- vIt is because we are different that each of us is special. * d9 a' @$ A0 [& u. ~+ X$ d f
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 1 m* F! W( _: o" q$ t6 S7 a
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. + y6 b% l+ }7 l# L7 ?, A
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
" V( c. R0 x4 o; R3 KBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
+ d* L) z- ?* R$ ~8 U Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. . z6 B1 e5 N* t `7 |+ F7 p! s4 `6 ^! r
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
' i8 a p# w- L7 E1 z2 r Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 7 }& ]+ o2 m+ _" Q; a
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
5 b) d7 V4 D: CThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. # |; G/ \3 J3 d3 |! O+ p
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
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Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
" v1 | T5 Y+ P# f/ c+ i! B Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
" D1 B, T7 x+ _& e: u5 ~" i) c Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 2 W# N5 a& Z/ W5 q- Z& i' X& l
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
* S6 I6 J4 W' L, a4 Y& U( [* ATomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. ) v% Z4 ^' ~% W# P- A
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" _# g) m* A5 ~ i 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森 / z1 \" v* @: L
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。
: F% h5 ~7 W. J( ~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 G: { H E. M P% T它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 # G- V- E, _9 L2 v. R
& o, c- o" Z Q0 R( n% a. U* W$ l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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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。 ; v# F, i& y/ H: h% `0 g
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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。 0 l0 H9 |6 ?. f
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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。 4 N9 q9 i- ]1 \6 D& [
3 Y$ ?, ?- W0 I- Z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。 ( J) v- C5 {; `' d
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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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不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 6 D, z; Z3 [3 S8 {) f7 w
2 |# Y" G% {& U9 Q8 ?" i6 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；
( c" P( M" n) g# Z# S# {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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2 j9 c& X6 h/ d4 n9 K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。
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, |# ~1 }* U& d1 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。 ) Y0 B, P5 j3 d: M# T. B! S$ Q
% f1 B" f( c" S# f' E6 s$ G, P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。 - j4 e: ]% s1 q! r' [0 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。
% x$ e. Y! F, T- r# u1 J" C2 c昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： ( Y8 p' H* ^( f& W- z3 t5 W' [$ c
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 & `0 `# d5 h' ?1 h; V# n7 Y% s
. |& x$ M% e0 `5 E; d8 a' P( K （周倩茹编译） ( o( P8 ^, j3 H
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