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, ]7 o( b# f y6 n Strive For Balance in Life " B3 e! i' B1 U' F
努力保持生活的平衡
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, Q; q C H1 V. o# f3 Y 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.
! b3 @ I% U* F hyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. " U% L8 c# F. H8 h+ U6 Q$ ?
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.
* i. M1 G' |. ]' ` pThey will never be the same. 7 A" ?( s6 v# s! G& C+ T6 u6 y
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
0 ?- {5 ?0 R' T Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 0 M. \& R3 \$ L% _) S, K2 J
It is because we are different that each of us is special. ! M5 a- e' A/ W3 u
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
3 C, k3 ]$ f* E3 ~2 | 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.
4 C9 T7 i# [$ N- @: k Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. + r" c( V+ K. u! A7 o
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
& I \" l; U5 f' F Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
2 [& v; J' T$ E) @9 A. g# n Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. 0 v% A9 W2 {/ p( Y8 \8 _/ G3 o. |
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 5 q" o6 ^8 }; U- t6 N7 {) k
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
& j) j5 s- j- X5 G. ]The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
* ]' Z3 B' g$ K+ M$ V Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
4 O! S/ u) q3 G8 g5 l+ |5 C4 p! ]but also where you are going.
4 n, a2 K5 f" R Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. % o5 f, s# Y) C
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
' J: h- g: |3 Y. ?9 w 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,
! l% ^6 ?" t' Q$ t6 QTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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) _" ^" h* d2 M; h4 D( d3 d 努力保持生活平衡
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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。 1 @8 {3 B! a0 y l* w
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。 + B- \( ^) o2 c
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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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？ 3 q$ S3 e2 o+ v9 J% s4 j6 [" I& {
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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。 ) D8 y* P' A0 \# f) \8 h
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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。 9 l. p) X1 C. n9 W! U; m
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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。 * F4 g: `9 b/ @
L. G7 z- z6 _( A0 x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。 5 L5 t& ?" W8 w- t
+ b& D1 P# a. G6 ]- G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。 $ C6 N" y3 {+ _* Y8 k2 y
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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。 $ F3 B, `, Y0 I! B
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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； 5 j% ]+ r0 X% Z; \. C* w7 d5 u
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。 ! z3 X3 I) e4 A$ `
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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。 ) Q4 @. M. X9 N1 w
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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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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。 8 I9 ~. k0 {7 d; d+ q! C4 ?$ _7 O
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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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$ V& h$ o. f9 ?- I% K生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
0 \+ A3 |+ w8 R) x6 a昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
8 d6 V" O1 Y4 a' T: ^那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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（周倩茹编译）
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