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3 F: Q, D1 T% ~0 L | 努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson
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/ y. |* ~$ H! ^3 O& v, u/ 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. ) K9 l- H3 t; }8 a' U* n* P
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 5 |% t, w' a# H
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. * `5 d0 ?% @- t9 n; t
They will never be the same. - a7 ^" I) v& V$ P
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
) X; L, d1 ]. d+ r& j0 S Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
) p) q9 K" v; [+ EIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
8 C2 W5 K- x& M1 g0 V$ X1 D, W Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
+ M& y# m+ Y5 D8 Y {6 ^ 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.
" C# p; O9 I( r5 R. H+ ?& i& r Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. # H8 q1 z# e% W8 h; G, @/ z
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. / `+ h+ f+ U6 R
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 3 M% N8 _. a( ?
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. 9 X. f3 U3 K! t
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
7 X) t6 c2 k u f* Y' C Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 5 C) U6 [2 o$ A. _0 i
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
6 C7 n9 c2 Z2 f' b Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, , K* F( X v9 ?, `0 N+ \/ H
but also where you are going. / S3 C! f; G. c
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. / [5 R8 r" X1 z. @ R& q% D s7 x
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 5 T9 I$ ]- F& U5 n3 l! l+ K
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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3 b4 z9 W# U; a+ ^. A Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
) ~( g# @: O6 ]( cTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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4 J; Y) x0 P3 F9 y9 W, n {& i 努力保持生活平衡
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, p9 l. E! c' W --布莱恩.戴森
5 \( q& j4 r. L: d 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。
. q" }: |/ H: T4 J; u5 k" k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。 ) @) h' H8 Z6 d* J4 q" ^+ a
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 , z2 z& `8 i0 F( d4 P7 j' r; w
& T: i7 X% N; X' V; S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？ + H9 g9 C3 l& q
8 T+ I8 c: g+ U$ R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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' I& F# {' A4 s: u% p/ A4 r$ N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。 # l3 E) ]( `8 L, I; {2 d, |0 R
# T( E$ n- I' q+ Q' y. z* g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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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。 - E0 ^6 N5 j7 |: r G/ Y, j
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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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2 y, X1 E. \1 I% }- `# t5 J: v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；
" L, P2 s4 l0 Y* L- U" Q- x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。 6 O* Z# i( D: ]+ ~: C
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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。 , B' X3 m8 o& w1 C
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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。
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+ F) i/ a' N7 @6 f2 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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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 % X& o2 l3 R# X+ V0 d Y
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
8 n0 y+ @2 s1 z4 N8 m那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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