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4 ~) n" _7 c& |) _" F/ w) c Strive For Balance in Life # f6 k2 _/ j: w0 C) ~/ Y8 I* f
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6 ~* t9 u. J1 m# Q! d9 h 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. + J) @! v+ u: p: k$ t- i
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
) j2 Q/ ^0 M" @# TBut 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. * o8 V* G+ e2 n/ n( p
They will never be the same. 6 b! X# }* U2 y" U# c+ J( i$ U
5 r9 X. B4 V- ^4 ^- c( X g3 y+ c You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
; u( n( f9 X$ v' n1 l9 f5 B1 p Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. & k+ f' G# c& |# r6 s9 `
It is because we are different that each of us is special. 2 U* D3 m" [# g
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. & Z: n& X8 U) h# J' F
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. 3 a+ R' N& P0 r& \; ^
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. ' n8 t3 {4 y3 ~- n% U W$ C( r
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 5 e* H& C9 ?2 r, y5 A
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
" C* Y6 J. l8 Y; j Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. ; Y, e# _6 T1 K+ _' t! J
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
" V2 W8 H& M7 y9 s: R' w Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 1 x% i i1 Y/ x* P$ J& z L
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. ^. Y& [. i/ G
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, 9 g" [, _( P% ~7 _* x( l3 L
but also where you are going.
! ~# O6 X0 O7 x3 j& Q. h, j Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
! q/ k! b2 W8 ~6 \ Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
* w$ \' Z' r3 g( ^) r+ a Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 0 Z: h- z7 F" u! F0 F
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
5 R7 E' W; @ {Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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# P6 m1 G0 X8 W% K+ ] 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
! u. M( q, `5 j 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。 / [9 @" w3 X+ V" v+ q% e
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。
9 b. n. M" q* m& M/ b: k它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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; `. I8 j( {( V$ |- o6 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。
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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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0 H3 [6 b7 h/ h2 D8 e( w' v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。 " P0 k. g) G, \ [! j: j
9 ?* x7 s# D8 N4 Z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。 7 U0 {- D5 l6 b" [" g* m
" h9 k3 k; U1 Z* X4 ?. P! d8 O- V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。 1 c0 M) N+ F+ v% n, I& y4 I7 p/ L+ B+ k
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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 P: k! W0 q1 G% z
) V1 ]4 M) V# U; ?" q' a# W( p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； & h+ b: Y7 K! Y) r5 Q! g% c
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。 ' ^& }/ k: j$ J: g* k* Q
$ s0 P+ w3 ]- v" M8 H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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2 G" Y) h8 L. W! M4 v. ^不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 " F1 y u' a/ C3 |* C3 \, b
" k; u6 }/ }% j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。 ; m S$ e+ m5 W- W/ l) ?
$ K$ [0 j. z2 X- m5 L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。
' k7 K* e' `) J6 T [昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
+ p" T/ f( N: u4 ?那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 . _) b* g0 `% g1 A
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