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Strive For Balance in Life
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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. ) z5 w* @$ W: {$ `
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
0 T! \# ^4 h; x; zBut 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.
% S2 b& b# z3 n& k \6 O; SThey will never be the same. 2 A6 k: o, O$ m4 L# L
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
0 f1 b9 u* E9 q3 J# }2 B Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. - c6 w2 C8 X- h' R4 l8 {+ ~/ W
It is because we are different that each of us is special. % n/ [; C, a% a/ i& I: a
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
. a! y" h8 j; _0 W 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 f' \$ ?! X2 B3 t5 `7 _5 j
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
. V! G: [0 i) `By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. " P1 L9 T: c& l2 `
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
' y, I9 V5 K8 l1 U& ?1 J Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. & j! X& F. M0 ]" z. [& ~, h
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. % u/ }- H: W. k' V6 R! `5 f" u
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. , i( N/ ]9 e8 Z t2 C% F) N
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
5 f2 q3 Y' b! @0 g4 [( V! e$ H! Q Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
$ Q3 D/ |7 H! {5 \but also where you are going. 4 e% D* \& j2 u! J4 K* O6 C! t
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. , B7 P5 r0 ]2 j0 u
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
: {8 Y5 n$ F5 X: A# }7 S Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 2 `5 `" o/ @7 r! V4 l) n6 H
* T3 i; x( s9 O5 e Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
, W8 V1 h9 Q) V: [9 c+ B! ITomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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5 k4 T: |$ ^" V4 _ 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
, n- x& r9 r b 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。
+ U& r! o1 r5 F N, C. 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。
5 k6 i3 }, z9 ^' K* k它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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& N. {: t O/ p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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" y9 B6 w9 \5 v, h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。 + ~* ]& W7 N2 L; n ~5 y
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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。 4 w& m, g" K4 a9 q) Y" Z; z7 ^
% Y' Z5 G( t! R* V$ q6 d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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! D/ K# C9 I4 M D3 e; D1 I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。 # z( ?7 D* B# g. _/ L# O
6 p2 K) F* r" Q) n8 {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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" P J- E8 F$ {/ @5 j) m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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) L! T: T! M+ b4 H; @9 s不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 5 ~) _/ T/ H6 I' b
" D5 ?4 i$ [0 j$ h- K: X* 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；
( O5 k9 E6 j, w+ N$ J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。 : z: I4 y& A$ d6 y# { e+ v* A
0 S7 } O3 t9 |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。 4 g1 A* P% \/ O% N$ [7 N. X1 C. H% O
) ^# U9 x$ w% t2 T8 b( s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。 * ?0 b U. l) e6 g4 z, ?/ ~( D
8 L Q8 ~6 u) b0 x# I8 \4 f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。 0 e- U' {4 x" {% S2 d' ~
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 ; M) }: [) z. W: J1 g7 X, ~
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
; v( ^$ A0 ^, Z0 d那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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