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Strive For Balance in Life
, C5 E; J; e/ r6 `5 T; H# j 努力保持生活的平衡 % X; e- p0 G4 r0 d; }. M$ e+ W/ K
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: Z( @0 C: m; l, y- x4 l0 n 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. 9 t$ |4 _/ d( K' l: S( W1 R+ L% a
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. , m4 T8 [ d/ ~& m5 l
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. $ W* c/ ~3 w' d0 k
They will never be the same. R9 Z T2 _3 u
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
# M I3 ?" P2 Y# S5 X& I" o Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. / v! i ?5 ?* Q# l' V7 u& N
It is because we are different that each of us is special. / u: a+ R5 \$ _( H8 H/ E' Q
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. ( ?# M" e a. j" T
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. , c3 p* E; ^0 q& w3 ]# m
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. - W/ M3 @/ r8 D7 o2 {
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. ; I' j8 \- b) X7 `+ J
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
# q* }, G+ Z* {; `& ]; V* b4 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 x) d$ f. C: n1 Q! V
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
7 q% }9 i2 N: R Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
/ M6 s I! V. b6 PThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 3 s* I9 H0 W: G2 M* i" |
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
, W# b$ ?/ w' u7 vbut also where you are going. * e0 ?( h4 Z, _% f
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 8 Q* X- T4 N. W. w( u( p
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
: f+ u$ O1 E$ ^: _) `! I& r Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. ' q# \ ?, k N# J) y
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 0 I+ l" W1 x, {- h
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. . j9 a: w9 Q! ]& q' u7 J* z8 Y$ N# M
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|7 P: W' {& E ^ 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。 ; e T9 O1 ~% ]+ s" H0 E. d, G
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。
/ U3 v6 G6 T4 c5 k/ H它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 5 d7 r' [( a: e0 [* K* i
1 w ~, g. u9 q+ R4 }! h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？ + S! a& q2 o5 n! g
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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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2 L7 w5 K, t) U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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: Z) p% z+ z- y/ @: ^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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0 m& g0 p! ]7 ^" \ p9 I; Q5 ^9 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。
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% y; e a! n0 v' D4 S, x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。 , f- a0 ^/ w: F
# M/ m. R2 O( \. O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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/ v3 S/ N: b, [8 T3 d9 S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； 1 R8 a6 }7 C9 `8 T4 T! D
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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7 g; K3 j0 a# X& m0 g9 m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。 # D. F! s: W; e2 \' D
* s9 U) R" ?) z0 O( |; H% C不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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6 r8 }/ d z2 w( |/ m. [+ Y5 M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。 , s( K1 f* F- ?
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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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8 k+ {! H( a2 J2 [+ v6 r生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 / K9 Z* T7 {3 n$ Q3 p$ Y. k
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
/ Z' ?4 f9 S% ^5 M; R1 ]那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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