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6 {8 }; W* y/ H Strive For Balance in Life
$ v+ V3 b/ [+ m 努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson
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4 Y/ W5 |1 L0 r* Z" k2 D 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. + X) L2 U4 c' \: j- C& ^+ {$ D+ @
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
+ {- M9 c- {' h( ^5 WBut 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. 4 k6 w4 S' g% h2 H
They will never be the same. ' {" j( T1 F' i' T: Z2 L7 g
9 X; X* E* M9 |1 O. \% J* C You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
2 J0 F' p ~! g, u Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
3 X1 A! q9 w( g: D" eIt is because we are different that each of us is special. ! b* f: `, K3 |/ Y- |' R7 Q: A
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 9 i0 U* V6 h) E) J
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.
- I( T' T, j- k" r2 q7 J" ^# q Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. ! Y, ?9 B* B9 X
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. ; s, W" V! O/ C( x1 n4 N1 L3 H
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 6 h x1 k1 h" ]1 b2 f
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. % o6 j5 _- @! ]; z
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
. J% C6 X( i1 u% { Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
% M9 ?- U) ?4 UThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. & n4 J6 C) z# X
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, 6 O N3 x2 T' \5 f) n
but also where you are going.
7 O d5 F y- O( q$ w$ m Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
: `4 p ^' s9 g2 C @4 O1 ^ Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
; F- Q! I, r' J: A Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. $ \9 Y* F* e6 J m$ d" }
3 Z! [" d( _8 D: a2 s3 X4 b- F Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
! y- v6 `3 V% ~! o8 xTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. 8 w3 f O7 q; o# T, _) {
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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。
7 N8 m+ Q9 ^* V6 s% A4 M; D$ T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 o3 Q% Z+ C/ L4 e" @
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 - J% {; w; q5 P0 @8 \# O
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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？ 5 ]6 ^- T; U5 T2 b! w
" ?& E5 R7 Y- W2 i$ Z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。 ; f, {/ b' A3 d6 b0 T
4 i7 G- J$ a x0 S6 F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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$ T( [9 Y+ e" I8 p# L. l; G/ y/ j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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* ]6 s/ b# s0 W- ?; ^: E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。 + N4 x& j3 K9 [; |/ ?0 D% _5 f- `
8 N$ Y- m2 b( v$ z r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 g, m( _9 m, @8 K5 I
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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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; B$ U7 x, _8 G8 |不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 ( K+ j" ^- C: k }. X; O2 e! p
, ^* ]+ J/ s$ x$ M3 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；
, ]" ^) W4 E2 v c! H; }0 z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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0 R/ A p: @! z2 W8 j6 A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 b: z$ G& C* l; j: b不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 0 m/ S+ o6 A- @1 B/ q/ A# p+ R
/ h, j7 W1 [8 \: u: Q5 D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。 7 Z- l, N9 i R& N( g4 ^. ?
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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。 1 z; s6 s N7 A. {. {
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
: t/ r7 c/ K$ Q# J; Z! ]昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： % r5 W2 D7 b( l
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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