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Strive For Balance in Life
: ^3 O. X. u& w, B! q 努力保持生活的平衡 2 d( w8 n9 c( u$ {% _7 o) P1 b
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by Brain Dyson + T3 y( r) e6 ~0 D$ c
/ ^# O0 X# Y* F 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. 5 p# p y W8 |, [+ ]1 i- X/ [4 K
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
; |8 q: X: j2 j( vBut 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.
^: ~1 ^2 \: w7 o9 q) T! b0 |They will never be the same. : t% I5 V" U! l8 V% [
7 n1 n) W* m s+ H" V* c$ A You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
; V& L4 |( t* z2 | Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. # ^; X- Q. t2 t2 n% _
It is because we are different that each of us is special. * V) ?3 w' H4 p% ~# e0 K
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. : \7 d0 A5 z0 C: l0 u7 q* U
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. " x) e9 U' A) P
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. ( \2 Q Q: C" X) [6 a" {; Y8 R
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. ) m+ M* `& u' G B' h; @
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. , }1 ~1 s: l; T: N+ M
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. + T& x% x6 Q( |; G4 v: L6 T1 G+ I' T& A, d
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 8 H, O: l3 q1 V8 M+ P" z
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 7 j! a- c% i9 X
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
6 q5 s7 F) ^+ y0 Y* R; z6 m* @ Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, ; m3 N, U: C% \# J: k
but also where you are going.
+ D: h9 b' o o7 j) ~2 h. h6 D/ p Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. * H+ f5 u; J; Z( O7 }# O
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. : `- q* R7 {8 M
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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, e" N2 K8 H- r0 z& P6 @0 C3 W Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 0 D, y+ s1 v& I7 _) X1 E4 u
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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! `; y( }( p0 \( F8 Y t 努力保持生活平衡 * d4 W% M2 d/ w, c
1 x' D9 q0 [/ h' K5 z. k --布莱恩.戴森 * c" w0 b- E+ L' O( P% _
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! z' i+ i( k' m" F+ R
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。
, b. Z! J x) y它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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+ | O# n% a0 \! a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？ # z0 M# |( b& g0 n6 K5 F
" p' w3 I# G' @% Q" o, T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。 ! J/ y* C2 f/ m2 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。 & |, @/ W/ h! A2 [9 X
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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。
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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。 # u Q- ~5 l% v4 m( l. j2 B
1 [: u- \% O* D/ z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。 , S6 u$ a/ p! w5 j0 y! |
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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。 ( R: Y. T% t u( B: S3 O
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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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$ ^% s1 y3 \9 ~' e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； # x6 T+ N- Z( o! M1 n4 S
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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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。 8 ]* q; _, w$ r+ J+ Q! k
u9 D2 [) F. ]6 W }* p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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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。 ' r' K4 ^7 k4 B. |- C& Q C8 P
( ?' ` @$ o# ~+ e生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
+ d% C6 w5 V- Z昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： ' C) u9 H8 x, g, @5 P
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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（周倩茹编译）
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