& s5 y' v; j8 X Strive For Balance in Life % r& m- ~- D+ J' v2 A# F3 g
努力保持生活的平衡
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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. + t Q( `) E- d2 t8 J* ?+ A
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. . Z- g1 S3 {3 B( C" i
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.
$ O) C8 Z) D+ |% g# ?They will never be the same. 2 p) f( S- r+ B1 K O
8 U# T2 p" k, j, ^" n5 e" h You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
, b0 N" K( ], _0 g( T7 d! w l Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 1 Y; F+ P2 l/ r% x! s" p9 @: C3 n+ R
It is because we are different that each of us is special. 2 D5 f9 Q9 h. V5 u7 r+ d
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 2 U& I, D7 t9 v9 A1 K' E
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.
; J& a1 _; F- s6 y4 d+ e* l Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. # h2 i' T% q8 P1 h
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
- j) X' @5 x# B$ s+ s Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. % Q7 A" S, z; K& h) v; `" ~- u1 y, w6 J1 A# r
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
( @% T: V1 Z" m0 Y& | Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
1 {$ d2 p0 A' N- J Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. $ a6 H+ T! U0 i" _& ^5 h
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
7 v8 a- b' X6 T6 n' P+ ?! t Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
( \6 m5 o* J3 A, R. U3 r, Ibut also where you are going. ' l j0 `& X% @& H- {% }
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 5 d& @" j8 p0 Y
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
$ Y0 h2 g% y$ q5 J. q, b% \ Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
. ]! m8 g6 z8 \4 t5 @Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. : L& M% s) l) L e/ \ n) O, |+ V
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努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
- y. l, e. `+ z( ?$ _& I8 r 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。 & x7 O7 o- w3 I1 F
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。 1 W" c+ ~1 e8 T% E
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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' E( M0 G: h7 n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? % f3 o1 r u! @9 i S3 Z
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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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8 A7 {0 t2 u+ G9 C" g( `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。 - H1 s) J5 y: v2 ?
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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。 # E- u( t! d+ Z1 X- o2 W- j
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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。 9 w* i% O% v0 k% U
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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。 - g. w. `$ c, v% K& T
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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。 ; a. Z& i9 E$ r, L( p
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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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1 e- ^& Q# S- g9 n- y/ M7 H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;
9 B' X$ K9 ^) x0 s9 u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。
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7 i5 v3 _& D5 J1 D$ p5 W6 K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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5 o# e! g5 c8 y1 n9 q: @/ o" m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。 8 ]4 U5 ?, Y; h# \/ ~' @% v
% t9 L) v8 m4 u7 J7 |5 g: J生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 $ E/ m% X2 m, S" V
昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物:
" i: V4 ~/ x* Q3 \& p: [那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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