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Strive For Balance in Life
/ m4 K% d' ]+ {3 N2 k 努力保持生活的平衡 d0 ?+ r0 H3 F5 F$ W, @
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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. ; G6 f. B' l0 W% G6 e! j; _
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 5 [" g3 n4 A+ @0 t/ b. y
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. # R' \0 P! r8 i' h$ O/ x M% d, h
They will never be the same.
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. G6 ]' ^" R2 ?& d' \ You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
+ ^0 @! Z' r2 e Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 8 ?2 O7 j2 Y- [5 U( P
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
5 I2 V( _2 w5 z7 m; { Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
% @! I3 V% j( N/ R7 h3 _5 I+ ~ g 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.
]7 G1 R& r9 z( A3 n Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
3 w* _& M+ w: S8 `2 x, A( x3 aBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. * U$ {3 }6 ^# A9 Z# P( o. ]. O) i# y
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
, B M8 D4 c1 M* d) v' o7 S# C4 {2 N Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
" X6 ~) ^! ]4 ?7 V% B Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 7 }9 S9 }1 ]$ v( h3 C8 q( N
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 9 [' d7 n X7 o( k1 x
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 5 R) e2 g9 F" u, l0 o+ p, ^2 m
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
8 w$ u' r: y' Q7 ` u3 y! x2 rbut also where you are going. ' x; o1 n8 p- Z: Q: T
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 1 n M. Y7 a( z5 z* k g
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. M: r$ k8 X2 M* [+ g: v0 y7 ?
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. - W9 d% U- ~3 p f" z
F# x. c% E! Z Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
) {6 m6 u$ P4 S' S6 tTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. 5 D. Z2 }; {3 P' J; l
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努力保持生活平衡
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6 j$ g2 S4 a) u; \2 }# n% Z --布莱恩.戴森 4 \* i: e; B- j/ W' D
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。 ) i+ u4 l P: 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 {0 y6 u* j3 t. l
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 4 H1 L! P; k0 d ^* {
+ @; |, k/ O# a& ]2 @- D7 L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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/ U! [( |; ^1 A& A* ^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。 ( \/ y6 `% i3 J; E
6 E2 b/ S; V/ @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。 ) @: D; G8 g S- w" `9 ^
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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。 + {3 X( X& }/ H7 D
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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。 $ J6 J- ^; y* Z4 c& j& X0 i5 ^
/ x$ E- [; v3 H3 {+ c2 k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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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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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;
/ S) ~: I! O) L, J7 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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) d/ ~5 U- P8 z! o1 s不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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# Y( y, `% I/ F; h8 ~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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3 v% h% Z# ^* h5 Q) j3 s( r, p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。 ! Q0 i; v' d, ]# m( s
5 I! d7 K6 M ]' V/ U, [1 t生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 ) N$ T4 y* | S2 _% W
昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物: & c: g, W3 i! Y4 `
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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