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Strive For Balance in Life " q G" v# B! \& P f
努力保持生活的平衡 2 B2 J2 [$ w: j0 k' ]: |
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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.
: m9 j* v7 J5 x0 q& W* k" Nyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. + C4 Z/ V! a3 q
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.
5 k9 q; b! S# G) e! Q% M! NThey will never be the same.
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( [: |) U' k1 \$ V6 J You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? ) ~1 V" C% t. M# t+ Z
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 2 Y5 e% u$ Q( @7 a- q9 D
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
! @% e: e# Y H5 ?1 [# s Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
5 y5 x1 u; D+ T7 V j2 B) \ 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. 5 M& Y) V+ S" L/ B- G
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
8 } E F+ V+ w; y, |$ d+ H/ ABy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
( j4 m, A! }7 L+ c4 T Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. % k) N7 a0 J/ q# X+ o
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
, W& c# m5 {# [ Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
9 s$ X$ `) W1 t6 H: J/ ^' ` Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. k: u/ S2 L0 y3 x6 O
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
" z: G, [' Q, g9 i7 v5 d3 c% u Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
: Z- l8 c1 F# p4 s+ D3 Obut also where you are going.
+ {* R! u% g3 s# M S3 R: g9 ? Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
# R3 u0 T5 T7 x4 s Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. . T t6 V1 r, u
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, . w9 ?; T0 k N$ U" j7 `) d/ T
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. - a' @! t: K' z: ?
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$ j; @) @9 t" E t+ R 努力保持生活平衡 . A# S- S' q9 x2 I' z- F. A
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--布莱恩.戴森
! U, D' [7 ]( ]( G3 }1 Y! 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。
* T- N0 t$ L2 e( R& 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。
+ c2 Q1 K- c3 k4 E* O它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 - C# L* M o7 C
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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？ , ~/ ^2 x. I* {
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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。 $ K8 A7 Z9 U8 Q+ d
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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。 ( k5 ^7 ?9 k2 |. w) \2 Z/ 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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' {. h# R+ D+ b# ~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。 ' X3 H' r( J1 O/ S c% K# z
: t+ B8 P5 {) {: E8 a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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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；
- g' y6 K4 s$ @3 X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。 , F% {, Z5 O0 f O; f$ e
6 p. D% w6 ?1 f: I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。 2 I6 y- q: H0 U2 f6 g ]
& d! X) q! B) u* ?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。 $ T& w% m0 X. ?" O5 }% y( ~! 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。 1 U$ e) V4 Z$ a5 g7 o1 k9 h* e! A/ J# O
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 3 `" y* X: U! z6 @, D& u' P2 P
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
" Z3 t: \# O1 h那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 # @ G$ b8 L2 f- J& ]' i" z
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