8 |0 v$ X X% E; r$ x1 V+ h/ ^ Strive For Balance in Life 3 T" n( S- z! Q" @( b6 \! @
努力保持生活的平衡 2 D& A" M" x" P6 @! w
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by Brain Dyson
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* R4 E* `% |3 O( K' k; ~# { 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. 0 ~6 {' m# s3 }9 e
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
" P( g# I! w: X0 k" H$ fBut 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 Z& Z9 J6 j# n. BThey will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
2 ]# k5 t' ?/ Y6 C. z Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
$ r- B4 Y' G. [0 z* U* J5 RIt is because we are different that each of us is special. 1 Q) T$ X- [7 K1 S
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
4 V$ C: l2 c, ^ 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.
* Y% w2 U4 k0 Y/ g% ^3 y Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. Q3 {0 p: G; m) _, g1 A
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. / ?, C- Y G9 U8 u# l6 L
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 5 z8 H! E+ Z2 d/ B, i u0 [! F
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. - E: B, T# O- y$ G
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
' H( t+ E+ m. Q, c9 s7 M+ U Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 3 U) M: w5 W5 N. M3 e. P4 M0 g
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
5 `) x6 ]- r& m% k: J2 m Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, ' l( `0 v5 z n) Z
but also where you are going.
1 b' ~' _0 N8 a3 J# p Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 5 ]2 u: o# _2 q. ^6 {, k
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 9 O" Z' s6 x# F* x( Z
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,
# P; E; l& {- j/ F9 u+ L- qTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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努力保持生活平衡
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; m# U% C1 P. D# b% I# C E8 P7 j --布莱恩.戴森 5 W5 M' u% |1 g1 M0 Z
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。
9 X! _2 O; R# M" w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 e F2 U, U1 N, c+ h+ b' t4 x
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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( m7 a/ S* E! q1 {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? 4 a0 D2 I3 d# E2 R& S1 l/ C) y
5 J6 K' l! T/ P" B& u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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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。 4 {; [# X; d; c) X0 d) V, t' t8 A9 H
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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。 1 M- T8 A9 {/ p, n1 w; s
. Q; O2 @6 I& d" F. F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。 ; A p+ O9 u3 W' E: X
3 R3 _- w5 ?/ n: m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。 9 w! Z) G9 ]- b4 [5 u" ]
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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。 0 d' L+ M3 Q, _/ a9 F) c
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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。 " ?* [+ k" w( o. q4 O/ p
7 Z4 L z$ L( T# `+ `0 k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; w1 G/ i0 F1 j+ r# H
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。 4 @4 W* t/ P' d1 n7 Z
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不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 ' i) H( E( r' {
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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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. |: W J) ]" q7 I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。
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2 l" M% N, x+ _- r3 C生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 $ u U9 R* m+ a1 l! M1 {9 n1 r( K$ J: d
昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物:
: G! D0 B; Y, X) p {. p; P那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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