]; W% b7 H: @/ Z, Z( i( f Strive For Balance in Life : o2 Z- V1 s( p! ]; `; O) e# z
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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.
4 Q3 R3 `9 G8 ?( L2 Iyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
6 [- }4 J% E6 b, p7 X! N( j9 iBut 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. 2 ~2 ]" K D5 d
They will never be the same. " A. @, c/ H- x# p3 N! R B
0 k( u5 Y' O2 U1 [1 T1 z You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 7 A/ r! ?; D/ \5 j
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 2 T( z! p* G6 W; w( v
It is because we are different that each of us is special. 4 Z k% m; X) U# |/ U
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
' B" n, u- s% G* y- e1 ^ 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.
}. L: Q; r0 k% i. P) a9 ]( n Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
& u' y: I l9 F! FBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
' v. w* c5 T @$ s' Z2 S3 u Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
( Q0 g) t, o: w% d7 ]% t Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. 9 y/ x7 O$ z; _1 f: u: C
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 8 b# x2 _1 m, ?7 Q7 Y
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
, x8 \+ N: u% n/ l o/ d$ t0 B% J$ }The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
( ?8 p( ]$ H! l9 \! z Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
% ]* @. ~- y4 `! Tbut also where you are going. 2 I6 ?5 G% l+ {% C/ q8 K" Q3 @
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
) H% x7 ?! l& V Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. - J4 J1 h% Y! h+ j9 n! N
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,
' r- P4 ?& k/ L# S) ?Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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7 r: y5 _ {3 j& b --布莱恩.戴森 $ F2 O6 o$ E& d: P# 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。 & g n1 a) ^, g+ q! t3 `8 j
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。 # P! e- n3 k! {; q
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 5 T k; w- O, K( k
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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?
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* \: G& N7 o* g2 x7 k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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" m& l4 U; N+ v& b2 ]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。
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, b8 T, w+ m/ @. R: V3 G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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$ ?* z' D% d2 s8 T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。
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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。
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% \0 b8 z1 r- R" S" R5 q( E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。 ; u. C3 u( v( n* s
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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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+ }2 q" C# O( O. s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;
: i5 u G) J. c; ?* b2 y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。 6 M. Z! b5 Y4 e- X9 t
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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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9 g0 a1 a( A" N. h0 M7 J不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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" u) G' g8 G( i3 z& x5 u6 k# w) |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。 ! A$ K( M, {" D1 u) q- V
% m" F @+ _ l4 G6 C6 e) s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。 $ G8 {5 b' _6 R' K: I
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生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
, c! q- X9 N, r. q昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物:
7 n% R1 z* W* @( b8 h2 g( d那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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