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努力保持生活的平衡
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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.
5 C! I" q# Z. Z3 i$ W( u$ Y* r& Hyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 9 R* x% i8 F8 v% f8 ^. H
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. * S9 u0 z: g- w; u3 R* s
They will never be the same.
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) k5 h" U4 \! y6 L4 h You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? # m/ n) b9 M" m# U" i5 T0 k
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. ' m" q- I4 c2 k6 e# M
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
7 C7 \0 n/ V9 e) `7 e( z4 x Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
f' l3 y$ H9 \( w$ D- f 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.
, n' B8 e# e* O6 J0 J Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
) O: O- o+ i$ h: h- l. K. HBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
( v }; c/ U. ]3 u5 H Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. ; Y! O c9 W |* T" _3 q1 M, y- v2 w
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
* H2 P6 [, J& q( ?1 J Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. : n' e$ S2 k2 e* V8 c
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 5 w) @2 X; P5 q8 K9 u! P
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
* v; n5 y! l) h, w Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
2 K3 `- {: x4 V* N+ E7 cbut also where you are going.
3 y! W8 L7 O3 r$ Q- K F" ~ Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
# o* a2 U, z* F( O8 r Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. / O/ K, i( l% 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, ; f1 w1 ^( H2 t: R- N9 w5 ~" Y
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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+ I# }1 G! w, T/ B 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
" @: R- M! P$ y4 ^( W; o8 Q 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。
; V' C6 i+ x# b- o$ u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。
, x# ~2 R+ f1 r ?" V7 s1 l4 @" k" N它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 ! @" a0 U/ j! \* W! [ |
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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？ . a% f. m* c7 ]2 v% b) f
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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。 : b+ I8 ~. [+ g! }3 P' D' p
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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。 7 W2 K! l$ z+ A4 C
9 Q( a6 `. z* w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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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。 ! B6 b& L$ z8 D* Q% _2 {0 ]
( e! O2 Z( ?+ `5 @) b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。 3 u6 i4 x2 }9 g7 C3 z r
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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。 ! k% m+ w. b0 Z' @
: \9 Q9 _5 \$ s/ n2 H, [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；
U( E- @5 l @) K3 V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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不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 2 I2 d# o! l; J: J' S, \6 c5 z
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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。 4 Q0 C- b' R4 E" U# f' k+ B
+ y& I5 T& Y1 Q4 l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。 ! F' O, G, a9 v0 _* h- _% E; Q
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昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： 3 |3 {6 o0 B' C
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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