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Strive For Balance in Life
1 H7 |% U: Y- F7 G5 h$ `6 m) c# I/ G 努力保持生活的平衡
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# w/ @, J G6 k. `1 }- d) e 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 v' l7 c1 \, ^, y$ f* O4 n
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
5 ~$ y! G+ R; s1 |3 cBut 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. : \* ^9 e6 b# g( v" u
They will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 2 q6 i' S& l0 i9 ^
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
- k& w0 A: E4 p) ]It is because we are different that each of us is special. `0 D! E% S1 M7 D
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. ; Q4 k9 e' t) R) a( O
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. $ S1 M l' ?% U2 g
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
- o6 ^% {- `5 o" A6 Y, vBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
- ?9 L' p/ R' Q. `+ s Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. ; P/ U `4 M( V$ N7 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; e$ ~0 v% X/ ^# A2 X( s7 J Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. - x# f# J, q, J0 R; }
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
7 E' G/ g9 ^6 f0 XThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
; O" Z" _) _: H0 i& h: u Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
, W! g$ C5 @9 I- N0 Ybut also where you are going.
) W& g# h: C9 G( @# x Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
8 w. R0 I- L6 Z) N2 ?6 z Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
2 q. e1 N( E) n' I0 ?- e 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, " X% a, O$ ~8 T
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. ( u) {5 P6 |6 d0 L
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努力保持生活平衡 9 s4 \ M. U: Z" y. l
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--布莱恩.戴森 ) g1 Y+ n: j* Y/ i
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: W @, \0 \. k# H8 x0 A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。 * s" ]0 U: B+ h$ M
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 5 q9 f+ P# _7 V; E
4 o6 M/ o/ c; v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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4 Z. i: _( }6 h9 R0 _1 h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。 7 X3 w" h' m: f, a
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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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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。 + o3 I P9 z% k6 q. v
3 D) b+ W8 H( s) z u( 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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6 m$ S! h. {+ k7 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;
& k$ N/ H9 E/ F, j) B" O& r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。 " z1 o2 \% e" I
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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。 ) P& E0 L2 h4 g d: O
4 ^/ Q" a+ T3 K- k不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 0 e' w* z$ n: b# ]3 l4 \) d7 t5 `
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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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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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生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 % J# j" ?. n7 T# e# j2 l
昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物:
+ V4 [* g$ g) R$ I: ]3 [* I那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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