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努力保持生活的平衡 2 C4 A1 _6 @% z- Y
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by Brain Dyson
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$ M; \+ E. ]2 G& _ 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. & G) l# K, l6 o+ I r _8 u
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
: l& w% v; H; t8 wBut 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 I1 W( t r: o
They will never be the same.
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) E: Z. O: B: U7 ~/ c You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
: w9 l) r8 R; X6 h" X n2 d* ] Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. ) c1 C& J% t+ M8 V0 K4 g
It is because we are different that each of us is special. 1 c1 j/ T2 n! p7 p/ q
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 9 S' `/ G/ m# J1 h, G7 o; L3 ]
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# ~) h6 I% w9 n7 j6 @
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
% d1 W; L7 S: ^& D: I# n9 ?By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 5 V: ^- l" e8 m! m
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. * H0 [9 D/ Q0 G" t9 K) q& Y
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. - i# n$ d8 G7 w4 Z
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
1 I# H8 m6 k g# r. {% ^ Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
6 |- {/ \7 w1 N$ QThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
* z& a- K) B0 a0 n" R* x5 o/ t Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, % X) ?+ A& R/ K0 l/ Y* _; b
but also where you are going. 5 F2 ^6 ~9 h8 x u
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
5 E$ o; f9 ~1 D8 B4 | Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
. T/ T; o: `" o! A Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. ; M. ?5 Z, N3 T: O; w
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, ; e7 I; F7 o2 a/ s2 \: \
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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6 Z: A3 N: \7 P, F( i 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
p4 j( X; u0 b8 t/ O% e7 d" ~5 J 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。 : W4 G% p, u6 c# E% K
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。 / b. T1 t- s* F0 U
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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/ N. ~' Q. }2 j) z' P( A1 Z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？ . W7 m* w' ~, S! L4 o& x& ?
) A$ r. z- Q/ K' Z4 m5 y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。 - `9 g) C% W ^/ b
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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。 - _. h: e- U7 A+ s* h a, l$ J
" `6 \' l* F' D8 m" G9 [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。 9 Y$ j2 T: V: @; f7 p1 d, j
, _: w3 c; u; H1 v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。 + b$ b9 G: T) S( D( V% ]
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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。 ; B* v) D0 z; n& l, C; P
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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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( n. C2 }" ?0 V) R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； 0 N; e+ y* i3 ^8 D0 \" j
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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2 \, P* q- H+ f9 r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。
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/ l- ~" G q, y5 {# G" R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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# g4 c# ~1 V$ @生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 0 Y0 I1 l4 h; o$ |
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： ! r2 S+ L& x2 m9 \4 D( a- }
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 - M N3 a- k! U6 C' `7 ~+ m
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