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Strive For Balance in Life * T# e$ R" ?% M# V* U5 z
努力保持生活的平衡 % z( w6 q( z. q/ Y8 G5 k0 U m
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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.
/ H. ]0 E) L. j, r9 Z6 i; q4 lyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
5 M, @/ a* q& yBut 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. " I' L' D6 a( _$ ^7 P& a; d
They will never be the same.
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1 k! A8 e o) }# P% j/ g You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? : [8 e) n5 [6 h; i# j4 L3 v4 A- ?
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
. { Q3 |( W8 b# y" n9 C p( WIt is because we are different that each of us is special. * d+ c& f. _/ ?$ ^6 t% a
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
* h8 }& u- H2 c* R$ A 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. - W' n/ X& v6 z7 G0 Z; T% e- ]
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
g2 e, A |* k2 ~2 \7 UBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. ! l/ x& e: l o) X
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
2 C/ u8 y) A: J Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
9 q$ x9 x u6 N2 I) i% |' f Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. + _ ]3 w. B! j7 e4 X8 |" C
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. % x5 C; L% g* B+ ^' i
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
' `1 H; f+ E9 f0 X0 E Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
+ D6 Q& D5 L( u5 Cbut also where you are going. . \ Z! Z" X9 h2 l% ~4 {
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. . O% c v0 ?0 _/ @) u) q
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
+ r* r5 V/ `" u' F' y0 R Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. . \8 d; @/ X( R9 _0 j, o3 \: o5 ]
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, , {' x8 ?9 l) B4 x
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. 1 G& f; ]( E+ L/ D4 S0 J, O
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--布莱恩.戴森 " W# Y% r" o! Y' W, A
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。
+ `% t( c' ~% d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。
( G' O8 _- x f/ S4 x; x+ ^它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 6 d" w# g! `# B) I8 T/ f
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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？ 6 ~, |# Q* c3 `8 [, Z) F2 j# l
# T, _/ g0 e6 C( j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。 1 j; k4 S" |2 f6 l
; m( f* ?- p" @7 m% k) p9 C- S; ~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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' S- Y7 c% p8 s/ h& h% |6 Q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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* E0 q7 ~; ]2 a/ s0 d+ D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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9 O2 q% r, H8 M& X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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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 j& w: Y( l6 _# h6 }
/ Z" g9 K1 I$ L; V8 \ V" c* e- }% O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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8 n# v! h6 W# b" }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； % \6 N9 T# p* {" p' g
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。 4 N! F3 M" r: K5 ]3 W2 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。 ( }. k* u( P1 @4 y, y* b- j: M
. i7 Y5 G! ?9 R! R* \% v不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 1 u( A+ v( x. C6 J
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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。 . g8 k- u# y9 n: h5 o6 x, O' H
# Y! R+ {; K+ Y8 c: l0 B1 d6 U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。 " B; [: K& g' r$ @
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
( h4 Z* Q% x* [7 W8 O: w" Z! G, C+ K昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
- m0 Q+ q4 N A7 P# _+ n% W那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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