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: y" e- i" e& q( @4 V Strive For Balance in Life
# @$ l) W( `: X" l# n0 x6 s 努力保持生活的平衡 , H r b' ?% P& _* B# J7 f ~
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; w4 T5 \0 j, C, \) D0 _) S by Brain Dyson 8 F3 {7 R, T' H9 x5 p- D+ y# T n
7 ?" |. }+ W" j* P) I. ?3 Z 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.
. ?1 U. j+ ?' i9 n4 d6 qyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
( }. |( u" s1 [ r* ~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. , @0 s$ Z; _0 y# D, \" x7 @8 T
They will never be the same. : b- Y# G( @% M# |# \0 }% T `) f
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
7 [, T8 R$ ~& I F! Z Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
7 K7 O J! {# x0 q0 rIt is because we are different that each of us is special. . x I2 h6 I* N6 g' Z8 g, |$ v" `
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
5 H; G4 y; J5 v+ }, D- H( J8 D 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. 4 i0 I( z% Z: H9 T- m9 s% l1 @
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
7 i! v/ `' A% n R5 a5 }By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. # ^/ @$ c) [! i5 V
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 0 B. h! n2 S! ?
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
$ \2 [% A ~4 w; w* y/ s Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 1 F" \2 q4 L5 S2 H9 c' ^: `" B: j1 Y
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 3 L/ f* m2 Z* |/ w
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 4 e \' i3 {6 O" J4 M
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
3 O# l' O0 i5 Dbut also where you are going.
. p7 a! K% H ?% B% R Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. ( h" s; b1 `2 v+ n5 G0 ~
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. $ }) ?! N6 x9 U- k6 ~6 X3 f0 C
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 5 D# q6 ~8 ]6 }" d
- c# n; t$ I3 a2 K+ R. I c$ Z Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 5 z) [3 F6 C: o- P. j3 S- {
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. 1 z$ {; S. Y# i& P. r4 F
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努力保持生活平衡
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# Z& [- |! d+ m+ Y* T8 {6 t --布莱恩.戴森 9 U6 T7 s9 }9 }" ]& k1 c# @3 x" Q% x
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。
( x# Z: }: I) q7 q0 M8 P8 M/ h; z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。
! E1 n, E* x6 h它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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5 [% Z! W0 K0 z5 i7 b6 O- }( \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? % }4 _& O' y4 g) b7 K, G+ [! L" N7 D
* |& M( v! V1 q9 x v6 ^# E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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. h% v. g3 V- @& W7 Q1 Q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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8 |* d4 ?' y6 |, T6 o* p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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9 n7 p# ]' h, D+ U/ m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。 2 q7 v" g/ _! T; H& W0 `+ |1 ]
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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。 0 v8 [' J8 |8 q M
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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; 8 w* X8 W# W+ G: T- d! _; S8 q+ 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。
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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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# C9 T4 m: D2 L4 i5 _; B* M4 O% s2 ]不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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; S6 }& P: z0 F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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" x' ^- {2 b+ H! j. 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。
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生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
9 u* m" G; w$ W# ]; \- e& V昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物: , c" x% ?/ I0 S
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 * P6 A; {4 h9 M0 a
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