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Strive For Balance in Life , }, |/ Z; G& F& ^" P9 x, x" c u
努力保持生活的平衡 : Y1 n% u8 Q& X0 B+ Q9 h! b
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by Brain Dyson
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1 p/ ]! C, H7 G1 g' Y 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 z* ~, ^8 W) d, u. y
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 7 K1 Z+ ~" A9 X# [+ ]; a
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. $ u# l( |: `7 w: N9 n) |$ N
They will never be the same.
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3 J% R: N# i9 [1 \9 p: F You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
9 K6 F2 y+ H ?/ L, I Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. ( j6 a+ H# |' [5 t. }
It is because we are different that each of us is special. 2 [) n& n3 h' }- I1 p- ?
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
7 O1 m1 A2 \- R) p. ]. C 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.
: f6 S4 C0 ?3 j1 ]0 P Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. . }/ K, k: U+ W$ X
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
, p( ^0 o" B$ r1 w% `8 Y Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. " K+ H( W* V7 M7 e
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. " R$ E$ m# R2 `
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. ( j' @; j% z. h5 e0 X2 x
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. - ]/ ]% d7 E ^+ U
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 5 i( B1 v { n
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, q) L+ o3 X; ?) m1 z n
but also where you are going.
" X5 c: @! N3 V1 h, |" a Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 1 o( y3 z/ h0 u' g
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. - T6 T+ _8 H$ x/ L% 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, ; W( D: F: X% V8 v$ z
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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% w- x; h! t- O1 N --布莱恩.戴森
+ s, S. d4 U* \' v# ~2 Z 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。
" o# V: B4 L4 c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。 % }. S0 r7 u; _+ r
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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) R2 K! m9 g1 @+ R5 p! R# z- l2 d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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5 n1 H8 w& V2 q1 {! B& u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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3 k' Q+ ^9 |$ J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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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。 . T: ]- O: J( p8 b+ M6 j
5 A: a& f- S- M Q' e% U5 f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。 8 y8 {$ Q% q4 ~+ P" i% ]- N
1 o" R V( D( Q( r# J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。 : I w7 O8 X3 O
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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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H, Y; L6 J0 e: ]1 h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；
' y5 `0 v9 ?: y6 b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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& D( S# Z" G. Z8 S. [9 R$ q3 Y) q0 a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- G9 u; A/ v5 R, Z
% M/ ]8 L* \% t4 h: a不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 0 f% d; ]% C* g% z, S& c; l
( w* `5 @( V, r' h. t! k* i2 @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。 8 {1 g* O( j' Z2 [2 B5 p& L! ?
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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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) U4 F( U/ m3 D0 o' w8 q2 P生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
) V$ K6 l7 n( d9 e- o6 T昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
# d7 @% ]9 x+ b7 Z% K那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 6 ]! I: ^2 @2 N; U V1 q9 L
6 d$ x6 L( e: f f; h% f/ b5 w （周倩茹编译）
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