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Strive For Balance in Life
y' c" x9 X! a/ F4 ~% G" p1 t 努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson
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9 P8 \. \9 T& |1 ^4 t 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. : x: R. k9 t$ {7 v. D# L
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
. _/ L, H7 D5 |! Q+ FBut 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.
$ M4 E$ `( s9 A pThey will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 2 T4 ?8 m0 n" A
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. . |# G1 @/ `' U. V, }7 a8 O: o; w6 w' q
It is because we are different that each of us is special. , e( V" S5 B. K' r! u
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
3 Z% b0 Z; l$ H: w4 e 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.
: U- P9 V' o* G2 g# W Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
: `- c4 m. l2 F: Z& P$ B. ]5 XBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
% V5 V/ C3 V6 h, I7 \8 v7 _ Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
9 f" N/ R& p& l" m* N0 G Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. ) u: r1 n( F9 q1 n$ `
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
\+ d7 ?* r: U, u Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 1 P: [9 w f j K0 q6 I) m9 b7 h
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
" u4 l9 P! Y- p$ l Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
9 c8 ~/ y/ D; Y! l0 R4 Rbut also where you are going. $ y9 u: y, H$ b
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. ) x! ]* c! y; B8 v
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. & }7 \# N% e Z; L. D& v
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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, F& d. P9 g' M2 U% m4 Z' F0 w Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, # x9 R! t6 I8 k- X* F
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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; H/ x* T, C5 |0 s3 ^) O5 Y* y 努力保持生活平衡
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7 o, x4 Y. n- P' I& o8 l3 [! B+ y --布莱恩.戴森
+ y4 J7 g) n& }( y 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。 # A) z- y+ s/ @7 g- L* u% p) 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。 : F& F" u0 \5 @ q$ P
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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2 J: s4 W2 m/ u& h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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$ v" v7 F- ~+ 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。 ! C7 Z) }( I! X' c
. L' q4 M' y% ]9 W: o& x$ B5 N; K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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( t/ s1 A" x: S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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% b3 `6 C% x% O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。 " K3 M6 r; B3 |1 h, o
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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。 * u, w' t. @: X$ g; j# H) ~
+ ]1 Z% R" A+ 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。 9 k( X( B$ F2 Y' q* 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。 + y+ P# ?- ^8 X. B, C+ g
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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； 1 y; j& {' H( M9 c: l9 ^# r2 A
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。 + g$ h1 w2 k; y" O+ ]. p( a, h8 s
2 | K# A4 a& Z( ?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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/ @ H& A) }9 U" Q; i+ j- E7 E& u# t不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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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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% f1 x$ n7 Y* ^& N& d- 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。 / B9 D6 t/ W6 _. Z: m
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
' d ~. {' V& |9 Z k* y: ~8 ^昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
0 G; j7 n l. s9 y+ r4 q那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 $ d) b O& W. x& K# h
6 h9 P) Q4 i$ S+ }& Z2 C/ l （周倩茹编译）
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