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Strive For Balance in Life / n7 I3 z, w) u2 R/ B9 E
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8 p0 U2 G9 [" Y( ? by Brain Dyson
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3 Y* R+ o' y4 {- m6 T7 O 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. # S/ c9 v' \( S4 D |8 `5 s
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
: Q% j+ X1 O+ T# r# |6 {- eBut 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.
, g9 P& i+ S" UThey will never be the same. 9 |9 v9 F0 ]8 l3 m5 u* o- h
! o3 m) Q/ k% ] `2 o& Y You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
" X) s5 O# V& i6 t/ Z+ A Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 3 ]5 f& Y* M8 G0 H
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
( U- i9 I& y/ e+ I) B) O, P( E0 p Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 5 T2 e1 M0 _, s& ~* V0 ?
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. ; E5 D& G! B! i
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
) Y e3 ], c9 W; t& V2 iBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 6 z% Z% p. a/ Z$ } o
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
) t( j4 f2 L; F; r$ i Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
& R& p7 V& W$ f: u5 R6 e Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. Z5 t$ N1 `+ }' x7 \
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
( [2 G0 E: ]* `5 k! |1 L- SThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
, l3 |! t4 a2 H/ F( ~ Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
+ T4 @& ~& s- H7 ~ M4 h; h( Jbut also where you are going.
8 m( _* Y! E# ~) r Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. * R5 I* b- d' L3 B0 c) J, k
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
2 u) [* ~$ t( [ Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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, `/ s9 J) d1 x- g Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
& K' S1 y5 H; z8 M6 j: jTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. ( G& ~5 _1 ]; _8 q! D3 A, X6 _" P
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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。 - w# T: [: }) g) v( `0 F1 J
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。
" M/ x! r$ c/ H! k它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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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？
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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。 ! F$ g6 {% G+ T1 t5 u4 @
. v3 c6 s/ l* e" a' N X+ N2 ?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。 6 v* t% _, t' Q% ]" @) x8 `
3 h3 ^/ L3 A. }! {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。 0 }1 {3 H! K' f/ e
k8 U0 [& y) x$ }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。
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) P3 D# N3 Z7 Q不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 . w5 s3 g$ z0 ~& ?8 c' Y
9 r. ]1 k: s6 `- W3 n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 E- U1 y+ i3 m( T5 z( X
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。 ) e$ c6 [: K( q0 x, _
$ j1 A8 b A$ {3 s1 a% ~. W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。 " O# p8 [3 m9 N& `# a
7 A& q2 l3 Q, ~/ }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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& c! o6 H3 r* v% D& c$ Z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。
# I: |: f- B) g- V0 ~昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： ( y C1 U* j+ `+ u( L) g M
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