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Strive For Balance in Life
7 O) z7 \: B& k; [! I 努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson
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: Y' t- ?' h" F; g 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. * o& l, }% i6 Q0 u6 K$ ]
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
+ p0 \' p5 ^8 j5 m, k* w9 @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.
/ P, t5 |+ A2 ^ D6 e \. O, {4 {9 LThey will never be the same. $ @- y6 j- {9 |" S$ H. d% G& G4 p
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
/ p0 W% w7 B8 w/ y' g. Q Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
1 s/ O Y, `+ A) V4 s2 ZIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
1 v! Q) k: Y4 S+ f$ x Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
& W5 L8 C; M: O7 N/ @ 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.
$ v2 r- R0 a r+ i* |6 o Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. 7 @" i5 U+ n8 Y# c, E, r) |& t
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
. Z( f0 k, }( M6 U7 K2 s# g Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
8 J1 Q- ]2 D( J8 {, _, O Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. # i: r! {# |) I; c5 ], G {
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
( K4 f1 ]. ]- a Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
7 \6 e' M+ }: ZThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
- M1 M, X! y' v6 D8 M Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, ; V. Q# `+ g, e% ^
but also where you are going. % Z( @4 {% K3 i- X1 T/ b
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
$ U" H$ Y, c1 Q% o+ c* b) S Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
+ N; E% S9 Y+ c- b& R9 o, t& { Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. # L/ o/ |" f4 W5 I \0 n8 X
$ [% ~8 t4 H' L8 Y* u$ k9 ^1 p Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
. C/ L! o+ ~0 N2 ITomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. ! @. m( t! o, n+ H! f
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努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
) N$ |4 x& U1 x' T 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。
+ s! L0 d# b5 A: T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# M E/ @) J7 p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。
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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。 8 V9 T- {$ i/ }: z
' |; x$ M$ ?/ R5 l! ?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 a% A* o `" T$ l5 D" \2 G6 t
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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。 . ~) k0 P. C8 v
8 @9 d! d# ~7 M/ F8 s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。 : v' T6 Y5 u" E; y1 |
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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。 ; u8 u9 ~4 _5 x+ S _3 O+ @
7 `% [4 o6 t6 [/ X4 H; J; a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 L+ u; T" h* @; K/ V
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。 # @& V- s2 x+ j
: u! P% [# u$ a, d# ^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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$ ^' l$ h7 G9 a( j; r$ S9 Z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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9 x2 U- I- p6 s. |. o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。 ( o8 w" i) s! r
) K7 f: j# L: |6 X生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
0 S, J! c0 K9 n昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
( j. n g5 R; H/ _, U那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 + S0 g' x+ l: T' L
. I" N- \: g' `0 d& R" y （周倩茹编译）
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