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Strive For Balance in Life
9 D' {! M' W! f# ? 努力保持生活的平衡 2 `; c" m; ?% H) Z6 a( C
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by Brain Dyson * F0 X V. D4 Z$ X7 Z
( R, Z& }% k9 P: a3 q 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. % V8 m! p, M; H$ J' }
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. ( P5 c2 H% A5 B1 t# P6 j
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. " W2 @; k" ~8 I) L/ j
They will never be the same.
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/ b2 T( q3 u7 W8 h You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 5 ]" _# V4 s6 _( t
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 8 C* _* ?, p0 Q6 B8 i0 \' y* a9 s
It is because we are different that each of us is special. : ]" ?- Y/ u9 g- U9 V) s
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. : p# Z+ L' w: b, h0 l/ k
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.
- S# |3 `: I$ O6 s+ I) n8 ? Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
4 N! k, e0 [, W5 Y3 S7 @- _+ tBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
' P2 s$ y8 w# c& ]# [" L- o& Q Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. ! F9 y! K0 R& `; h: W& X
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. 5 b" B7 k# `: A+ Q& r
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. ) o5 p" d; z7 E2 y& F
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 0 S+ \: J: ~! _; S+ n: W
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. . E2 [) V9 p, x0 `- I: x% Y) F8 B
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, 4 M) B2 T- e# [: V5 M8 X7 h7 y
but also where you are going.
2 \* x- h L0 z% ` Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
+ ~" l8 Y. k. v8 ~- }/ U K Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
2 s; E/ Z0 J+ \8 J( Z% s5 } Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. ; l; C' f* y& B+ h" J
" F& d( k. |4 w# l Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, " k+ B: H( i$ F9 K% g2 U, g, ]- _
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. . m4 s( Y; ~7 U1 J2 r4 P7 R: Q
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--布莱恩.戴森
" [& t t# T/ r+ U0 o4 V 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。
, R) p1 V" ^, A6 R# i$ B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。
1 z/ R; m* k0 s t6 ?/ Z它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 R& e+ j( Z, G( w7 b
2 n5 N& [# n4 o6 c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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; A" }6 Y' y$ o* p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。
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Q5 B2 S, T, X* g; g |2 z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。 & Q9 A( Q% z- X: V) k
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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。 h' ^; P) j) {
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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。 ( q4 G i. g/ Y7 }7 [; l0 K& E3 q& g
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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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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； 9 w+ w% I; i! l. q& 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。 6 C( y9 [& p& M- h- ]2 S& ~
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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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不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 4 ~; f* o* J9 w. n: Z9 E
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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。 : H: `1 P8 e/ d- [& S+ m5 n" G
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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。 7 C# }$ e, F5 l
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 5 _# k- ^; [* E) Q+ x
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： , F: ~) v1 q! Y! `! n4 Z% `
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 ( G* i9 N& w7 n- ]: `+ n( k
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