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3 s* o4 e ^7 V4 ? Strive For Balance in Life + r2 y2 W/ t1 D2 z9 M* a) b& w8 O8 ^. k
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by Brain Dyson
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) k- A c3 M5 b; M- z6 b 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.
* b+ t/ t; D+ g. h$ H# w# q! Fyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
3 U+ N, k) h5 g7 E& M" M" \( C) gBut 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.
' }( s8 t i/ S" {7 WThey will never be the same.
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9 _8 w5 b( g) K# F# H+ ?" x9 [ You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? / m( n) J) L: }; O$ d4 M! l
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. - p* @- Y5 c% m
It is because we are different that each of us is special. 4 k& C# q; O$ s, m& T. _& C
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
' w, f( o' e: A: h* r 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.
, G1 H* H; M6 K1 r7 G Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
& g v8 T0 B8 s3 UBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
. M0 Y& f6 R7 R' i1 _ Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 0 G( w4 ~, @4 C; ^& a
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
) {0 H8 Z3 ^, O2 N/ `1 X- g: o: e5 @ Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 4 I, e2 g) t; [9 k" R! b
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
( j6 l, d& s4 ^, L# _The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
8 l$ K: J% h6 N! ~. j Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, * q Z3 k# w& E' T: q( |1 C: b
but also where you are going.
% l$ {$ l/ m; d; s# _( Y Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
+ x" S: m+ \' r4 q, b4 r Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
2 U! U$ ?: I, L6 v6 X) \$ Y' I Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 8 c0 v2 h8 d+ J
, b, n/ g9 n+ |! B! J) @ Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, - d- F0 E. ^: o( d
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. # k& K4 V h2 y c' ^! W
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--布莱恩.戴森
% _$ v. B% h) s# G( d 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。
: C; h1 C2 k4 M; x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。
7 b: x/ f& b4 r0 W. j+ U它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 3 y4 q' T7 } H. T* O3 W
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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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5 j' S R. i6 E7 Y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。 ( ]& C+ @$ ^; ?7 \4 y- R
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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。 n# ^8 S( {+ p9 O: X" j' w
( ]* o8 g6 u7 G' n% _: S* J; E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。 / W2 N0 M( g, q, h9 H8 |
, m% [2 n( U6 B6 X; 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。
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& h3 S1 e) H. c( s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。 & T' g" U. k0 ]7 \1 u2 ^ C% S
% ~( ?8 a4 ?3 b" q: k! 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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! b+ p6 Z: ^' ^( K1 A6 T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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7 E1 Q. M" I0 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；
& W2 c0 e& e. r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。 8 s0 L; d/ x! n5 Q
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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。 * ]. c0 T L- z( u9 A# W
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不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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- ~6 u0 A4 P' `) L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。 4 q' b, E0 m& F9 ?; m8 U2 D5 R& k
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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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N, a; d! j2 @/ Y5 G+ s生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
D8 g+ B4 }8 c5 P! Y昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： + z$ R1 X" @8 _3 ^; A- n
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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