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Strive For Balance in Life # V: `5 O& d' a7 A9 {5 \5 R* f6 T! U
努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson 3 g" I6 ~! l4 }
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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. 2 \0 x$ u z, C2 ]) n' j
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
' f) N; d* _! RBut 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.
c# G& E0 G {& BThey will never be the same.
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- r, z* q* f$ c, T6 D5 I5 Y You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? , S+ P) Y8 ^% x. P) f
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 4 y1 \3 w: C6 [$ a4 t
It is because we are different that each of us is special. : [0 X- p+ d$ \8 ^" [5 d0 T
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. ! S" v% H% ^) h$ r* c4 i
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. ; i% U# V& X# @& e" d* y7 B
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
" M7 K' U: [6 n6 ^4 [ QBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 9 n( E' @( h: e. |- S' Q
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 3 {$ D7 O7 [) v; P0 {0 y x7 c
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
$ q0 `" n' I% |) o3 i8 a7 S Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. + t0 i( B2 u! Y: u0 l& s
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
" Q6 d7 V6 A: E- p' O0 [The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 4 L) k' W8 Y/ z; M; j, B; X2 s) J
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, . E/ M/ Q6 Y. ~
but also where you are going.
# q# a: I5 B% a# F8 X' W Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. # g& }8 l- F# e( P# w& d
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. * G4 N8 D) e" m( o4 x/ {+ ?
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. # G0 `) u4 E# |! `3 W! d
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
$ I" X: b2 I1 F9 c$ xTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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--布莱恩.戴森 ' U+ O+ q" C& F" p8 m. m5 X# F
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。
4 z0 l. h* N# E3 Q& @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。 / `4 n8 a0 `% y" u- g
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 8 z4 V6 U+ w( ? A. i7 u; X
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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？ . h* _- v+ Z! ]" N
8 i0 w" F$ ^% ^5 b. M* _* }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。 8 N V% u9 h! Y- N: F
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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。 ! l: ~8 v1 v* x( L# E8 k+ @
1 R1 u/ S$ G- Y" l/ 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。 ! F( ~, l/ ^) D8 n( u
+ D" v! A4 A3 C' N5 L" ^2 \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。
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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。 - t& k% Y, g; x7 S- \
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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。 8 E3 D/ L, r3 ^7 c$ k
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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 i/ h! ^0 g6 B# n( J9 I! 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。 % {' ?& n R! |/ H" V( @' [0 l" j9 m8 `
* X, C; W* K& {. z3 p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。 9 K( ?/ S- _: f8 C! O7 {
9 o' m0 y4 ]" d$ b$ t( k不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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B: c; }1 o# B ]' {$ n! [, x2 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。 0 H" O4 D3 e# t: J* d
. D, {2 {, Z9 ~6 q+ [; @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。 1 Z' Q! F4 `( H: |* K
% D6 f, U+ S j; o- U生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 2 F6 K- M! l! D0 r! B7 L9 E
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： ; C; [( e+ e$ z. ?9 x6 V
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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（周倩茹编译）
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