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Strive For Balance in Life
" \& W! K: ^+ _/ M1 C 努力保持生活的平衡
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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.
B+ Z4 m' E9 a% m$ }you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. , I2 @' P3 L- P& o8 p
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.
7 r0 O) l* `+ D9 F3 ?4 DThey will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 2 ]: R8 y) Y( _) c' C3 d
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
8 N+ n. C) K* s9 {& `# U, jIt is because we are different that each of us is special. v6 K5 V' U! N% L; a4 C
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
( E; S! _; ?+ O# y* _# V6 h 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. 6 P2 Z2 Z3 {/ \+ e
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
+ ?3 F) j& W% m0 d% VBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
( t) Q( y8 e' G; k: N$ O- ? Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. " [" ]9 O; J& o
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
8 B' q8 E/ L6 D6 E+ ~7 b# F6 o Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. g' ?5 H. V% J* P
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. , r" h7 `, d) N3 r
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
2 e6 P H: p' @8 k Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
7 e+ Z( K, }' p( j A7 Sbut also where you are going.
+ r; H! J) w2 b6 R2 e2 v$ K0 v! P Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. ; [/ K, X1 P% ]7 ^3 a1 K" _3 s' k$ \
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 5 X. n5 n4 d, o
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 8 _$ z$ s! ]" p8 p6 O3 ]
1 ?$ u5 Q* f/ R1 E Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
' H% o/ q; y4 P+ _7 bTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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" Q9 j( K# H* ^2 k$ N. b 努力保持生活平衡
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, W2 }2 Q7 w7 e" j8 a! A' x# r --布莱恩.戴森
- i0 ?& s7 l5 C 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。
) z: {) x5 ~1 `3 P9 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。
5 V2 U) t/ {+ U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？ / B4 Y6 Z3 y9 Y$ M8 H4 N' v
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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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* K% C9 e4 \, u; l7 W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。 ' g3 O* Q" K2 X0 M1 o/ u- @7 O7 H6 ?
5 V) K+ q6 s, U# e8 D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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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。 9 c3 S A1 k8 m5 R8 [0 }. U
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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。 9 H5 V5 T$ o+ y
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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。 9 ~7 J ^) Z* c8 j. d
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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； / d+ B0 }* {. U; w- E* f
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。 ! l: A2 P; h* K: n
5 r0 l7 K7 p& Q3 J: h' h/ L5 X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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1 |# A) M" T: M! @/ E4 t不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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! q- Q: f6 M8 Z0 L, a& K3 P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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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。 2 v" [6 h T' ^5 _0 L% m+ B
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
8 p9 L; u, t$ z* M3 _, H昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
" N2 r, ^- N! b6 q那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 + Z( ^! p" N7 r1 d
3 ^ q0 {7 K' ]* U （周倩茹编译）
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