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努力保持生活的平衡
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# e* q4 `8 S ]2 f+ S/ C by Brain Dyson
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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.
5 ?& [5 U; O8 o- d6 F- h# Y3 wyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
2 z9 x2 }: R1 m( U5 V" N. V$ e7 D. YBut 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. - _$ ~$ j" j; p) M# C: R
They will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? ) G3 ?% z( ?: I. M) x7 G- W0 c* K
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 3 _% h+ ]5 s& a- |2 ~( s, o
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
, V7 e2 o) Y3 [ @' Q Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
( N3 D4 s q% V 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. 5 I) I/ q# B/ n7 s# c
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
. Q- D0 _* ~# Q5 _; |8 SBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. q/ m U8 d! M3 Y
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. - _) I* ^* H4 j
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. ) y; c" I7 S% O% F8 i4 _7 ~ L: y0 k
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
# u t8 q8 u% O2 s1 r4 T7 k Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 2 f E: T0 }5 }- E- k
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. ( v! Y2 N2 _$ x* ~6 w
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, 2 a5 j4 \1 }6 t( p# b1 F
but also where you are going.
$ b* [9 P7 ]3 T% b Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
: b1 r/ K- e! n$ ?7 y/ k% P Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. * X) q$ r9 B1 l$ {9 w$ y
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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/ S# N( a; K8 P/ q! @3 f1 t: W Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
4 M- B# Q. n& B6 N" dTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. % i# C1 a7 n+ U3 a! s+ R6 v7 p4 ^; I
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努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森 0 n) Y- }) }' o( h" z2 A% q
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。
7 [ m; R7 ?1 w6 C; Y# }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。 6 r( H2 X& N& |$ g
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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) F8 G' ?( g2 P2 S2 s0 i3 I* j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？ , c X+ q1 D8 }! _5 r" c8 w
+ K1 \! a& t& z+ d3 s, \5 K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。 $ D+ [* G$ [6 S" W Z
- z+ z6 s4 V. T) I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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, I+ \& N5 Y8 p: R2 v: \4 f: X% x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。 & i/ R- k5 Y$ F* G' N/ X0 h/ J- Z
* e1 d8 T* ^. d j. n4 \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。
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6 ]/ j! f( d* K! P3 g* u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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0 i+ A Z& \0 T0 o2 a/ V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；
' t2 i0 x6 a# Z7 Q2 ~' Q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。
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/ B6 Y r3 j( z' W3 g; w$ E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 y) I$ p" h7 k$ Q5 }' |不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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5 a' g. H3 v, G- U6 I( M: z& u- V) x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。 7 t& @: ^3 ?1 K" K- v0 f/ R2 \4 X/ P
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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。 3 [' o% Z& V8 d& O3 Z
" a' a3 s! s2 m0 u- w6 q5 A0 ^生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 : i. J7 b4 l; ^# h4 {
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： $ D$ d u9 m- A
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 3 L6 p+ N& t. Y9 l3 v
0 \% z- s$ Z5 v% v; M （周倩茹编译）
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