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1 x9 [0 \- c; l* T1 n3 [ 努力保持生活的平衡 . L$ x% c0 B' U! N9 P+ E. |+ |
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by Brain Dyson # O* d1 @ v1 ]) @* G
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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. . d4 v( {+ Y4 w
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
1 @& n* c: c- f! S( e/ ~7 [% r9 zBut 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. 6 y4 M- Z8 {" j2 d
They will never be the same. - t+ q' f4 [9 @4 O- t
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 4 Q* ?+ b- n8 R% r
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 2 D2 i2 }+ \3 y" S* F6 p3 C
It is because we are different that each of us is special. $ d" i1 Q8 g+ F+ j7 b. l7 V
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
$ o6 A2 \) C8 E& \ 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 u8 l q8 D$ }' p8 r
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. ; ?7 V8 U1 L( Y8 \2 \3 N
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. + b8 h& _, [8 X$ v
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. ) ]" Q9 E3 t( w# J" P. \( f0 m" H
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. 4 J& n6 D, ?. ~+ `; f6 V
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
* n& \; H( n! A( _: Y5 T Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. & z( C: h, p1 k! s8 z
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
1 P1 K3 }9 e- Y& V Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
# G5 D5 W+ N! b; _ gbut also where you are going.
2 I9 X2 q, V0 W Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. # y9 @; u; ]* d0 [& l5 g, }* E" `
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
5 `0 n% d. b) k: [% c Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. # @& m0 @& V, q
7 `8 e8 g' x6 T Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 3 k9 T/ C& `. c3 ]9 w9 u
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. ; y2 X2 _. Y/ r* U% \
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& q- B4 R" `* Z7 t+ E 努力保持生活平衡
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3 i) O4 z7 {, v --布莱恩.戴森
5 M& f; Z/ U" q* ^) S 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。 + v6 p* `& {" z- S+ l
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。 % W" W/ j& j l7 w
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 6 T T9 k* S, w5 F
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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？ ; w6 b" J1 ]" r- ?' L
9 i- Q8 K$ {( u* f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 K* O |( O, R' X' I* J
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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。 3 Y( \$ f4 g$ s, Z% ?
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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。 9 C8 n: ~; M8 M1 B& P9 M4 ^
) a. ]* g& w9 G8 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。
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7 [! I! b9 h! C) m( B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。 4 [& c z" c" t7 C2 e
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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； 8 X( }/ L' K$ X0 r3 o- h
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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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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; K. w' V/ h5 Y! u" |+ E2 o不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 # k% p2 i0 u. Y r" p5 [
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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。 + K* }, I5 F3 s2 s
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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。 ) l. M1 {2 W1 J$ I+ {. d; \8 @
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 ! a& r* s$ m) [; e3 g
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： % ^0 }# w5 P& a: R
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 3 F5 O/ a0 n5 J( h
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