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Strive For Balance in Life
* ]2 n+ e$ O+ o0 u: R 努力保持生活的平衡 6 b9 I& n7 x' m3 C* p: _
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, T+ E' C$ w$ c+ f _1 b- S# ^. Z5 R by Brain Dyson
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# P. n- W$ N* Z, u! n0 c 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. & [1 F" ]0 D* C% `6 F4 u
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 7 ^2 n4 l- {; q t: j$ C2 G
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. ! z% y; B# R) B4 X1 @' L
They will never be the same. ) l2 M7 T/ I" _' d
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? % w: e3 H6 A9 t2 F) B
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. ) v% U! q6 ^& m+ a/ x2 g! z
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
% F/ G7 Y% E2 Q9 K1 r) L Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
4 x3 e) {4 z: N7 K0 x! S, Q7 `1 { 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.
, J3 c6 Q" k' ]- K6 m+ k Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
& S* p: S1 }; a; |By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
5 s0 u/ b! \$ [: j( l Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 3 {( }0 J0 m* p3 y, t) n
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. 9 B- H# d% l7 _8 u: @& l
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. - {" s$ O: m- V) e
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
: B; z. d7 I3 K4 I: fThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 5 a _5 o5 q$ ]7 v0 U
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
! |! E/ f$ H8 ]+ Z. H5 a" {but also where you are going. . E+ g- a; _' `* P; q; r0 d
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. , h, o6 g) `* |% C. @0 a& B4 A
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
: K$ x G* q) `9 I4 v Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 3 Z* [3 Z2 \ q; |: a, \7 a
' T4 l0 | ~- t Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 0 z/ T6 z6 I0 K: _4 Y
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森 6 J" e% H* B+ h- M# K$ z5 P; p7 U- a
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。 ' g* Y* J v$ c+ K
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。
$ b+ O9 r( F9 n( l+ z7 K- z它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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, \8 D5 @8 i; P/ h9 H' K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？ 2 E8 W* u) Q4 N0 w. X+ G
" G) Z" | ?1 I" c& t ]7 c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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. _; u/ M$ w9 p) u4 `2 f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。 ) Q8 M- t" @9 B4 z& I
% \) _- N1 L3 P" ?1 v) j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。 U4 h+ N j4 L2 k# c/ ~. i
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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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K; i; B& U6 d% j) _2 U! `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。 - _! ^$ y9 e( }* @
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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 _% {; P& q, u$ v( N
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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。 7 B. f" h) i! a+ A3 p# I4 r- b6 @; U l
) ?4 Z' G0 e4 v0 x. m. Q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； O8 l0 E; A+ Y% B' Y
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。 / l2 O$ \8 }. X4 V' K4 L( u
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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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8 i! X& S+ @( \3 B5 M不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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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。 $ \. E8 s9 l9 c0 F( I9 `0 m
5 F; E9 |. B3 p( e' n7 m G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。 : O9 G; |" x. g
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 / C% g% ?' ^$ Q4 Y; X$ k6 x: r5 ^& P
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
2 F) K7 F: i! W" l) Y0 g6 ?那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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