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, _$ ^% j8 C5 f/ z% u# f9 ~ Strive For Balance in Life 5 e; [9 \4 L o( }3 w
努力保持生活的平衡 7 E/ n! S& I7 e: e; n* m2 ?) `0 l* ]
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: z5 R9 d. B9 O- L# _- h/ X 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.
. u) Q6 q% \) B* |+ E9 M+ o- lyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. . f) a. W( R7 {/ Y8 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. / @2 R' r x# x+ o$ _' x
They will never be the same. ; }% V) ^4 F8 V8 z0 E& K; a& G
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? , a7 @) V; G Y; K4 k. |. @
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 9 L0 W! T T9 @* `
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
/ V2 Z i/ J l) \7 Z9 p0 D- F Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
) M2 B7 E( `9 B8 j& L6 @ 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. ; _/ p% f' a* Q2 {. ~0 A7 I4 {6 l
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. 4 z9 p6 F; F6 p: W; m% W
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 8 T( @6 M6 b2 |4 X1 l5 Q! R
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. , J; p$ u7 v# c. 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. 7 T- m( L( @& Z
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
3 z% Q% e2 N% f* o- k Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. . } L0 |+ c+ D4 D* T6 Y! L
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
! T$ Y F+ y8 C. Y# u' J' U Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, & l4 u$ A z3 U6 A! n. m0 x
but also where you are going. ) u5 D x+ u/ ?% |( ]7 G0 b1 x
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. $ e6 d8 a2 `9 m7 H5 w' S( d4 N
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
6 S" B# M* x% ^* C7 ? | Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. : l7 Q5 m' O: B
) B+ d1 Q; Z# `) g' h/ R$ M Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
: s9 C' a' m1 q" D! {7 \Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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! o+ h! _( I2 j --布莱恩.戴森
: }* y9 Y4 S; z/ V( Z* n2 C% b 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 ~, S* j" A7 D' s4 G6 Z4 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。
# n; y( v' W+ ?, V它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 6 q6 u" W" }& m, t, ~7 K
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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？ : e* J" S, l* s; a! v, j
+ v. }8 D0 V( ~ g2 y* d* k) N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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Y; k7 M, Y" t3 @' X/ K. t4 ?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。 ) f+ l& \5 n0 d; P3 M" i: Y" v
# u1 w' @2 m5 r6 G9 ?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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/ u( f% K! m* Q7 g# F6 V; 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。 W. G1 l# A, x* [2 f- Q
% q, t6 U6 A4 v/ Z1 W# s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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1 K: c" |& e' C1 j. L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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不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 ' r) M1 f$ v8 b- C6 \
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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；
+ D1 ^7 G9 I$ L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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" e8 ?5 B: j l- K4 e* C不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 ' P( v$ ]+ I4 ]2 p
" ~+ s: s0 |5 X# E# ^/ |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。 3 }6 P6 w( a8 I
" {% M! D8 Z" P/ m; z$ {* L+ Z生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 # w& u+ i! ^& X* S: d& L
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： 4 e# s; m- P0 q
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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