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Strive For Balance in Life - Y% ^( S4 u! F. `6 \- U
努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson 5 D/ x. a2 \1 K* r
/ n3 ^ k' ^, k6 m 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. * G! R3 f/ J: {, ^
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
$ _4 r* S% p+ eBut 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. 1 @% ~5 I/ A4 m* Z/ F8 t: u$ z
They will never be the same.
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2 w+ m! Q4 \# f& {' i _5 G1 @ You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
0 N- v# C( n! X) s# L$ f Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
" S- u! e+ v2 TIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
; u& ?& V4 Y/ C Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
" c* S8 B: G! M; [5 |; Y3 P( W 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. & v8 [+ z) q5 N7 k& i
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. & Z4 O8 I- r+ q
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
+ y+ A1 o. U0 Z0 y, l4 i Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 7 k8 H& C% H& x1 t4 s7 A
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. $ X' {& d( M, a) g( r4 O
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. ! d% ]( y! h2 O) Q- h0 p; n
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
+ \" Y4 f! h. a! w, RThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. # l, b) \& ~0 V3 P
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
! s, I, q+ \0 j- Z0 gbut also where you are going. ; S* d) W0 a, r+ ~. p
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
, @. F9 W9 y' c- Z- @$ V" g Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. / R* y$ m7 j- g2 B+ ?; v
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. / v6 s `/ V* [" h
3 _$ U- ]: S. U+ V! v _ Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 6 M/ s7 R# O5 X2 G$ p
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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6 C! z+ k. n' P --布莱恩.戴森 % M: F5 l; f8 n% j; r- o/ j7 ^
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。
- M. C5 k& A% k- t. d- \7 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。 ( {& h% J H5 O a. A# y1 y
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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* w) b% F& G9 a8 l' Z2 b0 s) t M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？ # b0 \( v* C+ u
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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。 0 A; k6 D% T U/ g
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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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& b" {7 p/ ?' h {/ t; p) Y0 ~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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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。
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9 N/ r5 m7 Q0 r/ T9 y7 r, s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。 6 m# k8 c/ b8 B2 D
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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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' b6 Y4 {( v& h- t W: [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； . ^( ~1 A' a, d: D) S ^: F" v# 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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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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不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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6 c. O$ B" U- A/ V. s- Z) k" C- j k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。
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( P- H7 S3 f- X$ h. `3 N0 a生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 ; e. j9 `7 G$ o" @/ X* _
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
0 m+ U7 d2 a: P* b8 ^- E那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 ; U+ _' Q) \9 n' E* O
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