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Strive For Balance in Life
# u2 W) o$ H6 F9 r% @, f 努力保持生活的平衡 ' s. q+ ?; V/ x9 S
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by Brain Dyson
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$ q& s8 p7 } 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. 6 ~/ @4 y. q+ d# k' q% A. G" J1 N
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
+ Q' P% @6 W( U; _/ |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. * r4 w" s" Y2 _: U5 J: N: U: Q3 O4 |
They will never be the same. " Y+ b1 |) O. m" l) d# H
+ ]8 \9 @: s) G' s% @( b You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
2 n. q1 W8 X- M9 G& W3 ]# K Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. " g B/ }( [# T r5 t
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
; R1 [% X1 ^0 l( f, E8 e7 f Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
% M2 ^# I3 S u 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. 0 x/ P* G# q A- N2 @" \ X3 M# ~
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
9 V& C! F5 `8 p+ b3 ^4 Q- C. B; R' {By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. / U& m. }( p. d" m/ f8 }
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
1 n' g% u4 P9 ?& k6 J$ { Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
& u8 ^& F% E6 z; @6 d Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
( J- g- a+ d: i. s$ n$ Z; o Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
}- a: r* B, N% OThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. + E- o m2 l1 M! x# @5 \, |
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
# R8 k1 m0 u3 }4 A- fbut also where you are going.
. @* d1 W8 t" o# M# }; u Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
?( D0 ?4 T* m Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 0 ?8 J4 O$ I8 f2 w/ @8 O
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 7 ~( `: \3 l5 d! ~7 z) f
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
4 B$ I8 h) o9 l# X9 UTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. ( H% J( X* i7 U8 O4 a; p4 h
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努力保持生活平衡 % L* Z) |# }* h
6 k. q! Z6 n3 {* T8 ~ ?8 P --布莱恩.戴森 3 ?6 w/ `! ]& v. a9 {
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。 * ~* {# F: [4 M9 Z
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; s, c' L/ |( ^它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 , u* ~& q" ~: O9 h& i5 G0 ^
8 f9 D9 X" H$ ~" Y) v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？
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" |; T" {9 h$ i" Y- W$ [ S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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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。 5 O& i* T+ i4 D6 F, L6 c, _
3 a, v/ i' r' J1 l1 x, |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。 5 `3 k0 L0 p# X: u
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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。 ) N6 @ `( j2 ]0 Z8 a; j
. R) J5 r" M% F* E: D" t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。 * @ m! d% d' u
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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。 % g, }8 ^4 U3 _/ ~0 E9 B
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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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" M% {- V4 c8 `7 g( e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 z9 p( I9 U# _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。 " m, q x! \3 W; P
$ M. ^4 b3 r7 Z( O8 l- k9 Z3 D/ T0 P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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* x3 P7 ^/ v: v& C: A6 \不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 ( \" Q' F, L6 e- n0 l# z. a
. T0 V$ o* N# z4 _: r+ ^+ G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。 2 |) c* `( n7 b& k7 M
" i6 Q7 P f& ]/ x5 D( G: f. C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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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 " r1 o/ O# B1 U7 |+ a& f
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
% A. v$ r8 a+ t `7 }, q那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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