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Strive For Balance in Life
, x; S/ r! e! n6 `1 u8 m 努力保持生活的平衡 3 E7 v S3 B* v
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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. : V3 s* g) P" ^; G5 P1 A. x7 K
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. J) a- o. ~1 y2 K5 y
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. 9 m. R. L1 h5 z
They will never be the same. ! X! c6 r, S( }$ P, F0 C
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
: k+ u( p0 Q4 {2 Y6 L |# y Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
, Z" H: P; [0 J1 N6 X4 yIt is because we are different that each of us is special. 8 f; ]5 [; v$ K! G! _ D
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 2 F: V3 v" C3 t. L8 d. C7 f& q
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 x6 d/ ]6 w+ ]& W5 A8 W, e8 }
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. 0 M6 K) g9 F, K1 H4 [; z
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 5 Y4 z) W6 w+ k5 T$ a
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
, E7 U$ v7 _. {" W! v Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. # f- V1 x! U% \4 ?# E7 c
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. - _* [* g( _+ W, V" y
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
' b" K0 h1 x* e' h+ [7 LThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. ; w f# `8 a) t
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
! F$ Q& y: K9 c! i! I Nbut also where you are going. + }+ G( f& X; w3 N9 T' X" @
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
" x% v/ [2 X6 n& g: h- T Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
" t$ c8 i' N% y$ H% u Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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- o! ^1 K7 k7 ?2 s0 V. ?' c/ z Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, % P% B* M# i0 t0 M7 n: h: s) Q1 {
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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% N- } B6 c; W ]9 R! t; X* v7 b( e 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
7 ?; T2 Y/ v, W9 D6 k, @ 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 H6 V8 s. T. n1 w2 [( S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。 9 Z" B6 r9 ^ e/ M% t0 n( @3 k& c
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 9 r3 s+ t# z/ ]' `7 w& E; o
8 j) `- a3 ?. T( a. }: |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？ ; d$ i3 _" I0 C- ]0 D1 M! w
. F' C2 o* c. N. e u% Q3 E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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& c2 B1 D% g! ^/ [# ~" x8 `1 [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。 j8 f6 E5 H2 Z3 N9 s
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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。 ; h0 u: V6 l6 L1 _9 m) {
; t' z2 I+ ^! y! s4 F! _% [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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4 O) K. {1 o* m/ p9 P* `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。 * g3 U/ z% r1 [' G% t4 r& V
' G8 @3 f7 K- V/ D3 l, y# ~3 ?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。 ) k8 d/ g3 l; B$ B( B
0 S5 z b/ E) I7 }* D5 t" d* S! g7 ?不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 / @8 `) t8 l2 o7 H0 _( c1 K' o% ~
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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；
( @. }5 n. A& [6 C* K ?) c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。 / t# b: D1 _, ` i8 A
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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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* E0 u7 L' t( u5 I1 ~9 [) ^: M不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 7 t2 u; k* S+ l+ b7 ]
! [& D9 g+ y: g% S, |/ W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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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 , ^% N$ j9 D* f1 @
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
# x1 {) h5 ?- ]1 m7 Y# U那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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（周倩茹编译）
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