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1 @( p1 \# a/ I- \7 ]5 O5 W Strive For Balance in Life - Z" V( M( D W" o# n. A% Q7 _
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& M! A- \6 O6 r( O# p- p; Y9 n) ] 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.
# r* ~7 x4 v- S2 k9 r7 myou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. . {$ e! a4 ?$ p
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.
* `& l6 y! E" d4 y( G5 [" uThey will never be the same. ! d4 n' t! P% T) y$ _5 u
8 Q7 \: Q* Y, { You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
- k- _7 v/ F4 x Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. % _4 a5 o9 D5 M
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
M: H/ h+ a$ s. n0 K Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. / k- O; s& s }& v- K
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* \9 w0 J) ], |. H% X t; r- v8 l
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. ! }4 X6 J) e& N3 s. S; A" n
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 3 m0 e/ ?: g& ~ B" @
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. # z; ^ \3 ]9 l9 u
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
0 v# L8 d, M8 i7 t+ Z: z7 Y7 o Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
5 J" B& ~& q4 b$ w Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
# ^8 g: Z8 F. _( jThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 5 ]2 y6 E# N, @" |6 c1 _4 \( x! U
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, # B- k e+ q4 F
but also where you are going.
. u9 ?, J$ n, F1 m7 ^7 ~- K- b C( V Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
. v' V- Z; n4 `8 }0 s Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 9 n: A- {0 F5 i8 p# d( [
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. ! ]; W! R: k! O
+ s% u7 ~! Q. ]/ a# a6 B Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, : u( w4 D7 ^! p! Q
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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0 [ O G2 O- h9 u9 L4 w1 v --布莱恩.戴森
6 q/ f% U$ T6 j* v: O }& {! Q8 ? 想象生命是一种往空中抛五个球的游戏,你把这五个球分别取名为:工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵,而且你要努力不让它们落地。你很快会了解到工作是一个橡皮球。
& `7 i3 M) k! p! G8 }" f如果你让它落地了,它还会反弹起来。但是,家庭、健康、朋友、和心灵这四个球是用玻璃做成的,如果你让它们掉到地上,它们将会不可避免地遭到磨损,留下印记、划痕,摔破甚至碎落一地。 % r+ U' k0 j/ ~3 P% `5 \
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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你必须了解这个道理,并且努力保持生活的平衡。但要怎么才能做到呢? 8 j0 E( P9 L' }1 i8 F
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不要拿自己和他人比较而贬低自己的价值。正是因为我们彼此不同,所以每个人才很特别。 : b( G; D% d% h: r
" a/ e" L' [' m1 Z! z6 m不要因为别人看重那些东西而把它们设定为自己的目标。只有你才知道什么最适合自己。
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不要将最亲密的人或事视为理所当然的。好好珍惜他们,就像是你的生命一样,因为没有他们,生命将失去意义。
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6 J5 }& J( y7 \* z, K; N: Y3 d不要让你的生命总在留恋过去或是遥想未来中流逝。如果你活在每个当下,你就活出了人生的精彩。 : l# v" h$ s: K" R5 T: |$ ^
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当你还能给予的时候别轻言放弃。只要你不放弃,万事皆有可能。 ) [" z6 j3 P# R2 u! ~& d
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不要害怕承认你并非完美。我们正是藉由这脆弱的细丝紧密地联系在一起。 ! Y% V# z6 L$ R
$ p. D' N) j1 a' V) [! \# K8 _8 j不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。
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不要以真爱难求为借口而紧闭心扉。找到爱最快的方法就是给予你的爱; 8 p; |2 v: x; V
失去爱最快的方法就是紧紧地守着你的爱不放;维系爱的最好方式就是给爱一双翅膀。 " \) x7 m3 y. J) Q
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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。 1 k! _# ~4 t0 g2 [
5 ]& K- q5 q( @" @1 {3 w# @- L9 t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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& \# b- A5 S% ], r: t7 e% a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- k! I4 B" O; }生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
% d D3 s0 w$ R昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物: " S8 ^( y" n. w0 b C% C
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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