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Strive For Balance in Life ( b7 [5 C* `4 i' K
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by Brain Dyson ( Y6 z4 D* n) v( [0 C
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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.
C# o! T9 H3 T! v! B. ^" C; {you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
. t" C# O2 z! H; G- x, `, ^) oBut 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 ^; i* E1 n3 Q3 m
They will never be the same.
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/ e( i- C2 |* @# v+ r, { You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? # P* _0 l5 _+ v5 ^
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 7 I$ U5 T9 z2 V R% E1 m
It is because we are different that each of us is special. , ~8 P2 s7 H% Y: h9 ?# j$ O% R
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
3 G5 v, [; M- `, e/ u. R 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. ! A) _% h/ c/ \4 Y
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. " a" @" \9 P3 w$ K
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. ! p+ F& v) p9 i
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
6 \- W4 }) f2 r9 \- t8 A Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. : \. P+ _5 D% R5 l! x
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 6 R, y2 U4 P+ v- B
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. - ]' {! r' r: m% k2 U- J
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
; {& c0 Y- r$ e! H/ O0 s! x Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, 5 g( w; J, r; p% S, h- b: \
but also where you are going.
% m* y3 _$ n" R8 \( T' I% e, } Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
& G3 w9 N, R; w n2 S7 T( v1 R) r! q Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. : S1 L* o6 I5 \+ I% x* H
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 8 d* V2 }. U: B, b+ t2 W6 t
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 7 Z- z) u1 Z! W* C( j
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. / I( Q$ v7 m2 Q6 y4 J( B5 @
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( T+ d7 [. P6 h+ V& h* m --布莱恩.戴森 * R, f, `9 X h* X$ P! h, H5 Y6 h
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。
9 q0 G& H, U5 g E9 \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。 & L/ |; [8 i& w" n8 w! |
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 ( c, s: |9 Z C
! i2 D/ }4 W3 T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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; |6 ?& Z: H8 c) }; @/ U8 p: u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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! j5 G- T# o( {9 h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。 # d2 q# c7 q b1 R: t1 f: N; N' J! 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。
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6 i9 y% m3 M& H5 t: T( t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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2 j4 ~7 D/ d8 \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。 8 d- D6 p* U1 F; }
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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。 ( k: N, M; i$ @6 S9 j
: w( P( E; ^- I' m e$ K" O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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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。 " y; x6 H. Y5 R
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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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: M6 c7 S) j' {7 ^! S6 M" ?不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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( e5 k/ ~( c" ?! b0 B2 D+ B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。 ! V) K' v) U) Z) E" j3 L* C
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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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( V6 |2 z/ L" m+ b: y$ }生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
: G7 a8 k! E, l2 B8 v8 a m昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
: n2 h. d$ a3 G6 t) D4 h4 H/ }% x( c那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 3 Q$ W) ^ c& C/ a6 j3 d' N
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