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& u4 O8 ^# v6 j! e Strive For Balance in Life 3 A& D& S0 j) z6 e. d1 @+ f
努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson 0 R( \1 {& ]5 m* k' k* Z! Z
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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. ' ?: x. i0 e1 A0 q% E- p1 `5 ]+ y
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 5 l; v/ p# x }3 p G* z
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.
/ A, K7 I/ J( p. }They will never be the same.
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2 h5 U, Z5 P% {0 N7 Q- S" x: B5 x% t% n$ F. F You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? : I5 z1 s$ M. j0 S3 W
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. ) u* ~) O# [ y" t/ x
It is because we are different that each of us is special. + U( ~, @1 Q6 S. V* y; q* ~
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
. f4 b2 W, G) B2 u, l: J! `% C 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.
g- n8 o! i9 E" C. N- d' O Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
- Z( E3 y: N/ ^1 ? `! UBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 5 ~+ D3 G6 y9 i" g" X
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. / E/ r4 c! Q4 k! f/ J- X
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
2 ?8 P; b0 w; y Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 0 S- S/ X7 O7 c7 d5 g1 d: R
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. ) _# m- x: \# i% b* J/ Z
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
/ q2 X0 _# ^# o' i Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
# f1 f/ V( w/ h5 _7 V& h0 hbut also where you are going. % N# P6 [4 `9 a5 ?& `+ ]* ^
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 1 \: ~# O3 O" {8 ]9 R- h
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
3 `& g" A5 {0 c) p Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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5 Q. F& v& c( r2 X2 { Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
# f9 u4 U' p' J! A2 p0 ITomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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( `4 J2 `9 H, t$ f+ a5 b+ m 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
4 t: D4 Z* U/ ^3 I+ d 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 `4 t2 Z; x- ~: Y2 m) A& U# @. n8 n
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。
6 H3 Z5 @, D5 j& j& F5 k它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 ) S. r' S/ w- p9 S0 c- x/ J6 m
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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? 6 C( W3 m, `# T" ^* |1 ]9 |. L
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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。 , D3 g! ^1 l; f! n( N: q: z
' J7 Q9 Y9 S$ ?6 g6 [+ S) H5 O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。 1 |( M+ i6 ^; f# l+ E8 Q# L
7 p G( X3 r; u$ m0 W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。 * [& S% r; q8 Q9 H/ }% w3 b
C" y+ u7 i$ A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。 0 n5 Q6 M+ j; Y+ u( E- }
* t7 a- A( ^6 c, ~2 a1 y7 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。
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- {) Y; L) {! |, M不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 % W9 [7 h& `- B3 W5 U: X: 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; 6 d4 x, `# X+ \# z! }3 t$ z
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。 . b/ A2 x( k" A y
Q/ Q) a$ |4 p$ L5 {9 x8 S4 I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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8 d) O' f9 \) \不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 ' W+ L+ ]: C* f7 p- `7 w# F
2 u) ~4 g+ A' z0 d: R+ s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。 9 r3 u5 H& C1 Z s) O7 N& ~
& W# c0 |! }) P G) ^) O生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
' c8 B0 |% o2 v& Z" ^$ v' u# L昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物:
3 X/ r0 ]) M9 R+ z8 p& [那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 3 P9 E2 i, `: z4 T) H
; } `2 C1 G+ j, N! y9 t; x (周倩茹编译) 0 z( H8 k; P) ~$ ~; X+ q; ?
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