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Strive For Balance in Life
& y0 J5 L @$ S2 M! a) c) j 努力保持生活的平衡 0 L; E5 l; F7 U' o' m* T
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% L9 U6 ^0 l( l3 `* ~9 k$ r- W 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.
) s* Q, X" b2 F' Y- W2 D" Kyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
: [5 B: ]9 `5 I. R; Y, a7 UBut 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.
) D8 N4 [8 l9 e i/ q, G# wThey will never be the same. - e2 f* c* F/ y* n2 W5 r; E
0 X C$ i+ J R6 p) x( S! m+ e/ E You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? ! ~) W8 B( L! m1 _& Z
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. ' z+ o# r, P2 o2 t: D# e
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
0 V" R- ~. j+ j( V W6 L9 o: ` Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. + j6 S, d4 y3 K- T4 f& N" \) Z
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.
4 J6 s+ b: H; ]! V Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. ! C& j) G: y' e3 H' I4 N2 |9 Y
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
8 n/ j, C, x, ^) F+ I( z4 ] Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
! t0 G: b9 H( F0 K0 n+ q Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
6 F9 F* X0 e3 ~- q9 F Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
5 @+ ]5 P P/ G- |6 o u Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
6 a/ ]8 R+ e8 i, r( j1 PThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
. N, _1 x2 N3 G# y. R Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
4 n% F B3 X+ ]* S( L& ]+ ^but also where you are going. 1 B, ^( J' C- C1 N8 v
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
1 J0 o# b& g% [8 e8 M Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
4 i; i" I+ \* e1 b Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
9 J, B/ b) l* U. p( {Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. 2 W: y& f1 e; q# ?* o( I: Q
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; [* G6 a( K. u) O$ o --布莱恩.戴森
. Q9 i7 e; L/ z6 L2 {# d; Y$ J 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。 2 G% M5 c6 h9 M" `) c
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 A' p0 d" k q3 B9 Z6 a1 V它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 8 O3 ~2 r$ g* A& [* I' O
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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？ 0 B* N6 Z6 c" d3 G! K
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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。 ; s# k( l5 E0 U ]- Y0 B
" j O% O: M6 e+ j* y# {4 N2 r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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6 K- V2 e( q3 U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。 . i0 v6 |9 Q4 g" P6 D- k
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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。 3 R7 m5 g7 H7 F$ H% n" F
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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。
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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。 / ^6 j s! f, n
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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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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；
. q4 Z: z5 W7 H5 X) ?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。
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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 {, S, g6 f# n5 h1 B8 {3 ~0 `8 H7 F
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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。 " y) q) K+ N u9 j$ v
7 c& B" } t# J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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: O- r# w0 P1 }生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
$ G7 N5 E/ F$ B昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： 9 J5 M9 Y$ w; n' Y. |/ `
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 ) O" |5 H: {9 Z8 r9 E3 I
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