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+ X% r* W) a; K! q( _9 ?/ q Strive For Balance in Life . Z# |" x! O4 m0 {6 E1 ~
努力保持生活的平衡
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3 y% ^7 k) T7 a0 a0 ]# ~) h by Brain Dyson
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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.
$ V5 |! r$ h9 f: u Q) g4 F. W# syou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. / o/ o% U, [# d) ~. Y/ {. b1 x
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.
7 ?+ S- |& j* l& M' o) q3 ?They will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? ; b: w/ ~5 @; [2 a4 V/ S
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. ) T6 {% `5 n' \5 N* ]+ G e2 R% j
It is because we are different that each of us is special. ! i# W+ B# T5 L1 u& n0 x3 p; H8 z) d
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
1 O" H! W1 R5 l 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.
" o/ n0 e: I2 T3 k. ^ Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
# |) a) Y' |; S7 C" bBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. , q8 e9 \: B; P4 A1 i' C+ B/ Z
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
' w+ s( g1 q( Q! q$ ] Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
) F' S/ {5 O: Q% ? Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. + G, u1 o" {) C) q( M
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
7 R, z: `2 `) W, Y5 Z# k' D' k: `The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
6 I# b, o: l, ` Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
3 h0 @4 D4 ^! S! Hbut also where you are going.
$ r$ l7 N) N' N% } Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
}, Q% o4 s# t; n: L Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
" z! h$ x) H; l3 q- n Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. , |5 N* J5 |9 B# O( }# N
) _% @9 `9 c6 V4 `: U7 W" s- x- G Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
7 w) m# p2 I7 O" A) p. `% N8 g) P# rTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. % h! I/ p+ h* M, T- Y* P
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努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
( `1 d" L( Q2 R 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。
+ X2 L& D1 y* i5 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。
" K3 E4 Z S0 G; c' `7 y它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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: w( A8 l! b# v" O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 ~) R$ H/ s. y4 ~6 Z. ^
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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。 # G5 x6 p; y6 a- q$ i
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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。 2 a; w Q% a2 v
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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。 6 e# }/ R# l0 w4 K! S: c
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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。 4 x+ x; ~3 p* b, W
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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。 + h: ~) G1 t6 k# d( C+ 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。 1 m( t0 [1 x5 ~) Q$ j, o
7 D% G$ j. N% k3 y1 @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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+ J! K$ T- q! w6 ~: J: w' a0 ^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；
! a: r! I. r( @2 O3 f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。 , A1 s) @' m& w& o
5 K1 ~$ ?1 q- R% o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。 0 g2 X5 L) Z2 W2 H& I
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不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 3 Z* Z. O% G5 V9 K4 B! m$ ~
+ e% u; u& j3 c! l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。 % B% e, G3 F( D
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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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; o; c: z+ v! ~, q- E/ @6 b$ R生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
- ] }# |; `! Y- s昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
9 Q; Q* K( S- j那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 ; E4 ^' P5 |6 |+ P
6 E$ y2 Q7 L$ d; S （周倩茹编译）
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