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# A* c m7 G/ y1 M 努力保持生活的平衡 * e; x4 X* s& t O( w
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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.
f$ X v6 n8 G" R# Yyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
) Z9 P' O F* V+ F* h$ zBut 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. ( j, ]. R+ F! d3 |: K& F) u
They will never be the same. ; F0 a; n0 V9 B L/ x2 Q
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
: G5 j( q9 C% ^! F4 D Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 5 W: O" G% B* B" l! l
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
1 E- V8 B) P/ b9 N( g4 _' c1 j Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 5 }8 G& Q( \; d2 r. S
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.
: \" t# j2 J& D. J) v* I Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
. K6 p" Z. d8 [, U5 A2 G3 UBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
8 z' s9 b; E! [) _, |1 b Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
% q: ?$ z* Y5 l1 `, g, q Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
3 X/ r; J$ m& [5 j8 J# I5 k Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 0 p" D' A$ O* D
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. $ v1 I! r0 i" B+ ~/ h
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. % [( z l) U- W
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, 9 e' [1 {* Q: L$ q" ]5 _
but also where you are going. ! m0 a4 o( G t8 U' y
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
' O% f/ o, e, | Z Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 4 Q0 i, C1 Y% m
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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% H6 P+ d& q6 L, B Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, + U8 d) q% O8 x! ?
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. 0 y! a) y8 r8 X4 M5 `
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8 K" \5 Z+ R0 N5 l o! Z) H1 q5 l6 H 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森 3 O$ N; [3 B a6 b5 A
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。
3 J) T1 w; L: W5 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。 : ]/ ^$ K0 ?" M$ ?) V/ s
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 " x) Q7 P1 o7 w8 T
! D7 k8 Z. a c V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？ & Y" k0 e0 j, k J* q
" `" }. C5 V$ L, A5 T8 i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。 1 I5 z% z0 ~% g! b
' p3 k3 \2 O! t2 X4 Y$ k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。 . w2 l( t% _6 a6 Y& ?/ [" d
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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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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。 ; ]5 Y- T9 y9 x2 d" u# A
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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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; q$ S; z1 P4 w4 D4 b" F/ x3 |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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, ` D4 W, z A" u4 o8 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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( @: C7 T. `- P" L x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； 3 Y; ^+ I1 Y+ L; q- b& V( Y
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。 " `/ I3 @ H7 J: ~2 x7 @
. @3 P& a4 x4 ` W2 [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。 # y6 u3 }1 k# c8 S7 X4 Q" b+ U
8 p" n3 o/ W: Q/ y! T不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 ! D3 d- c1 r& S- ?4 \+ v3 \" W
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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。 0 `. |6 d+ H: n4 H, A
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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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; t1 {; }/ w/ M5 S9 ~9 ]生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 , H6 {0 ]9 |0 A( _, d( j
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： ' f4 l8 ?9 s5 Y$ o7 g
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 8 Q. y( j" c$ N7 {1 e/ F( D
. i7 X$ s0 m' |2 E2 i0 S4 p0 h （周倩茹编译） * z8 J0 Y( `+ p- s
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