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$ x& Y! v5 ]# H# r% a" | Strive For Balance in Life
1 D( G* l- ^, q5 l- }4 w$ z 努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson 9 x+ O( m% r! p, e2 S' O
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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.
6 R1 \6 b6 k, Oyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. # c% E& a& p6 J) Q6 ], U: i
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.
" O0 z+ I& E0 e! {1 e( vThey will never be the same. + @. E: z( j- m7 D% S$ ^
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
8 |8 }6 z7 _- k/ m0 J- C Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 1 }6 ]" {3 `& e. [* n
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
; h! P+ s( U g1 E7 g Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
; ]" K+ f0 ]( p5 M1 q5 n( n 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.
9 F9 Z5 r/ G6 T! u1 K Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
. a- \( Q2 w; x: sBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
: e* G, v$ ?$ @& ]) i Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. % K c+ t: }" w+ z
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
7 g% ~! P2 x; T6 |, @4 K* f Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
7 ^3 q) T/ R8 P$ ]$ O& { Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
# a% m0 x4 m: F. e5 R* l5 U8 _The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
+ o* v. v: l0 A. y2 x. k Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
# e3 b T0 L+ A5 U& Pbut also where you are going. ) V* `* n3 l+ F1 _
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 6 a q9 u4 j% Z
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. n, Z! e# }1 H$ }( y
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, * w9 G# S W- o& J& _+ I- q/ U
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. " \& P' z* K0 n. S
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( R9 j, a/ }! j$ n5 K5 D" J- Q 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
. }5 H: t: K7 {, t 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。
/ B. z x) Z" ?; I2 M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。 7 b: S s4 G% t/ e
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 " |1 c- r+ t7 ?
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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？
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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。 : i% I! x+ v5 ?
7 s) H2 B" X l- I' S0 `. [: L+ t& t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。 7 X$ s+ U) F3 b! N! \. k2 @
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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。
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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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5 A8 f6 a- L3 F8 N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。 2 j4 N, g6 `( M$ s p2 ~. h
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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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! y3 g: o- }2 L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；
. P; }$ V, s$ B% H& L0 r' ~, P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。 * f4 W0 N- p" J& ^, `; L
# |0 ^ y$ v6 g- j. F$ U+ m8 r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。 & k; C- ? x2 b6 `$ e; D. z) U
. [. w1 m! J! ?$ h+ T. f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。 7 b5 K. O R5 P' z0 \ G6 R
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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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6 Q& l! B& m1 B {0 z& g生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
7 Y8 u0 X& h' y/ D7 z昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
1 [0 y& @, n( p6 I4 v那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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