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Strive For Balance in Life
# x! K) s& Z3 h9 J 努力保持生活的平衡 9 a4 e# O- }- @# |4 V. ?
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by Brain Dyson " K& ]- T; v) v' u
5 J3 B! j2 w- E 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. 2 y- q }& K# N% v7 H F% V' e
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
" Z! l9 q! @5 ^& H: O KBut 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. ; M) k2 C. }# R+ t4 [1 f
They will never be the same. , a \. y0 j2 m& m; o2 Y7 y
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? , g, C1 H* g' Q9 {5 w
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. ( m% {" a' z- U( |$ k: r
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
% O c5 ~8 H! _+ d5 I, X9 B( G Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 1 d# ?9 K5 ]9 x; B( ~5 v+ ?
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. % @$ I* d8 M8 D( O! V
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. 0 M2 g {$ R) j% t# c9 Z
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. h6 n$ H" }7 {" Y# @
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. 9 u& m, |% T" T7 l( y( W! u' E
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
9 m3 B$ P3 S& S6 P- e. U9 r' j Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. : K* ]" B& r+ \
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
% U3 f0 W9 a3 I- WThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
( g; f! Q/ P* e( y Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, & F0 A% E- X5 V9 y, A2 r5 h6 E5 s
but also where you are going. / p( O7 ^& p5 X$ }" B
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 9 E" h5 V- I3 t: u( A8 d: N
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
- n. K) F5 r6 B9 H$ A Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 8 X$ D2 x3 P# S- x! v
' d0 F% J' p0 W% ] Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 9 D3 |/ |, h3 N) W+ o' C$ F2 K/ X
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. . l2 b* V4 u: T# X' G% T1 j
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- e4 R2 R3 u& e4 _ 努力保持生活平衡 . @5 R3 K' P" N9 g* x; t
' l/ H# m3 M {- }- Z --布莱恩.戴森 . i3 A I3 }1 z
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。
6 I- m1 y& a! M5 ?3 a, A. Q4 D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。 , V2 Q( {% y. { ]
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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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 h J. N# u2 Z1 d; O' E- r
8 l8 z! \+ [, J$ N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。 # H; F4 e9 Z8 i3 e
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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。 : }, ~. j! J/ W0 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。
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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。 $ s# r- I, H- [
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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。
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: ~/ a* b0 P3 H k# o! ^不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 . K( y2 N) Z9 ]& ~4 g% q5 t
2 a4 M9 |/ T7 ?. H' m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；
( j1 T9 T9 i0 } g" ]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。
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5 a7 n( j, v/ p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。 4 o* }, K( O) j/ K5 `' U& L
4 {. `3 t/ p6 \$ \6 C生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 3 i3 |% z* D) f# e# g' X
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： # h1 ?4 C& `9 K1 D; l
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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