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3 Q1 u+ @8 z/ l' _8 ]. G Strive For Balance in Life
; h* d- W0 O% ], \ 努力保持生活的平衡 6 N; X, o5 B; g& B
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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.
: S# R; N4 k+ m3 R7 x m: wyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
6 I/ y c( Q3 Y+ }1 j2 B( OBut 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. ' G! E( c0 E h1 K! y% I% c* U {
They will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
- A# u9 p4 h. R% r% v G8 U Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
4 V4 c& L) [3 a( ^. A* C- iIt is because we are different that each of us is special. : U/ ~9 H% _4 T/ S* [7 A
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. / f; z; }1 k* d+ A! G/ ?
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. : p. g, ]$ [9 I6 `* r
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. ! p8 t) S; j" D# j! S
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. ! Y! G2 G. `/ W: j, z! B
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
" ?" Q$ _' `. z! P Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
! J* K5 K: m3 p Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. ; D0 G6 ^3 {; ]/ e
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
" p( S1 ^" w8 t3 e: YThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. " N5 f P) y$ o3 N
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, : b0 c" r7 r! _9 S$ }
but also where you are going. : e# E: Y# ]/ g9 n' a- |
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
/ p0 ]3 p8 j V$ A, z# Y4 {0 \ Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
: I' A7 G- O" f Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. # Y8 J9 G9 a% I: Y" u# |( A4 B
* V5 g: w2 G6 N8 P9 z, H1 ~ Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 1 m8 Q, b4 [ c% E# _2 J. c" A6 ]
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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$ e- S, |, b2 N, T. ^2 ^: J+ B 努力保持生活平衡
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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 J/ K0 ]& L! T7 I+ _* i# b$ ^' ?
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。 ; n& V8 J& B/ r0 e+ c+ j+ ~* h
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 $ p( ?/ v+ R5 L& T: x& e0 C
/ f' I. G, ~/ w! o4 y [5 u& r5 }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？ . J$ q( c6 g" A/ J2 u( b
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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。 3 D7 P `7 x. D F1 ]8 S+ Y' s5 k
0 ?! ~: G+ T+ ~" X4 [: Y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。 * |9 [ o$ z: e: z. w H
! s* g, A% f) G5 F' n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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* m: m5 b E# D2 A, J% t4 z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。 7 w. \/ Z5 z) h- H: B2 }, C' ~
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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 O# F: ?% y. y3 E5 P! X/ 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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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；
% q+ k2 L! |9 x& F! G. f2 r; 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。 & a, u1 l! S" y+ _0 y$ x- }
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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。 1 h6 o L! F* U( U! B
! j, N7 {/ A0 j; r u2 x! G不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 ' j4 C3 X9 }$ I( D
# b. k8 J( x1 q- v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。 ; Y1 f* U0 c# ]( b" ]; Z. p
" L+ C/ _0 G$ @/ D, D$ A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。 ( _8 M I' a! e. z1 {* z
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
: W2 k% G3 L; _( H0 e昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： + r) @6 b' a& u% ^2 C% y
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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（周倩茹编译）
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