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Strive For Balance in Life
, D2 Q, n# K( R$ C# j+ W- h4 ^ 努力保持生活的平衡 2 L8 k Q3 C8 h; w8 a a
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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.
* ?9 t! e7 J5 {. i5 \you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
3 P' Z$ c: r( D% l' Y# O, o% uBut 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. 8 n& [$ h$ ]# A5 e$ Y# ~
They will never be the same. 1 s/ V" Q; N) u& i! R. Q- C
! X& l4 X! i4 |9 l& F8 x You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 0 ~" s7 l: q- i& x
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. * }9 l; y" P3 a! A
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
B5 H" i0 N" D/ V; y Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
8 l$ g# a4 N7 c 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. - Y* r" l, M+ Y/ D3 `6 [. t1 P6 N3 z7 V
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
( `* S8 d$ ]" q. [7 zBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
1 q- F+ Z( p5 x) Y9 } Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. - _, q1 \, H `% i9 A! M
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
, b, n1 J# v6 y( D) x; i$ T Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
0 m5 i( x* F! N' v: Z9 m2 R8 w Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
5 J! m: a! g. XThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
& Q. }1 V. D7 A+ L/ v( P# I1 ] Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
4 J& g, s! j3 O/ H2 G4 bbut also where you are going.
; l1 I! T2 v. L8 g% S. M" r Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
, m: u$ |. X& C' ^ Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
5 i. Y0 B! Z0 }1 o Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 4 B5 x7 C$ r: c
4 T" A- ?0 e4 @- X: m1 E) f7 ]; t9 p Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 6 }' f8 X& X9 I/ O$ I+ K' p
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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& o% x5 W8 ^( O8 H 努力保持生活平衡 $ f5 a$ G4 X4 ?1 v! C# d/ F2 w: x
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--布莱恩.戴森
5 `3 W- ~( f V 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。 / w, \" M" Q$ P: 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。
) Q5 ]/ Y( [6 {* X8 T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? 3 s* s1 L$ L8 s$ b: Y5 G
/ _- [ T( x' A( {8 F' s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。
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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。
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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。 ( x \' |. ]* B' ~ \) a, t* _6 l
0 ~" g& ~$ n( S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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- r) N* a& M- e3 Z. S" A5 h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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& }: f7 J, F+ k" r6 {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;
5 }' ~/ o% [* i, K+ E" B& u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。 5 N- a5 U% w4 T- D5 r$ z
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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。 . t1 l/ q& g9 f
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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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2 r- z( s6 t, B. H' @$ |4 U+ z6 r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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& E( H2 d2 d+ I& K" [/ ~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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生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
4 h- z0 }. z3 b) b; p& \昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物: : ?7 z: L5 k$ g z4 V
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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