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Strive For Balance in Life ) P1 W! A3 d z4 v, w: W2 A: O
努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson
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5 A1 U# ? b* r( a% l ` 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 E: E3 y1 Z4 ^" J0 t9 X, L
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. * T8 R4 f a8 b: ]7 w& `
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. / F7 R& M/ i1 O9 N. S
They will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
+ W* w& U5 v } Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
+ |1 f$ m3 }; K4 IIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
3 _1 {; ?5 f9 [6 [; ^1 U% P Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 6 r* f8 l& W c, 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. ) W. Z$ S4 y" ^; w
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
* q* d% c k- u" P: `By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
' h) ]0 E* D2 u2 B2 }% p Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
. Y# K- @* g5 X( v; @; B% x$ F$ m Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
+ Y( _2 ~2 g* n- L Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
# U* O9 u2 S+ E B+ Z. F0 m( e+ ? Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 1 `- ?8 U8 z( h$ E) ?8 l
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 6 F: Y2 g9 p: {
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, " B) Q! s- [9 R" L
but also where you are going. + B( S9 @, R2 h! ^
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. / ^6 O% E2 _9 y0 H
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. / i: g* |; W/ r9 J
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. : y: j& P) Y* z, G& W5 J" C
) c7 X8 d9 Z4 |) R4 m: [ Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
+ Q: ]$ q: P* L0 L7 a) S: k0 u OTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. ' g$ I& X9 C# n
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--布莱恩.戴森 & f' j A2 I) T( y% A I
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。 1 n- w; m- b' d- j2 ?
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。
& B* e7 Z1 n5 x* G, V4 J它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 " x# h* { F. u
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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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% R1 y9 k; B0 Y$ G2 u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。 : o- j! N9 b; P! h9 y$ w1 x
: ~$ L) O- R* f1 ^) ?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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4 y0 m8 l- h- O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。 # g' E- Z2 j% k# r& [ X5 y1 F
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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。 7 q6 L" W7 \4 w m4 d7 i- U
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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。 # k$ g3 ]* `& r! s
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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。 5 _7 U1 n2 B( o3 |% I0 T+ e9 Z H
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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；
2 J# @! O/ N) V X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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- i' o' u, ^% ~4 O# Z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。 0 [4 j' ^6 x) I I8 q% l- \5 a
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不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 ) A. J2 P/ l) }
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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。
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6 Y, s. j' x5 S, o1 [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。 & [: D: B; F5 J B7 g) ?$ z }% p
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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
8 |5 v. x t$ O4 V" Z$ E- R7 f! i昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： " A1 n, c5 z" l+ `" ^
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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