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Strive For Balance in Life
l7 _3 x+ a( M. T+ n) H 努力保持生活的平衡
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by Brain Dyson ( f) s i$ s% q8 a2 Q: L; h+ H: c( r: 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.
( e8 n" | A* |you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 8 S3 @5 x' R4 z( s4 \6 M: j
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.
+ r( N- o0 U3 jThey will never be the same. 2 q7 o" @6 z$ T3 `) \4 i) l& o
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? . ~# T/ s6 e$ I; m2 z2 w8 m. J) r% Y
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
9 V# Z4 ~! A' A3 e7 ?It is because we are different that each of us is special.
0 Q4 D1 w% ~( f( F( ` Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. & j5 X6 `# \$ k& h7 F6 x
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.
' m, z. ^: C3 Y" Y$ L7 i- } Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
& _' w0 v; E6 ]9 E: xBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. + {6 M/ k; E3 l. v2 G' L
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
2 W% p9 P9 x( N& \5 C/ \3 { Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
/ I$ g$ S2 h8 r( h7 p" r$ s) Q Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. - M- ]+ C5 {: e) n( E
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 3 i: j* \0 d( D) r; A. i
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
& Y6 w! H/ K- n. V0 _3 o Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
8 C1 }8 q2 x% fbut also where you are going. 2 C l& y( B2 d
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. $ e& h1 t" ^$ W
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
5 x( {+ R0 e3 G2 M4 ` Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. / B n$ w7 k3 f
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
* X1 c5 E4 W1 e3 b* I( kTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. ; n; m! `3 o* K' G7 [, p1 W6 _' |. D
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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。 / ]3 `. s# z+ c
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。
! P6 v' C, G' B0 E! t3 R它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 5 H2 T& R) ^2 n- j: N! t8 {
7 W2 o2 F1 I0 Y2 F: _: ]' Q' `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？ N! F# ]: `7 P8 D
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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。
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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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/ }5 q( Z( ~$ z2 [& B" ]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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; W5 s6 \% ?0 X& E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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2 y- z# r& g" k5 r, i0 r, ]; s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# x& u' w2 O$ m6 M- }: X
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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。 0 Z8 J# V: d' W" ]5 Z( \
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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。 ; c$ ]2 _5 D' f
9 Z% e6 U! y0 n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； ' ]4 P5 m/ R5 u! I5 P0 m5 v+ a( B
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。 1 P- w% V+ x4 Q- C9 R
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不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 6 x. h0 u1 T8 T. x$ c" c
' z0 V! R) X4 g* O9 b- {' V) c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。 * t) Z) }7 w, Q# }2 j) H5 k
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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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: l- ]/ ^! Y& ?- p生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 5 e( X* Y( E6 N1 o1 [
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： 4 ~- W: _2 P- s
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 + T. e' ]5 u. D" n, D0 O8 ?4 f. K
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