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Strive For Balance in Life ( l" A5 ?4 L# x3 p9 v8 h `
努力保持生活的平衡 ) d$ C' @1 A! H, j
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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.
& T/ a" A( y+ ?* `; i: v5 ?you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
: V4 G- N" s/ j# n" jBut 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.
+ F' l f1 [, q) J3 c2 N8 |5 oThey will never be the same.
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! P$ G" ~8 Y0 }# \5 C You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
$ o6 O- G- R, D$ u' \) j" g Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
* f! ]+ u) [6 zIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
; F! W$ c+ t$ h, l Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 5 l. _8 y1 d* ?/ T {, x5 |
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.
: x- X3 I' d0 g% t& ^6 S- ~5 u Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. 0 I) W0 Y o. w& I+ z' e
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. & i0 X$ K: ^4 i* Y
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
$ u3 L N6 ^1 Q& m) b! L( b Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
+ t1 c0 n. m o Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 0 m2 l. z! u, H' J
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
8 K: E! h% C6 t" F6 U1 EThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
4 j# G- I# p9 [% X- e9 C Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
5 L) `( T; ~$ `: i- b wbut also where you are going. ; Y6 ?. J! f1 S! s9 I. D
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. $ V6 m( a) Y- e% V/ C; n: ^
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. : ?7 k$ U) n9 B6 y5 F
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 5 i; U g8 p8 Y; G; v6 `0 K% ?
; e' a/ x0 J1 m f, w0 X3 Z) N Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, & r" {- B B' E# j% W* r% [, ?; ^
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. 9 f1 ?4 L+ J3 \3 `3 o+ {4 ?1 q
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# @' J. |+ Q% y$ |% R5 Z2 { 努力保持生活平衡
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1 y, y7 z$ T: ]$ x* [ --布莱恩.戴森
) w* l, q9 N3 s8 S0 p/ N) K0 w 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。
% r# q2 o3 ?1 x$ ?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。
8 }# }, _9 g" ~ @, |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?
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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。 4 X m8 i! \4 p
+ g8 q# `" ^, j" U( u8 p; c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。 - \# O- y' A: }; I+ n# o& t
* C" f: I" X' \& O6 e7 M) N5 `. ^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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9 r. D {/ x7 K" a# N5 X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。
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6 l4 `% L2 @3 \( [+ X& N9 n7 v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+ w( D4 |, l( l' I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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& [/ i1 |2 P3 _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。 & k" \# d: c0 E- o: s
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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。 5 I/ J0 O& B* \3 W0 c8 i$ z7 W
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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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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。
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7 t* Q, l. K; T! Z生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 3 N: q8 j; E! U @! y) e
昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物: * l3 u; ?# X! X1 t6 T0 P+ o
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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