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Strive For Balance in Life
c5 P: y4 M5 y7 f+ b 努力保持生活的平衡 4 o2 a0 g4 S" \3 B5 j6 k8 K
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, G- G. u6 U" J* Y. L by Brain Dyson
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& F4 \+ Q T2 ^8 ? 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 A* r# Y' p/ ]
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 6 V0 l$ s8 d9 |& i% O" _- h/ z/ F
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.
/ {5 T: Z7 o7 A% Q' Z. J5 AThey will never be the same.
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; x/ q; l4 o5 |1 { You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? . R F8 C; A& J- }
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. - X' ]4 J) t" H) G8 P0 W/ p* o
It is because we are different that each of us is special. 0 |; @; i8 g2 [( y8 }
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
+ X: B5 |' |9 ^( G8 R 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.
& H- ]$ Y- P w+ D* R8 w$ B8 ` Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. n. E/ z2 z8 }6 Q! u' S0 m
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. ) x5 L: S0 U# e o5 s3 P
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. k k9 o# o9 H& }
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
* J+ U8 C! \$ K Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. # g6 s5 m; w; r7 m S9 C
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. - ^& `( N3 A. l9 I' ^9 R* D
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 5 b$ D! a5 r+ }4 [! Q# S
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
$ A2 F' U4 R$ fbut also where you are going. * p3 t# a# p4 G. w
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. $ q" v: m9 M v" ?5 Z/ G
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. e A( o: w& J
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. 7 P. x7 [4 C& L2 R# a5 m
+ q, F& T( W O z Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, * ?* \ Y9 z. g2 `! U* g
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. 6 |6 {: D$ @1 V7 F. E8 K
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努力保持生活平衡
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, r( h8 g9 z& H. @ --布莱恩.戴森 * o% u8 w8 v2 a* C5 c! Y+ y1 B
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。 , n4 o4 k+ u' G$ I8 K/ F2 \
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" B$ ~. L/ C" m0 E
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 ) U! [6 L* c. B5 Z& B, _
7 _$ S0 S5 \: v2 P6 ? L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。
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' G% \1 i* e8 Z0 q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。 4 J7 e" g8 B3 @# B/ N) X) B
9 p2 e* o' s- I! d( w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。 ; Z% b+ v, E0 ^; t
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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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/ o& a) E* _1 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。 5 y0 u u0 R, l+ v' k7 A. Z$ e
- h2 H- u% r- X" n: C$ j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* Q; y# G0 v2 u1 E不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 6 j* `3 I3 k$ h+ ~5 D! U
X6 M; J% y4 u/ x* T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；
, c- k1 N# G' q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。 * ^8 `) [& e: h* o
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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。
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5 Y7 k1 F3 C, P) i2 y* |不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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/ U" m. q! |$ n6 r- P" x1 Z5 y* q/ 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。 & l2 R9 K, \2 q1 b3 x& Z
3 e }3 h6 c& f* ~0 s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。 2 \' h8 b0 v9 P3 d" o% W+ t" F
; H7 R$ G8 j5 G- d0 U生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 3 ^" Q* U7 ~$ b
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
& Z) P# v' v1 B# B+ N- {! z那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 - j! I' Y' I {1 a
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