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Strive For Balance in Life 5 x# G3 C* g" X8 N: J! L
努力保持生活的平衡 # h, ?( f1 R$ S# o9 ^( x7 U
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by Brain Dyson
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' j2 d5 `3 T- q* J8 |2 g- g 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. $ Z: u( K3 d7 h: h( ^1 |
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 6 C4 } r2 k. \! E
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. - d. Y% Q3 i" K7 d' o0 V {
They will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? w* f+ _) N, V5 e- c8 Q
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
. b. G( u- p" ^; f& P# NIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
0 z5 I2 z0 c% ^) Z, D4 q Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. & k8 X8 m% H: Y n" J) R1 [5 d 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.
2 u/ ^8 t3 N- V+ e+ T Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
+ O, W7 `4 Z' @$ t" i- j1 _' }By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
, v' V8 X3 x- p) `& K" X3 h5 N! O Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
3 P% Z7 F( B0 \* N7 g8 O Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
; W! M6 j. D/ D" z' i2 m Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 6 t0 j; l3 y3 ]
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. ! X# _% V8 \) @* a2 f9 ^
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
5 n7 d9 e4 e- k# u# D& ]6 r( C Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, ; U! I0 [& M4 g& O5 O& M9 c
but also where you are going.
8 _1 X" D( Y! S$ ~6 ~8 i/ ? G Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. , J w" ^* b# w% C
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. ; W) F* V, q) W/ z1 P
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 9 C( @$ m, H S9 ^) \7 }
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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" I# l) j; t/ E# |% `9 R2 U( A 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
7 l+ K7 `8 x5 B2 `. r* E 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 O: r* l! x1 A1 `
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。 & {5 T. t/ l8 f3 [1 C! U
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 * G, A, `& t& u. A! S% n
$ u8 K2 a2 v+ _1 ^* a8 p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。 : J, v4 {$ G! x. K6 K/ k2 b1 n. _
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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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+ [4 n0 S, {& Z' @3 g1 R6 u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。 9 K- A/ X# C4 K) i
8 Z* Z! W. c6 _- _5 [6 B' \ ^* v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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( r3 t( C9 x: V! K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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* |3 a! L0 s- I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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0 d b7 {; N; Q B+ W不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 " B/ G% V% t5 _6 S
" S5 d& Y) ~2 v8 s% n2 m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； 0 l: V/ E8 A. u. Y: Q7 \* d
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。 / c; |2 |3 X0 J# L' 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。
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( r# ^/ g9 `" k4 j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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生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
+ X3 b/ v5 o7 ~8 R. H昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物： 1 x9 b2 d G9 R: v. l" A. y0 b% G6 L
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 # n+ }7 u5 @( m# ~- I9 _
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