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% l/ ]1 B+ E% } Strive For Balance in Life / A/ N. R. }& a( _$ c
努力保持生活的平衡
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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. 9 P: o4 `# Y0 v" d! m r4 \3 h
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. . M& [4 @- [1 Z' _9 V
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.
% D9 ~% Y$ `/ ?They will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
! ~+ G7 k& Z. M Z o0 i# c, D M Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. / X' [: w9 {7 K
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
) Z. [* V# X. r% g1 n# C. F7 @2 A+ | Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. $ B; J# \5 s9 b+ B: ]0 m
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.
7 t& X7 I; L2 Q$ g Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
! G; F$ T0 d2 DBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
8 ]) H X% w ?1 S0 P. a# Q5 D Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. " X9 Q7 K4 A% x; T
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. & S" y3 t% x( Y% C6 ~
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. N$ ` L8 O% K8 p) A$ K
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. 8 B+ _8 w& z1 z- D2 i
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
" ] a# Q. S- ~0 l4 y1 F0 c3 L Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
( }6 a9 q# ^& ~- Y7 n9 `4 k9 cbut also where you are going. 4 m, K9 w r; h% y
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 4 U& g4 w, e d+ E. t4 L
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
2 B0 D$ J) L ]2 L2 u1 P Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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3 @$ f' L/ o6 v! _5 i6 j1 G Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 7 b# \( L Q' q( z& j
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. ! r5 M/ d5 u' N+ C$ F
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努力保持生活平衡
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I7 x% |% ~3 H7 w% J --布莱恩.戴森
) M1 ^- ?+ X# t% f! U' U& k 想象生命是一种往空中抛五个球的游戏，你把这五个球分别取名为：工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵，而且你要努力不让它们落地。你很快会了解到工作是一个橡皮球。
4 }& b! |: w' m7 ]4 y. z8 X b \如果你让它落地了，它还会反弹起来。但是，家庭、健康、朋友、和心灵这四个球是用玻璃做成的，如果你让它们掉到地上，它们将会不可避免地遭到磨损，留下印记、划痕，摔破甚至碎落一地。
3 g# L( Y; L5 c. Z5 p* ^. v5 e; P它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 . B- X8 J- a$ J# r& O" M) w* M
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你必须了解这个道理，并且努力保持生活的平衡。但要怎么才能做到呢？
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不要拿自己和他人比较而贬低自己的价值。正是因为我们彼此不同，所以每个人才很特别。
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不要因为别人看重那些东西而把它们设定为自己的目标。只有你才知道什么最适合自己。 $ T% o' E8 O; G, A
+ Z% n; ?- d Z. w+ `% B. b+ W不要将最亲密的人或事视为理所当然的。好好珍惜他们，就像是你的生命一样，因为没有他们，生命将失去意义。
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不要让你的生命总在留恋过去或是遥想未来中流逝。如果你活在每个当下，你就活出了人生的精彩。
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% V. n0 U' `. X$ A" q当你还能给予的时候别轻言放弃。只要你不放弃，万事皆有可能。
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不要害怕承认你并非完美。我们正是藉由这脆弱的细丝紧密地联系在一起。
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不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 }8 G1 ?/ y- L1 i
* V6 N3 {( J2 |8 c) u8 }! x不要以真爱难求为借口而紧闭心扉。找到爱最快的方法就是给予你的爱； 5 n; Q! Y# s% q8 m. P! w/ k
失去爱最快的方法就是紧紧地守着你的爱不放；维系爱的最好方式就是给爱一双翅膀。
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/ s3 V0 ]) }* i% Z* c+ @) _2 t9 d不要匆忙地走过你的一生，以至于忘了自己到过哪里，要往哪里去。 ( Y" F# w! V" b3 w3 ?* D1 E
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不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 4 L/ K6 }# U% p. b" ?0 F
\$ ~1 ?+ k: ]- p8 c8 J不要害怕学习。知识不会成为负担，是你可以轻松携带的珍宝。 4 |& X6 \) a3 E) I2 Q# L( L
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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。 s) v2 v# e) ^! 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。
* f( {: e. `# Z" j/ M昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
y/ R+ V% `8 ~1 e" w: y那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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7 ?0 p: t3 E! G, w( k7 a+ v （周倩茹编译）
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