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Strive For Balance in Life 9 S# V; }3 @- O6 T* {" N c
努力保持生活的平衡 . N8 d% l" r* |5 N$ w* Q
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$ ^; V0 \8 O" W6 B) N( d 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. ) h( w; }% z/ R
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 0 y% T1 ^( S% c3 i! t {
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. . I# K4 k9 } g9 o
They will never be the same. * n6 \7 i: N; R& @; ]+ A, M9 b
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 2 |8 w' K3 |& C) O
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
) _( L+ p, F5 P3 `: M) PIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
* S8 S1 \$ w1 u8 K# F Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.
0 D1 f8 O7 T6 T 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. % `# Z, A5 ]* j; v# r- t$ Y
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
. I/ v, x/ X) F `; z% sBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
% F2 }; ? r& M% {# ] Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. : j9 c5 h5 Y2 |: a x, ^
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. 8 J2 k8 |$ d( ?: e' l
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. % c! x1 J6 ]% H! X" s3 W8 M) s
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
5 c: |" P- P7 v+ }( x5 yThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. 8 v% ?3 N3 y0 p* R0 E5 Y1 @- B
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
! H8 f" S; N3 s. M/ c" U: W Sbut also where you are going.
4 J( @! h' @+ E4 R' \* { O$ u& l Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. ) A( D% l- Q2 ^ k8 t
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
) _7 t. }7 T: Q- {; O Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. . l7 d- Q6 Q" ^( a/ D- t9 z
- T0 m5 j' R1 K4 ^ Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
, b- n! O w0 f; ]2 }Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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3 P$ y+ F& ^+ Q --布莱恩.戴森
/ ~9 n' e3 X8 l) K+ r 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。
! q2 O! i8 b# j6 W+ Y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。
. @2 _+ j9 n% d5 W; {它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 / q0 j0 Q+ B( }& ?8 S2 Q, `' U
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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？ , d d4 q( R* C/ H
5 P$ p6 [. N# s0 y9 V: i3 F8 b- [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, r7 Y$ l7 J, S
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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 Z- s% u4 W2 o, y$ p; a# ^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。 , `# r. F3 G. W
J7 E" C- Y3 C2 F0 ?3 }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。 3 E# q' Q3 l9 H7 ]6 U, P3 z3 \) \
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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。 2 i5 {3 h4 q) O
$ `0 T. ^: N5 U8 i; i, w7 s! F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。 , K- g: ]$ ^6 Z& O D
4 O- G% B' |! l9 ?( o不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 / k% D: c& j- I4 Q. I- a0 Y
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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； 3 {5 ]7 I. Y& @3 b f; U
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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0 p5 h6 |4 u$ X: L4 j' e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。 ; w! O: G3 E8 M& G! m. ^/ d
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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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5 [) s% L9 @) [: \# y$ c2 S! ?% I6 v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。 $ t5 \% U! L7 j6 ]5 _$ P& b+ h0 l
* `- o' M) G/ G, S! o; j- ~生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
' b5 Q: `$ X' o! q( c, d昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
- c3 J1 c h ^& _2 J& T那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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（周倩茹编译）
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