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Strive For Balance in Life / U p J* y$ A
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. ! n/ n! k H$ a+ X3 W5 {& Y3 [8 R1 I, t
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. - s# {' C7 o* I* \
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. 6 i, G% Q. Q( x3 P5 s) I
They will never be the same. , W1 G; X5 I7 p/ M% i7 M2 o8 O* u
3 l* C; z; Q+ n2 f You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 4 q" J: w1 Q" ^0 j6 H. @( q8 ^0 ^
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. # L# A9 X( ?& g. i8 v
It is because we are different that each of us is special. 4 ~) V5 C5 m, t; U' h/ |
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. 7 I0 t7 E# t8 x1 n( {8 U
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. e# o8 r4 v7 ?* a7 R4 R* r8 E8 a% n Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
) J$ ~$ R6 T) c$ OBy living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. * j. j0 i% k. J+ k% x
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. + ^/ o# g3 s E o$ t7 @' X( ]
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. " j7 z! L8 Y+ X/ I/ W
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. 6 ?4 t0 e2 p4 E9 O @; W U5 i7 C; ^
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
* {! J, R% u% D8 x5 y( RThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. % s" F0 c4 R0 ~# W/ n6 q
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
1 R5 Z+ o) j. B+ [" n% e' S$ lbut also where you are going.
' w" t- l3 S, F2 j$ }4 V0 O7 O Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. 3 ]; G! s# m. o* Q! m% C
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
7 w3 Z3 B1 Z |% b4 C! |5 s9 m' X7 X" j Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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. i% B+ o) h! F, X) r Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, $ D+ U- G" Q- c/ `/ _
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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努力保持生活平衡
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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。 ( n2 k# T" @( l. w- S
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。 , G; }' r$ W7 U. u( C
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 * ?$ @. H! q( S' L! L1 B
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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。 ) H9 B8 K6 D( y; d4 O+ }. C
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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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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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$ i( t) J0 S/ M% p' _0 S ]1 t* o$ P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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7 V, z1 [+ g. W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。 : b8 c9 \* V# @ A' K. i, J: O$ O
/ _! B7 p% O Z m2 Y7 b- `0 t3 L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。 ) c: E% r/ v8 w; W. o p' `7 }
4 D# T4 g* p8 s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; ) d% @$ `+ _; l
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。 0 q8 c/ P' }3 c& x
! y; b5 u4 O( q H& Z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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. _1 X- p! w( `% ?不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。
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3 r! c. ~- \) M* f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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: @7 r7 v# n" u G& U" I: R: a/ b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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$ U4 n/ j3 m: B4 I* E# z' B& Y生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。
5 i; g2 M* I2 [ P- p. b昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物: 2 P7 l$ C4 T' e6 Y2 i% { w
那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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