5 _& _$ f5 E1 G; \ Strive For Balance in Life
& @: r, ~9 G$ h1 x, N 努力保持生活的平衡
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2 i6 z: L Y0 K: G* e& b: ?6 y by Brain Dyson
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5 B% a9 }1 p+ f; p4 s3 b( L* t 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.
e, E7 B) q1 a/ G& D( {9 k, iyou will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back. 2 e3 H5 t: o, u$ z1 b
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. ~3 T/ c6 s) B/ x$ y# r
They will never be the same.
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You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How?
& v5 h0 w/ |5 q" \ Y& l Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 9 K5 e6 V! k* z/ ~2 x0 d! ]1 F
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
* O3 J/ F: B7 r# F+ ? Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. / H& F. l2 t8 n5 M n3 p% G
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.
$ ~' ]9 G3 ^7 x- V8 d Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. ( T, J8 B f' O9 P7 R
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. 8 m! m( B3 f( X8 Y n# E7 ^8 o
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
, u5 g) [/ U& {5 p( U4 P9 U$ U Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. & m8 h2 j0 M1 s0 x" F
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. * H# q* m: ~7 h) b* c, _
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. $ e" v; G$ ^ A4 v: ?! B: s8 R* e0 W
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings.
. [% e% c. h! u2 u) n s Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
+ Y; B* A6 v) Hbut also where you are going.
# o0 y1 y6 v0 m% ?5 G6 g* B Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
6 |% y# [0 S2 P% G/ E1 ^) k& } Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily.
. L% V/ X0 t0 F% O5 s! B; u Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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6 ^' y* a" A$ X5 [% P1 p( ` Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
% {$ E3 O. ^* b, C, ZTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present. + }; g) m% g; M( M3 G
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努力保持生活平衡 P T/ Z, }! ^, e' F k, d
- q/ X) l5 Y. |* V --布莱恩.戴森 7 x$ m- E% k$ K7 P5 @; Q' l
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。 / y; d% t" j3 R2 i% f, h
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。
/ ] B9 z& y) m# C- k& }$ B& y它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 ' p% |8 X; |- P' K0 v0 @
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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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f8 m: A0 E' @% V5 q: C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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' P8 f- y$ H2 @; o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。 . v d+ V5 M6 X+ {- ^
8 W4 ?. m5 J! P0 h* t7 v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。 6 w- v3 @8 T) z/ H1 J
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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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! g+ k' ` W* Y+ @; 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。 & e: P" S1 M* g4 P' e4 n+ R
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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。
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& x' b/ U" G5 _, z/ _( D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; ' F3 s5 Q6 Y8 }7 L2 \
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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- V. f1 j0 s7 L8 t- p, `% r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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不要忘记,人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 3 G* y O3 H) S4 o0 ]9 b" v4 S
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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。 $ Z0 M5 ]8 n( Z" Q8 k
* T- N2 \- F1 t, B; F0 E1 V, M) I; |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。
: l6 A) H' c4 ?( b昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物:
9 q1 l3 b! n) @* X3 P/ |: 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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