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Strive For Balance in Life
3 r- P* _$ s3 R3 L% r( w9 U 努力保持生活的平衡 8 [7 y! T) C8 j3 q/ r' L6 O( Q5 B
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by Brain Dyson 6 W9 P# Z, J/ T; f& f! O
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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/ V% z Z; _; ^1 `% A. n3 P; f
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
( z5 |& Q4 j5 M& TBut 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.
$ X( {# R ` S, D/ XThey will never be the same. 6 G8 `- T# o, p6 j1 A# o
& Q L- W; n0 n& |+ b# q! Z8 ^ You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? ' r! I1 Z% U! E( A9 r
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 5 H# J9 A2 s3 J5 l2 c9 J
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
+ f" `9 j- r; i, }% }; U Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. ! o3 N+ b _1 `0 U2 E
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.
1 ]4 b, p* f2 y9 ]3 i Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. # v, [: r6 @, \/ e7 m& x
By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life.
( z3 M7 y$ N9 h3 X1 a) K3 ] Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
! W2 B' d$ D- @. D o" W; ?# F Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
+ r' G% ]' } J# b9 ^* H( f6 H( V0 T Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
: Y5 }9 V# k" W6 w, c, _ Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
7 d& L( {9 W+ ^; JThe quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. - T9 b' [# O" [! h" N: @& Z6 R, J
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been,
, C7 `. w1 x$ F% {5 F5 Mbut also where you are going.
# c& J0 I% c2 A; P# `6 c9 { Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. # d0 i. x- [1 v6 J
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 1 a; \+ K* b2 d9 p+ H
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved.
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K& s; a( O7 L4 | O Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, 0 o1 F- |0 V* f( w1 W9 F0 J
Tomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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$ F, e) F4 }, _3 f2 h 努力保持生活平衡
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--布莱恩.戴森
; J" n1 W, o( l7 @3 w 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 W9 d1 E+ C7 g7 b5 l1 ^1 q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 V0 k" |% P+ i/ j B' h0 `
它们将永远不会跟以前一样。 s1 N: ~/ Q, y' U2 h$ h
- I) H- w3 a9 a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？ , V& m6 c' i4 m" n! p
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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。
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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。 ' o! U4 s: T9 D1 h+ `
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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。 8 Z, { d# R) H' k2 i0 i
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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。
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( S4 Y. s# X2 R& j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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9 H# c' d, F; S+ j9 g1 Q2 |/ y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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2 Q) v- \( a2 p: r& }' c: l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； , B. T; }7 g8 P3 `# ?+ q8 a3 K% I
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。 + u' T8 p- E4 l& l2 Q% o0 ~
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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。 # L1 B, ?; A+ h! a0 L6 N) i! O
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不要忘记，人类最大的情感需要是被人欣赏。 . ?: O7 O5 ?7 h) N! i, r
6 x9 G: o2 Y, o7 Y, ]% {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。 , z4 H8 F5 C# G( y1 j
/ [0 t- U1 L" a ~, u. c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。 3 n9 W8 ^5 J. L: p5 J
昨天已成历史，明天还未可知，而今天则是一份礼物：
8 i- M( K$ [% \9 D2 q* J3 `那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。 ; l5 I5 X; l+ z3 w
% r& J( I% P% _ （周倩茹编译） # e9 B0 p# X! o6 C/ R" C3 U
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