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Strive For Balance in Life 5 L1 C5 g- u2 b" I" j6 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. ; |7 T+ L0 w0 P& c9 o
you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.Ifyou drop it,itwell bounce back.
8 _0 r' U5 |% @" ~6 i# r V4 f, 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.
; h3 t% \# N) s( {They will never be the same. - b9 ^# H; U5 d: [4 [% A
2 b1 R4 X" B$ [; a. i You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 4 m7 v& F7 a: d
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. 7 ], F: g. F3 `( k: t( u
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
6 j1 x. `7 b7 {! G Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you. * u0 ]3 {5 h. V$ t6 x
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.
6 c( T1 ?7 g7 J8 k* n Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
# R3 O! K' v: i* \By living your life one day at a time you live all the days of your life. + B" c: \ ]& y" c
Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
0 [7 L# Y( r3 Y( B3 B Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
1 M1 Q$ r6 U& O! i Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
; A" h) e& w+ i Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. ( K7 i1 ?$ l- J. L$ b* c" P
The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to give it wings. ! Y! A* a$ @1 I; b% t8 j
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, - t3 |' s) q. X: y- A/ V; ^* t! U
but also where you are going.
, X) f' {# O& s3 w3 ^! O Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
. i" j7 B. C, t! v/ I Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. 7 E# N5 b0 v$ x; f2 g" [4 \2 J
Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retreved. $ C( e- h9 J( q3 Q4 R0 W' H
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Life is not a race,but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History,
' d x: ~# Y5 Q* l' P; `" NTomorrow is a Mystery And Today is Gift…..that’s why we call it The present.
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: J3 q4 _5 H( u4 Q/ F5 x H 努力保持生活平衡 : P+ v. g' Y, H! O# ~
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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。
. a6 w4 A, C. M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。
' D9 k* }' X$ V7 `它们将永远不会跟以前一样。
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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。
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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。 $ R$ m9 E9 r. q: D/ ?7 [" N4 V( ?
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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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1 V+ g& e4 _, ]( w3 ]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。 7 ]$ E9 o1 o& b8 a
% Q' J0 s' O5 D" l5 w* {: ^3 ]- _9 @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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, c6 e0 j% `* f6 {不要害怕遇到危险。我们正是在冒险中学会勇敢的。 ( y# S1 |: W% n- G
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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;
& @, |6 g Y5 [0 Q+ x! ? q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。 * ]9 ?; W+ g' E2 ?# b( u
: _6 Q: t; [& P4 L2 f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。 - n0 x4 \" U2 j7 u7 e
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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。
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/ @. p8 f% Y" ^! W" a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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; W4 V" F# @. k) m C, j1 [生活不是一场赛跑,而是每一步都需体味的旅程。 % q/ \7 |7 u" b: |. r' k M
昨天已成历史,明天还未可知,而今天则是一份礼物:
% S1 Q. ~" {2 l4 @, T5 t" Y那就是我们为什么称它为“当下”的原因。
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