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生活的平衡
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设想生活是一个游戏，你在向空中抛接五个球，它们是工作，家庭，健康，朋友和心灵，你要使它们都停在空中。很快你就会懂得工作是一个橡胶球，落地可反弹。而其它四个球，家庭，健康，朋友和心灵，则是玻璃制成的。如果有一个落地，就会不可逆转地磨损，留下印迹，出现划痕，损坏形象，甚至碎裂。他们再也不会和以前一样了。你必须懂得这些，力求生活的平衡。
怎样才能保持生活的平衡？不要拿自己和别人相比，以逐渐损毁自己的价值。不要因别人认为重要就去制定自己的目标。只有你自己才知道什么最适合自己。不要忽略最靠近自己心灵的东西。要像抓紧生活一样，抓紧它们，因为失去这些，生活将毫无意义。既不要生活在过去，也不要生活在未来，让生活从指间悄悄流走。日子要一天一天地过，每一天都像在过生命中所有的日子一样。当手中还有砝码时，就不要轻言放弃。只要你不停止努力，什么都没有真正结束。不要害怕承认自己的不完美。是这根脆弱的丝线将我们大家连缀在一起。不要害怕遭遇冒险。我们在冒险中学会勇敢。不要说爱无处可寻而将它拒之于生活之外。接受爱最快的方式是给予；失去爱最快的方式是抓得太紧；保持爱最好的方式是给它插上翅膀。不要匆忙度过人生，既忘了自己来自何处，又不明了自己去往何方。不要忘记一个人最大的精神需求是被赏识的感觉。不要漫不经心地使用时间，也不要漫不经心地说话。时间一去不复返，恶语出口难收回。生活不是一场比赛，而是一次旅行，路途中的每一步都值得细细品味。
附：原文 Life's Balance Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them: work, family, health, friends, and spirit, and you're keeping all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. 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. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How? Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless. Don't let life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time you live ALL the days of your life. Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us together. Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn to be brave. Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going. Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. | 
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