英漢英語美文：生命的平衡
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.
dot 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 le t 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.原文鏈接：http://www.yeeyan.com/articles/view/55675/34617/dz
想象下,人生就好比是你在玩游戲時當空飄起的的五個球兒.它們依次叫做:工作、家庭、健康、友誼、心靈，你把它們都放飛在空中。很快地，你就會發現“工作”是個彈力球兒。就算你松開手不去管它，它還會是會再次跳起來。但是其他的那四個球兒——家庭、健康、友誼、和心靈是玻璃般制成的。如果你丟下它們中的任何一個，它注定就會劃傷了、有擦痕了、被弄壞了，甚至裂成碎片了。不可能再完好如初了。因此，你必須了解這點，并為掌握它們之間的分配與平衡努力。
如何去做到平衡各方呢？不要跟他人攀比而磨滅你本身的價值。因為每個人都不盡相同，一個人一條路。不要因為其他人的判斷而錯置目標。只有你自己最清楚自己。別把最貼心的事情當成理所當然。盡可能地緊緊抓緊它們，因為你的人生要是沒有它們，也許絲毫不起色。不要總是懷念過去或者憧憬前路而讓當下的時間匆匆從指間流逝。過好每天就如同你人生中每一天都該如此。當你能給予別人的時候千萬別泄勁。很多都是你放棄后才失去了可能。
不要懼怕承認自己不夠完美。正是由于人存在不足才把我們大家聚到一起;不要懼怕遇到困難.在抓住機會的過程中學會勇敢.不要在生活中因為難遇真情而對此緊縮心扉.得到愛情的最好方式是付出感情;失去愛情最快的方式是對它緊抓不放;保持愛情的最好方式是彼此給對方空間.
生活里面不要過得太匆匆,不然你會茫然現在身處何方,而且也會對前路觀望.不要忘了每個人最強的感情需求就是別人的認同和支持.與人交談或者安排時間時要多多用心.因為“一言既出，駟馬難追”.人生不是一場競賽,而是一次旅途,好好享受你路上的每一處風景吧.
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