生活中的五個球

Imagine life 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.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 these ,they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked ,incked ,damaged or even shattered .They will never be the same .You must understand that and strive for balance in your life .
想像生活是一個雜耍游戲，你不停地拋接空中的5個球。這5個球是工作、家庭、健康、友誼和精神生活，你必須使它們都保持在空中。你很快就會明白工作是個橡皮球，掉在地上，它會重新彈起來。但其他4個球：家庭、健康、友誼和精神生活，都是玻璃做的。如果失手落地，它們就會被磨損、出現(xiàn)裂痕、缺口、被損壞，甚至粉粹，并且這些損失都無可挽回。一旦落地，它們再也不能恢復原狀。你必須明白這一點，并在生活中竭力取得平衡。

How?
怎么做呢？

Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
不要妄自菲薄、盲目攀比。正是因為我們每個人各不相同，我們才顯得獨特。

Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you .
不要以別人的觀點來設(shè)定自己的目標。只有你知道什么最適合自己。

Don’t take for granted the things closest to heart. Cling to them as you cling to your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
不要把最親密的東西視為理所當然。一生中盡量珍惜它們，因為一旦失去人生將毫無意義。

Don’t let your 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.
不要在沉湎過去或夢想未來中蹉跎歲月。真真切切地過好生命中的每一天，你的整個人生就會豐富、充實。

Don’t give up when you still have something to give .Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
不要未盡全力就輕言。只要從不放棄，希望就與你同在。

Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us each together.
不要害怕承認自己還并不完美。正因為不完美才使你與世界聯(lián)系在一起。

Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
不要害怕承擔風險。只有通過冒險，我們才能從中學會勇敢。

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 faster way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
不要借口真愛難求而緊閉心扉。獲得愛的最快途徑是給予；失去愛的最快辦法是握得過緊；維持愛的最好辦法是給愛以雙翅。

Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.
不要讓生活的腳步過于匆忙以至忘記你過去的足跡和你今后的人生目標。

Don’t forget that a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
不要忘記人的最大情感需求是感被欣賞。

Don’t be afraid to learn . Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
不要懼怕學習。知識沒有重量，它是你可以輕松攜帶的珍寶。

Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored esch step of the way.
不要虛度光陰或信口開河。時間和言語都無法收回。生活不是賽跑，而是每一步都應該細細品味的一次旅行。