英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文誦讀100篇：071.life is a game
[00:13.32]Image life as a game in which you are playing some five balls in the air.
[00:18.68]You name them - work, family, health, friends and spirit, and you’re keeping all these balls in the air.
[00:27.52]You understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.
[00:33.51]But the other four balls are made of glass. If you drop one of these,
[00:38.23]it will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, damaged or even broken into pieces.
[00:44.45]They will never be the same. You must learn to strive for balance in your life. How?
[00:51.62]Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself to others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
[01:00.06]Don’t set your goals by what other people consider important. Only you know what is best for you.
[01:07.74]Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Hold on to them as you would to life,
[01:14.33]for without them, it’s meaningless.
[01:17.56]Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
[01:26.49]Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
[01:35.73]Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
[01:43.25]Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
[01:48.31]The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly;
[01:55.56]and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
[01:59.89]Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
[02:06.02]Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
[02:13.22]Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.
[02:19.42]Don’t let life slip through your fingers by living in the past or in the future.
[02:24.68]By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.
[02:30.68]Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.
[02:37.76]Life is not a race, but a journey to be enjoyed slowly each step of the way.
[02:43.61]Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That’s why we call it - the present.
