畢業忠告：一個球和四個球

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布萊恩·戴森 余宏華編譯

工作是一個橡皮球，所以你要經得起拍打；而像家庭、健康、朋友和心靈等都是玻璃球，你一生都要小心呵護。

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.

想象一下，我們的生活就像是一種將五個球拋往空中的游戲，你將這五個球依次取名為：工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心靈，你要努力保持它們在空中而不落地。很快你就會懂得：工作是一個橡皮球——如果你將它掉在地上，它仍會反彈起來。但是，像家庭、健康、朋友和心靈這四個球卻是用玻璃做的——隨便哪一個掉到地上，都會不可避免地磨損、有印記、擦痕、損壞甚至是支離破碎，它們將不可能完好如初。

You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How?

你必須懂得這個道理并努力尋求生活的平衡。那么該如何才能做到呢？

Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.

別拿自己與他人相比而貶低自己的價值。因為人與人彼此不同，我們每個人都很特別。

Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.

別將他人看重的東西設定為自己的目標。只有你知道什么才最適合自己。

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.

別將自己身邊親密的人事認為是理所當然的。要用心去珍視他們，就像珍視你的生命一樣，因為沒有他們，生命將毫無意義。

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.

別讓你的生命在對過往的留戀或對未來的幻想中而從你的指尖流逝。活在你生命中的每個當下，你才能活出一個完整的人生。

Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.