毕业忠告：一个球和四个球

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布莱恩·戴森 余宏华编译

工作是一个橡皮球，所以你要经得起拍打；而像家庭、健康、朋友和心灵等都是玻璃球，你一生都要小心呵护。

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，我们的生活就像是一种将五个球抛往空中的游戏，你将这五个球依次取名为：工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵，你要努力保持它们在空中而不落地。很快你就会懂得：工作是一个橡皮球——如果你将它掉在地上，它仍会反弹起来。但是，像家庭、健康、朋友和心灵这四个球却是用玻璃做的——随便哪一个掉到地上，都会不可避免地磨损、有印记、擦痕、损坏甚至是支离破碎，它们将不可能完好如初。

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

你必须懂得这个道理并努力寻求生活的平衡。那么该如何才能做到呢？

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

别拿自己与他人相比而贬低自己的价值。因为人与人彼此不同，我们每个人都很特别。

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

别将他人看重的东西设定为自己的目标。只有你知道什么才最适合自己。

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.

别将自己身边亲密的人事认为是理所当然的。要用心去珍视他们，就像珍视你的生命一样，因为没有他们，生命将毫无意义。

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.

别让你的生命在对过往的留恋或对未来的幻想中而从你的指尖流逝。活在你生命中的每个当下，你才能活出一个完整的人生。

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