Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling¹ 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 scuffed², marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.

想象下,人生就好比是你在玩游戏时当空飘起的的五个球儿.它们依次叫做:工作、家庭、健康、友谊、心灵，你把它们都放飞在空中。很快地，你就会发现“工作”是个弹力球儿。就算你松开手不去管它，它还会是会再次跳起来。但是其他的那四个球儿——家庭、健康、友谊、和心灵是玻璃般制成的。如果你丢下它们中的任何一个，它注定就会划伤了、有擦痕了、被弄坏了，甚至裂成碎片了。不可能再完好如初了。因此，你必须了解这点，并为掌握它们之间的分配与平衡努力。

How?

怎样做到这一点呢？

Don t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.Itis because we are different that each of us is special.

不要总拿自己与别人比从而贬低自身的价值。正因为我们彼此的差异不同，我们才会各有千秋。

Don t set your goals by what other people deem important. Onlyyouknow what is best for you.

别人认为重要，并不能作为你确定目标的根据。只有你自己知道，什么东西对你最好。

Don t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Clingtothem as you would cling to your life, for without them, lifeismeaningless.

与你内心最贴近的东西，切莫等闲视之。要像坚守生命一样坚守住它们，因为失去它们，生活就会毫无意义。

Don t let your life slip through your fingers by living inthepast or for the future. By living your life one day at a time,youlive ALL the days of your life.

不要耽于过去或未来，而让生命从指间悄悄溜走。一次只活一天，活在今日，你就充实地活过生命中的每一天。如果你还可以付出，就不要轻言放弃。

Don t give up when you still have something to give. Nothingisreally over until the moment you stop trying.

在你停止努力那一刻之前，什么都没有真正结束。

Don t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. Itisthis fragile thread that binds³ us each together

正因为我们都不完美，我们才会彼此需要。.

Don t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chancesthatwe learn how to be brave.

不要害怕遭遇风险。只有通过冒险，我们才能学会如何变得勇敢。

Don t shut love out of your life by saying it s impossibletofind. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastestwayto lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way tokeeplove is to give it wings.

别说真爱难求，而将爱拒之门于生活之外。获得爱的捷径是给予爱，失去爱的捷径是扼住爱，而守住爱的捷径是给爱插上翅膀。

Don t run through life so fast that you forget not only whereyouve been, but also where you are going.

不要一生奔忙，匆匆而过，以至于忘了自己从何而来，往何而去。

Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved⁴. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored⁵ each step of the way.

不要忘了每个人最强的感情需求就是别人的认同和支持.与人交谈或者安排时间时要多多用心.因为“一言既出，驷马难追”.人生不是一场竞赛,而是一次旅途,好好享受你路上的每一处风景吧.

Yesterday is a history,tomorrow is a mystery,only today is a gift,that is why we call it present.

昨天属于历史。明天是未知的谜。而今天是赐予我们的礼物：所以我们把“今天”称之为present。