Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling1 some five balls in the air. You name them: Work, Family, Health, Friends, Spirit. And you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber2 ball. If you drop it, it will bounce3 back. But the other four balls—family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably4 scuffed5, marked, nicked6, damaged or even shattered7. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for8 balance in your life.
How?
Don't undermine9 your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem10 important. Only you know what is best for you.
Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to11 them as you would cling to your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
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.
Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile12 thread13 that binds us each together.
Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances14 that we learn how to be brave.
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 fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don't run through15 life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.
Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional16 need is to feel appreciated.
Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless: A treasure you can always carry easily.
Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved17.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
Yesterday is History. Tomorrow is a Mystery. Today is a gift: that's why we call it — The Present.
把生活想象成一个在空中抛接五只球的游戏。这五只球被你分别称为：工作、家庭、健康、友谊和精神。你努力不让它们从空中掉下来。你很快就会发现工作是一个橡皮球。如果你将它掉到地上，它还会弹回来。但其它四只球——家庭、健康、朋友和精神却是玻璃的。如果你把任何一个掉到地上，便会不可挽回地留下疤痕、裂缝、缺口甚至摔得粉碎。它们永远也无法恢复原样。你必须懂得这一点并在生活中努力保持平衡。
怎样做到这一点呢？
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和不同，我们才会各有千秋。
别人认为重要的事情，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。
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。
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，你就会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。在你停止努力那一刻之前，什么都没有真正结束。
不要害怕承认自己不完美，正是这一线纤纤细绳将你我相连。
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。
别说真爱难求，而将爱拒之于生活之外。获得爱的最快途径是给予爱，失去爱的最快途径是扼制爱，而守住爱的最好途径是给爱插上翅膀。
不要一生奔忙，以至于忘了自己去过何方，要往何处去。
不要忘记一个人最大的感情需要是得到别人的赏识。
不要害怕学习。知识没有重量：它是你随时可以轻松携带的宝藏。
不要漫不经心地打发时间或口无遮拦地说话，失去的时间和说出去的话都无法挽回。
生活不是一场赛跑，而是每一步都宜细细品尝的人生旅程。
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。
1. juggle v． 玩杂耍；变戏法
2． rubber n． 橡皮，橡胶
3． bounce [bauns] v． 反跳[弹]
4． irrevocably adv． 不能取消地，不能撤回地
5． scuff v． 磨损；践踏
6． nick [nik] v． 刻痕于，弄缺
7． shatter v． 粉碎，损坏
8． strive [straiv] for 奋斗，争取
9． undermine v． 破坏
10． deem v． 认为；相信
11． cling to 依附，坚持
12． fragile adj． 易碎的，脆的
13． thread n． 线，细丝
14． encounter v． 遭遇，遇到
take chances 冒险
15． run through 匆匆处理，挥霍
16． emotional adj． 情绪的，情感的
17． retrieve v． 找回，弥补