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

    How? Don't undermine 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 deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless. Don't le t 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 fragile thread that binds us together. Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn 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 thruogh 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 emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. 

    把生活想象成玩雜技，你在空中拋著五個球。你把這五個球分別叫做工作、家庭、健康、朋友和信念，你讓它們都保持在空中。你會很快發(fā)現，工作是一個橡皮球——即使你失手讓它掉了下來，它也會恢復原狀。但是其余的四個球——家庭、健康、朋友和信念——都是玻璃做的。假如你讓這其中的一個球掉下來，它們將無法逆轉地被磨損，被留上印記和切口，被損壞甚至是被摔得粉碎。它們將再也不會和以前一模一樣。你必須理解這一點，并且努力獲得生活的平衡。

    那么我們應該怎樣做呢？不要把自己與別人比較，并因此削弱自己的價值。因為人與人是不同的，我們每一個人都是特殊的。不要以別人認為重要的東西為標準來設定你的目標。只有你自己知道什么對于你是最好的。不要把和你最貼心的東西看成理所當然。在你的一生中，你應該盡可能地和它們在一起。因為沒有了它們，你的生活將失去意義。不要總是生活在過去或者將來，而讓生活從指間溜走。踏踏實實的過好生活中的每一個“一天”，你就過好了你的整個生命。當你還有東西可以給予的時候，就不要放棄。在你停止嘗試之前，任何事情都會有轉機。不要害怕承認你并不完美。線雖然柔軟，卻可以將我們緊緊地綁在一起。不要害怕面臨挑戰(zhàn)，只有通過冒險我們才能變得勇敢。不要將真愛拒之門外，只是因為你覺得真愛是不可能找到的。愛別人，是最快得到愛情的方法；把愛情抓得太緊，是最快失去愛情的原因。不要讓你的生命匆匆而過，以至于你不僅忘記了你曾經去過哪里，也忘記了你將要去哪里。不要忘記一個人最大的情感需要是覺得自己被別人欣賞。不要毫不在乎地使用你的時間，也不要隨便地說出任何一句話，因為這兩者都不可復原。生活不是賽跑，而是一個旅程，其中的每一步，都值得我們盡情享受