Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling 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 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. padding-bottom: 66.56%;">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 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 fragile thread that binds us each together. Don t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances 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 through life so fast that you forget not only where you ve been, but also where you are going. 參考譯文： 把生活想象成一個在空中拋接五隻球的遊戲。這五隻球被你分別稱爲：工作、家庭、健康、友誼和精神。你努力不讓它們從空中掉下來。你馬上就發現惟有工作是一個橡皮球。如果你將它掉到地上，它還會彈回來。但其它四隻球——家庭、健康、朋友和精神都是玻璃的。如果你把任何一個掉到地上，便會不可挽回地留下疤痕、裂縫、受損甚至摔得粉碎。它們永遠也無法恢復原樣。你必須懂得這一點並在生活中努力保持平衡。 怎樣做到這一點呢？ 不要總拿自己與別人比從而貶低自身的價值。正因爲我們彼此的差異不同，我們纔會各有千秋。別人認爲重要，並不能作爲你確定目標的根據。只有你自己知道，什麼東西對你最好。與你內心最貼近的東西，切莫等閒視之。要像堅守生命一樣堅守住它們，因爲失去它們，生活就會毫無意義。 不要耽於過去或未來，而讓生命從指間悄悄溜走。一次只活一天，活在今日，你就充實地活過生命中的每一天。如果你還可以付出，就不要輕言放棄。在你停止努力那一刻之前，什麼都沒有真正結束。正因爲我們都不完美，我們纔會彼此需要。不要害怕遭遇風險。只有通過冒險，我們才能學會如何變得勇敢。 別說真愛難求，而將愛拒之門於生活之外。獲得愛的捷徑是給予愛，失去愛的捷徑是扼住愛，而守住愛的捷徑是給愛插上翅膀。 不要一生奔忙，匆匆而過，以至於忘了自己從何而來，往何而去。 不要忘記一個人最大的感情需要是得到別人的理解。 不要害怕學習。知識沒有重量：它是你隨時可以輕鬆攜帶的寶藏 不要漫不經心地打發時間或口無遮攔地說話，失去的時間和說出去的話都無法挽回。 生活不是一場賽跑，而是每一步都宜細細品嚐的人生旅程。 昨天屬於歷史。明天是未知的謎。而今天是賜予我們的禮物：所以我們把“今天”稱之爲present。
