第17章 独一无二的你(3)

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 to 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 it； 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.

Don’t forget， a person’s greatest emotional 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 retrieved.

Life is not a race， but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

Yesterday is history， Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift： that’s why we call it ‘The Present’.

几年前，在一所大学的毕业典礼中，可口可乐的首席执行官布赖恩·戴森讲到工作与其他义务的关系：

想象生命是一场不停丢掷五个球于空中的游戏。这五个球分别为工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵，而且你很努力地掷着这五个球，不让它们落地。很快地你会了解工作是一个橡皮球。如果你不幸失手落下它，它还是会弹回来。

但是家庭、健康、朋友和心灵这四个球是用玻璃做成的。一旦你失手落下，它们可能会少了一角，留下无法挽回的记号、刻痕、损坏甚至碎落一地。它们将永远不会跟以前一样。你必须了解这个道理，并且为平衡你的生命而努力。但要怎么才做得到呢？

别拿自己和他人比较，这只会降低了你原有的价值。因为我们都是独一无二的，因为我们每一个人都很特别。

别人认为重要的事不一定是你的目标。只有你才知道什么最适合你。

不要将贴近你的心的人、事物视为理所当然的存在。你必须将他们视为你的生命一般好好地抓牢他们。没有他们，生命将失去意义。

别让你的生命总在依恋过去种种或是寄望未来中逝去。如果你活在每个当下，你就活出了生命中的每一天。

当你还能给予的时候别轻言放弃。只要你不放弃，就有无限延伸的可能。

别害怕承认你并非完美。正因如此，我们才得以藉由这脆弱的细丝紧密地串绑在一起。

别害怕遇到危险。正因如此，我们才得以藉由这些机会学习勇敢。

别以爱太难找到作为借口而紧闭你的心扉。最迅速找到爱的方法就是给予你的爱；最快速失去爱的方法就是紧紧地守着你的爱不放；维持爱的最好方式就是给爱一双翅膀。

莫要匆忙地度过你的一生，那匆忙让你忘了曾经到过哪里，也让你忘了你要去哪里。

莫忘记，人类情感上最大的需要是感恩。

莫害怕学习。知识没有重量，它是可以随意携带的珍宝。

莫漫不经心地蹉跎光阴或口无遮拦。时间与言词两者都是一放便收不回来。

生命不是一场赛跑， 而是一步一个脚印的旅程。

昨天已是历史，明天还是未知，而今天则是一个上天的礼物：那就是我们为什么称它为“现在”的原因。

Life is a Do-It-Yourself Project

生活是一个自己动手的项目

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire.He told his employer contracter of his plans to leave the building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extented family.He would miss the paycheck ，but he needed to retire.They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor.The carpenter said yes， but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work . He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials.

It was an unfortunate way to end his career.When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house，the contractor handed the front door key to the carpenter."This is your house，" he said， my gift to you."

What a shock！ What a shame！ If he had only known he was building his own house， he would have done it all so differently .Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.

So it is with us.We build our lives in a distracted way，reacting rather than acting， willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort.Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have build .If we had realized that we would have done it differently.