“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them—work, family, health, friends and spirit…
“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them—work, family, health, friends and 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. You1 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 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 to each together.
- Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be pave.
- Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find time. 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.
- 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 savoured each step of the way.“
-- Bryan Dyson, the former CEO of Coca Cola, as a commencement address at Georgia Tech in 1996
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6 年Love it!
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6 年I love the point about not being afraid to encountering risks. ?Many people believe that we either fail or succeed. ?But the reality is that failure is just part of the road to success. ?We have to just get out there and try, learn from our mistakes, and improve. ?The more we do that, the more successful we'll become.
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6 年Love this! “Don’t compare yourself to others” is a biggie ????????
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6 年This is absolutely true! And so well articulated. As a woman it is even more challenging to juggle all those balls especially the glass ones.I have personally experienced this - and almost dropped one or two!! At the end of the day, family comes first.
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6 年Well done. Interesting timing to have come across this. I just posted this morning a closely related message, basically this in a nutshell. Love your well written elaboration and bullet point on the topic.