Life is like a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. One ball is work, one family, one health, one friendship, and one spirit. It is surely no easy task to keep them all in the air.
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 may be scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They may never be the same.
In order to be successful as a juggler, it is important to strive for balance in life. Remember your unique value and celebrate it by not comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Set your goal by what you know is best for you and not by what other people deem is important. Hold dear the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
Live life fully in this moment, it can 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. Keep going, you will always have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Be yourself, even if you are less than perfect. Imperfection is a fragile thread that binds us together. Be courageous, it may be necessary to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Have faith, find love by believing it is possible 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 the freedom to be generously shared. Slow down, walk peacefully through life so as not to forget where you’ve been, and also where you are going.
Be grateful, forget not that a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Love to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. Use time and words wisely. Neither can be retrieved. Cherish life, for it is not a race, but a journey to be savoured each step of the way.
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