Life is A Juggling Game

Life Is A Juggling Game

Life is...

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 your life, for without them, life is meaningless.

 

Don't let 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 through 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.

 

Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a gift; that's why we call it - the Present..

- Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises

from Commencement Address at Harvard University

(한글 번역-인터넷 펌)

삶이란...

인생을 공중에서 5개의 공을 저글링하고 있는 게임이라고 상상해 봅시다. 당신은 그 공을 일, 가족, 건강, 친구, 그리고 영혼이라고 부르며 계속해서 공중에서 돌리고 있습니다.

조만간 당신은, 일이라는 공은 고무공이어서 떨어뜨리더라도 바로 튀어 오른다는 것을 알게 될 것입니다. 그러나 다른 4개의 공들(가족, 건강, 친구, 그리고 영혼(나))은 유리로 되어 있다는 것도 알게 될 것입니다. 만일 이 중에서 하나라도 떨어뜨린다면 다시는 되돌릴 수 없이 닳거나, 상처를 입거나, 긁히거나, 깨지거나 산산조각이 날 것입니다.

당신은 이 사실을 이해하고, 당신의 인생에서 균형을 갖도록 노력해야 합니다.

그럼 어떻게 균형을 유지할 수 있을까요??

다른 사람과 비교함으로써 당신 자신을 과소 평가하지 마시기 바랍니다. 우리는 각각 특별한 존재이기 때문입니다.

다른 사람들이 중요하다고 생각하는 것에 당신의 목표를 두지 마시기 바랍니다. 당신은 무엇이 당신에게 최선인지 아는 유일한사람입니다.

당신 마음에 가장 가까이 있는 것들을 당연하게 생각하지 마십시요. 당신의 삶처럼 당신의 마음에도 충실하세요. 마음이 없는 삶은 무의미하니까요.

과거나 미래에만 집착해 당신의 삶이 손가락 사이로 빠져나가게 하지 마시기 바랍니다. 당신의 삶에서 하루의 순간 순간을 사는것이 결국 인생에서 모든 나날들을 사는 것입니다.  

당신이 아직 줄 것이 남아 있다면 포기하지 마시기 바랍니다. 당신이 노력을 멈추지 않는 한 아무 것도 진정 끝난 것은 없습니다.

당신이 완전하지 못하다는 것을 인정하기를 두려워 마세요. 우리를 구속하는 것이 바로 나약한 두려움입니다.

위험을 정면으로 맞서는 것을 두려워 말고 용기를 배우는 기회로 여기기 바랍니다.

사랑을 찾는 것이 어렵다고 말함으로써 당신의 삶에서 사랑을 제쳐두지 마시기 바랍니다. 사랑을 얻는 가장 빠른 방법은 주는 것이고, 사랑을 잃는 가장 빠른 방법은 사랑을 꽉 움켜쥐고 놓지 않는 것이며, 사랑을 유지하는 최고의 방법은 그 사랑에 날개를 달아 주는 것입니다.

당신이 인생에서 어디에 있는지, 어디를 향해 가고 있는지도 모를 정도로 바쁘게 살지 마시기 바랍니다.

사람에게 가장 필요한 감정은 고마움을 느끼는 것이라는 것을 잊지 마시기 바랍니다.

시간이나 말을 함부로 사용하지 마세요. 둘 다 다시는 주워 담을 수 없기 때문입니다.

인생은 경주가 아니라 그 길의 한걸음 한걸음을 음미하는 여행입니다.

어제는 역사이고, 내일은 미스테리이며, 그리고 오늘은 선물입니다. 그래서 우리는 현재(present)를 선물(present)이라고 부르지요.