Life Is Juggling

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air.

You name them Work, Family, Health, Friends, Spirit, and you're keeping
them all 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?

1. Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is
because we are different that each of us is special.

2. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you
know what is best for you.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is
really over until the moment you stop trying.

6. Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this
fragile thread that binds us together.

7. Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we
learn how to be brave.

8. 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.

9. Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've
been, but also where you are going.

10. Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel
appreciated.

11. Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you
can always carry easily.

12. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.

[This is said to have been written by Brian G. Dyson, the CEO of
Coca-Cola, and given as a commencement address at Georgia Tech.]

Debbie

Big Lick Ferret Shelter & Hospice
Roanoke, VA
www.biglickferretshelter.org

[Posted in FML 5745]