You feel happiest when you create a healthy balance between giving and receiving. If you give and give without making time to fill your own needs, then it’s likely you will burn out, or feel upset. When you take and take without giving anything back, you never feel fulfilled, so you are always searching for ways to fill the void in your life.
The way to create a healthy balance between giving and receiving is to know and then live by your values. I break values up into two groups which I call being and having values. Your being values are the character traits of the ideal person you would like to be. I suggest to my clients that they choose three being values that they are willing to make a commitment to live by. An example of some being values are: kind, loving, generous, inspirational, peaceful, wise and even powerful. By acting on these values you give to others through your actions and you inspire others by being a positive role model. Mastering being these character traits becomes your life purpose.
Your having values are feelings you need to create in order to be happy. These could be companionship, achievement, support, being valued or financial security. This is what you receive. You take responsibility for filling your own needs by taking steps to create these feelings and conditions in your life.
When you make a commitment to live by being values, it becomes easier to make conscious choices rather than reactionary ones. If your usual pattern is to talk about your problems, you could choose to think and act like a calm person. A clam person might go for a walk, meditate(沉思), or set a time limit before responding. If your usual pattern is to worry, you could choose to act like a responsible or wise person. In other words, you would act like the person you choose to be-this is the key to personal power.
When you choose to act on your values, you not only feel good about yourself, you reinforce(加強)your chosen beliefs. Over time acting in this way changes how you see the world, and in turn the way other people think of you.
小題1:The main purpose of this passage is to _____
A inform the readers how to be truly happy
B explain to the readers what personal values are
C persuade the readers to make a commitment
D instruct the readers how to make wise choices
小題2:According to the text, living by your being values, you would_____
A gain a lot of power                 B fill your own needs
C seek all human virtues              D form positive personality
小題3:The underline word “void” in Paragraph 1 means______
A a break of continuity                B an absent of one’s mind
C a feeling of emptiness               D a state of confusion
小題4:What can be inferred from the text?
A Having values are better than being values
B A calm person does not choose to complain.
C The way other people think of you decides who you are.
D A responsible person does not care about financial security

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B

本文論述了保持平衡的重要性和如何保持平衡的方法。
小題1:主旨歸納題。只有保持平衡合理，才能使人感到舒適、快樂真正幸福。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。由第二段倒數(shù)第二句可知，因為養(yǎng)成一種快樂、向上的積極的個性，才能使一個人愉快的與其他人交流、合作，才能實現(xiàn)自我價值。
小題3:猜測詞義題。文章第一段說如果只吸收而不釋放，或只釋放而不吸收，就只會使人感到缺什么東西，從而去填滿或補充。
小題4:推斷題。有第四段可以推出一個冷靜的人總會沉思，找出缺點或錯誤所在，而不是去怨天尤人。
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