在工作和生活中間找到平衡
After the illness, then death, of a close family friend within a much too short six week period of time, I began to ponder the fragilityof life and the limited time we have here on earth... When faced with our own mortality, many of us wonder if we have made the right choices about our lives and what other paths we could have chosen.
在短短的六個星期內，經歷了一個親朋好友的病痛，死亡之後，我就開始思考生命的脆弱，以及我們到底有多少有限的時間。當我們面臨死亡的那一刻，我們中的大部分人都想知道在一生中做出的選擇是否都是正確的，如若不然，我們還有些什麼樣的其他選擇。
Consider Options
考慮其他的選擇
It is important to take the time to consider our options and to evaluate the choices so that we have time to work, time to play and time to make sure our life is as fulfilling as it can be. After all, the time we do have to "get it right" is limited. Sister Jean C. Peters, CSJ says in the CSJ Newsline "I do not suggest that hard work has no place in our lives, but it cannot have the only place. A sense of leisure and a spirit of play need space in us as well".
花一些時間去考慮、評估我們做出的選擇是很重要的，因爲這樣我們纔有時間去工作，娛樂，才能確保我們的生活過得最充實。畢竟，我們能夠“做對”的時間是有限的。Jean C. Peters在CSJ新聞縱橫上說：“雖然我不併不建議生命中不要努力工作，但是努力工作也不應該佔據生活中的唯一位置。我們也需要一點悠閒的時間，一種遊戲的精神。”
Achieve Balance
達到平衡
How do we achieve balance in our lives? It takes planning and it takes action. A friend of mine recently downgraded her job, cut her hours (and her paycheck) so she could pick up her daughter from school several times a week. It wasn't easy, but, she set up a budget and, with planning, calculated how she could live on her reduced income.
在生活中我們怎麼才能達到平衡呢？要有計劃和行動。最近我有一位朋友，減少了自己的工作量，工作時間和薪水，爲的是每週有時間去學校接女兒放學。這是很不容易的，但是她制定了一份預算計劃，合理地分配了符合縮水後薪水的生活消費。
Flexible Work Options
靈活的工作選擇