If anyone knows the original source of this, please let me know so I can link to it.
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends and spirit … and you’re keeping all of these 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 evenshattered. 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 you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
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.
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 to each together.
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be pave.
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find time. 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, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savoured each step of the way…
–Brian G. Dyson
President and CEO, Coca-Cola Enterprises during his speech at the Georgia Tech 172nd Commencement Address Sept. 6, 1996
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This speech is amazing. I love how your blog is so minimalist also. Very nice.
A good message to us in our lifes!
The words of Mr. Dyson sums up the true meaning of life. These words means a lot to the people who are in the mad race of proving their professional might forgetting their loved ones waiting down in the drawing rooms back at home to listen to the doorbell of the son/ husband/ father/ mother.
I was also doing the same mistake. Remember, you are blessed with a beautiful family. Don’t take it for granted.
Before becoming a role model for the outside world, try to be a hero of your family.
Thanks Brian, thank you very much.
Oh, that’s are good words, but there is no end.
I read the speech in 2008. I was given it by my professor. I kept the paper but I lost it =( and have just found here~ thank you~
I remember the last part of the speech:
“….Yesterday is History,
Tomorrow is a Mystery,
Today is a gift,
that’s why we call it Present”
ohh its really awesome…..vry practical……vry vry true…. thanx a lot for sharing……..
Life is the reflection of everyone’s action. i think that so far Dyson told about about life is completely a summary of life itself. do your duty as best as you can do for your life to make the upcoming days relaxed. Family ties and values are breaking down because of over materialistic and departing from the main stream of God’s regulation. If we try to maintain every relation to keep it as in a safe place where we will clean its dart then we will have a good life. Because life does not have any rewind button.
This speach is vry useful to our life nd motivated……….. amazing……………
It’s very good specth
These are not just words spoken by Brian Dyson, if you were ever around him, you would see these are words he lived by.
i love it totally changed my outlook on life. Great Man
Amazing . . . ! ! ! :)
Its too good to miss..all of us should remember and value the valuables…as family..freinds..spirit …these are our roots. if we cut the root we cant survive and the entier tree will die.so nothing will be left as career or work life.
Great, Awesome no more words on the thinking of this person
It is true. but>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Mind Blowing Message…So Inspired.
Dear sir,
The speech is very important to my carrier.
Its very helpful for my life.
Udaya
We all are agreed with Brain words,but need to act in our lives. Its way to success.. share with friends as much as possible.
speech in 1996
Patterson book 2001
hmmmmm
Wo…w..! i guess no being should remain the same after such an insight.
This is the thing..that we all should understand.
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Great and nice words but wish that each reader convey these messages to others for learning some new!
Not sure that it can be originally from ‘Suzanne’s Diary to Nicholas’. That book was published in 2001. Bryan Dyson’s speech was made in 1996.
The speech by Bryan was given in 1996 whereas the book “Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas” by James Patterson was published in 2001 , so James has used Bryan’s speech in his novel and not vice versa
I read some where on the internet that the initial sentences are from
“Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas” A 2001 novel by James Patterson
The speech is a beautiful piece of literature but I slightly differ with it . In fact , the present day social life is much dependent on economy of a person which is generated by rubber ball and rest of the four balls almost totally depend on it. If a person has no job , no money , he may not be accepted as a respectable family member even in his own house . However, we need to develop a balance among all the five balls as only a juggler who keeps all the balls juggling in the air in a circus is considered to be a successful one. Let ‘s be realistic as philosophy can not fill the stomach of a hungry child crying for the food.
Muhammad Iqbal Anjum
Assistant Professor of Communication studies
GC University , Lahore , Pakistan.
Very inspiring but not by Bryan Dyson as blissfu1ness says above.
From the book:
“Suzanne’s Diary to Nicholas” by James Patterson
this is realy worthy and will definitely change my thinking..
Imran Ullah
Great saying but a man needs to focus on thisssssssssssss
Good one!
This was originally said by James Patterson in a book “Suzanne’s Diary to Nicholas”.
Brian Dyson died in 1994, Suzanne’s Diary to Nicholas was published in 2001. How could he have gotten that from James Patterson when the book came out 7 years after Brian died?
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!! A fact that we tend to forget most of the time, in the rat race that we are in.
Yes Yes its True. This is our Lifes
Excellent speech , its fantastic and each an every words of the speech has got a broad valuable meaning .
i am a looser that i cannt meet and listen other speech from the person like him.
i really admire him.
santnau dash
Manager Human Resource
BISWA
ORISSA
INDIA
Just Close your eyes & think for a while ,
Its true – true – true —
But……….
If everyone could feel the meanings of this wondeful speech.
ALL OF US will be happy as long as we leave.
people read those words daily but do they realy understand their meaning? when god molded the world into what it is nw he said man shall control all thats on it but in this life time everything has been reversed, the world controls us
These are best words. If we can give them a chance our lives will turn for the better.
For middle class and middle age Indians this is the way of life.
The delivery is great and practical.It touches the core of mankind which is the spirit.When the spirit is at peace man will realise the worth of living this life.
this is now my mantra
Above speech is really practical, for current life people has to understand above points mentioned by CEO of Coca-Cola
A good message.
The Speech Helps to Our Lifes
I like the Idea of Setting your Goals not what other people think is Important, We are all told by the Guru’s that we must do this or that but the most Important thing in Achieving a Goal is that we have to know what is best ourselves and not be told by others that only this works.
Above speech is realy good for our lifes
i like it!!! it’s really true!!!
THERE IS NO SUCH FORMULA TO MAKE LIFE GREAT OR HAPPY. EVERYBODY HAVE HIS OR HER OWN WAY OF LIVING LIFE, THERE IS NO HARD&FAST RULE FOR A BETTER OR GOOD LIFE. I THINK ONE SHOULD BE CONTENDED WITH THE LIFE IN THE WAY HE IS LIVING HIS LIFE.EVERYBODY HAVE INDIVIDUAL OPINIONS ABOUT LIFE .ONE SHOULD LIVE LIFE FOR HIMSELF FORGET SOCIETY.TO HELL WITH ANY OTHER SOCIAL BARRIERS WE HAVE GOT ONE LIFE LIVE IT FULLEST STOP SACRIFICING FOR OTHERS .B COS ZINDAGI NAHI MILEGI DOBARA