The art of balancing

Balance. At the equilibrium of your experience, there exists the perfect mix of elements - the concoction of your optimal self.

The elements are derived from different areas of life that make up who you are (what you’re made of). Relationships, community, health, work, passions, time spent - the mix evolves over time, and you’re in charge of managing it.

If you focus too much on any one area, you become off-balance with one or more of the others and thus are not at your equilibrium. And it doesn’t feel right. And you know it doesn’t.

That equilibrium is a moving target. You may feel perfectly balanced one moment - for just a moment - only for the wind to change and have you lose it again. It becomes a difficult, elegant dance that you need to try and learn the steps to.

That said, it’s not so bad to be off-balance from time-to-time, and to learn the process for regaining your footing. It’s good practice, along with “tuning your radio” like we talked about last time.

Just don’t tip to far in any one direction. Always be listening, become a fluid dancer. Be ready to improvise.

You’ll start to feel like you’re in that equilibrium pocket more and more often. Things will make more sense. Your relationships will improve. You’ll feel healthier. Your time will be well spent. You will learn to love the art of balancing more than the feeling of being balanced. That’s what it’s all about.

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Related Poetry

Balance

From Air & Water: A ThoughPose Poetry Collection | 7/8/2018

Back and forth along the keel
Stacking up chips,
Selling them for cash
An equipoise, this act
A dance against stillness
All for the chance of it

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State

From Air & Water: A ThoughPose Poetry Collection | 7/22/2018

Rhythmic seasons
A gentle fall
Into sure carriage
Light patterns
Well-nigh rest
A balance in being
My stead

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