Tip the Scale and Balance

What is the first image that comes to your mind when you hear the word balance? Okay, you probably have one now but hold that a few seconds longer.

One of the recent themes recurring in my life is this idea of balance. The tarot card reading mentioned it, it was sort of discussed last Saturday at my long overdue birthday dinner and my DVD experience last night also devoted some time to it. I guess it’s time for me to think about what it means to live a balanced life.

Now let’s go back to our little exercise. If you thought of 50-50 or balance scales or anything depicting equilibrium then we’re probably the same wavelength. (Although not sure if that’s good or bad for you. Haha.)

However, from my recent musings, I have realized that balance does not necessarily translate to 50-50 or even 25-25-25-25. Matter of fact, It seldom does. We may devote more time for family, work or even ourselves and we could still be living a balanced life.

Balance varies for everyone. It may be 20% work -70% self – 10% family for you and 80% work-20% family for me and all the other possible combinations for everyone. But as long as we all feel the tranquility and contentment that comes with living our own supposed balanced life, then it does not matter what combination it takes to achieve it. The end definitely justify the means in this situation. We define our own balance.

Thus, I’d like you to reflect on your concept of balance and observe if you’re living it out. If not, seek to adjust accordingly. Remember that balance or stability has always come out of chaos and instability. Nobody lives and perceives that s/he lives a balanced life without the struggle of constant adjustment. Besides, the contentment that comes along is so much worth all of it.

A brief reminder before I end. Remember though that we constantly change and that the balance we need today may not be the balance we need tomorrow. Thus, we should always reflect on our own lives, our happiness and the balance that we constantly seek and try to live out.

it starts with you tipping the scale in favor of you living your own version of a balanced life.