We need balance between work and play. We need balance between giving and receiving. We need balance in thought and feelings. We need balance in caring for our physical self and our spiritual self.
A balanced life has harmony between a professional life and a personal life. There may be times when we need to climb mountains at work. There may be times when we put extra energy into our relationships. But the overall picture needs to balance.
Just as a balanced nutritional diet takes into account the realm of our nutritional needs to stay healthy, a balanced life takes into account all our needs: our need for friends, work, love, family, play, private time, recovery time, and spiritual time - time with God. If we get out of balance, our inner voice will tell us. We need to listen.
Today, I will examine my life to see if the scales have swung too far in any area or not far enough in some. I will work toward achieving balance.
From The Language of Letting Go
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
I hate the word Balance!! It eludes me like the fly in my kitchen that I can't seem to swat, though it dances and buzzes right around my head.
But truth be told, Balance is something God is forcing into my life right now, and I am so grateful for it. You see, I am the most INTENSE person I know. I run and run and run until I burn out everything in me, and then I crumble into a fragile pile of ashes on the floor.
God has tailored my current experiences in such a way though, that I HAVE TO take it easy. My new job is so incredibly intense. It is long and exhausting (and wonderful), but it is a place where I am burning up mental and physical and spiritual fuel like a 2-stack Mac truck. But you see, God has seen fit that I found a job with 2 days on, 1 day OFF. Then 1 1/2 days on, 2 days OFF. HE is the one who designed this just for me, because if it were left to me, I would have signed on full-time in a heartbeat. But HE, knowing my weaknesses, put this into play so that He could take care of me the way I can't take care of myself.
So, though I still know absolutely NOTHING of "balance", despite years and years of AA and therapists telling me this is what I need to find, GOD has plopped a situation full of opportunity for balance, right at my feet. God again puts into play in my life what I can't. I really need the down-time for my recovery. Now I have it.
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~~"It's hard to be hateful when you're grateful."~~
