I hope you found value in taking a few days to ponder this concept of life balance. Since starting my last post ‘Is Balance Attainable’, I have become very aware of the moments in my day when I feel balanced and the ones when I do not. Balance feels like a well oiled machine where all the moving parts fit together perfectly. When life goes as planned, the way I anticipate it should go, and it meets my expectations, that’s when I feel most balanced! The best word I know to describe this feeling is harmony – the different parts of my life sing in harmony with each other and the sound is beautiful.
There is a moment when the plate spinner gets all his plates spinning with sufficient speed, a moment when he doesn’t have to attend to any of the plates, a moment of total balance and harmony…..until one of the plates begins to teeter. This is the reality of life – we can create that moment of pure harmony but it rarely lasts very long. Inevitably, some part of our life is always teetering.
Yesterday was a perfect example. I woke early in the morning feeling calm, focused and ready for an awesome day! The schedule was planned out with precision and included a few set appointments, writing time, family time, work out time and a little ‘do-nothing’ time. Life was good – until a plate started to teeter.
My first appointment ran 30 minutes longer than expected, followed by the drive home taking an extra 10 minutes due to traffic. Once home, one of my family members (his name will remain unpublished so I can’t be accused of throwing him under the bus!) misplaced something he needed, which required a search party to stop what they were doing and begin the hunt for the desired item. And if that was not enough to totally set me back, I found out at the last minute that my signature was needed on a document, which required a 15 minute drive from home, in the opposite direction from where I needed to be going.
Sometimes we can recover from a wobbling plate, other times it creates a domino effect. On this particular day, all my dominoes got knocked over! The series of wobbling plates certainly threw off the physical schedule, but more importantly, it shattered my internal balance. With the gymnast or the plate spinner, we can clearly see when there is or is not balance. However, in our day to day lives, we can’t always see the balance, instead there is a feeling inside, a feeling of harmony or disharmony.
With a deep sigh (partly defeat – partly relief), I’ve decided to abandon my search for living a balanced life. But I’m not giving up my quest for living a life of harmony, one that makes beautiful music.
So if it’s not BALANCE that brings us harmony….what is it?
The really important life questions can’t be answered without taking time to process them, understand them, and incorporate them into our lives. Keep sharing your thoughts, insights and revelations with me….and we’ll bring some sense of completion to this conversation on Friday!
with Joy & Gratitude
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