This life is a series of acts, and we are the players. The greatest art is life with a sense of balance. Life is much more satisfying with that balance. Have you ever had the chance to eat a lot of ice cream, so much that you got sick? That’s one way to be out of balance.
There is no map given out at birth for success. We float along as individuals stars in a universe of stars, living by trial and error, bettering our lot or bumping into unseen barriers. By having the means to pay attention to the sense of balance, much more can be enjoyed in this life, at no cost to others, only mutual benefits. I speak of this personally, after finding my own balance.
Life is a process of paying attention to “the drift”. When a ship crosses unknown seas, the wind and currents work to push it off course. This is “the drift”. Paying attention will discover, correct and prevent it. This is part of the process of a life created, not only survived.
Find great mentors who have mapped the pitfalls path and can lead the way to prevail. These deep relationships must be nurtured, adjusted, and refined. The rewards are greater than money.
The individual ego blindly spins in its own world. Nothing else gets in its way. How do we regulate this human condition that can spin into megalomania? One man in the mid Twentieth Century turned his own country to ruin in the quest to dominate the whole world. He destroyed tens of MILLIONS of people. All of this by one man’s demented desires. One man.
There is a word in the Native American Hopi language, Koyaanisqatsi, which roughly translated means “Life out of Balance”. This also is a 1983 film by Godfrey Reggio about the seeming condition we have of life out of balance. It is a worthy artistic film to rent on Netflix.
A personal relationship with yourself and those who form your world is blessed and harmonious. The rewards of joy, love, and deeply peaceful life are more than can be seen from floating along in the drift. Enjoy the dance with balance.