Balance is the pinnacle point you can reach when all other aspects of your life are brought into harmony with each other. During the last few weeks we’ve discussed key tenets of life, Family & Friends, Career, and Calling. Each of those tenets fulfills certain needs we all need to live our lives to their fullest. Getting those items into balance is what serves as the figurative exclamation point for your life.
As we’ve discussed the different items, it is easy to go “all-in” on one aspect or another. As an example, as you discover your calling, the natural reaction is to want to fill each day with that while neglecting other areas of life. Certainly, for a season this may be OK, but in the long run your other areas of life will suffer.
I have a very good friend who recently retired from the military. His career was listening to directions given him by people higher up the command change. Since retiring, he has gotten involved with several different activities, items that I would define as his calling. His heart is such, that as he is discovering his calling, he wants to devote his entire self to it.
The issue he has however is his health doesn’t allow for that 24/7 devotion his mind wants to give. Last week, he had to take a step back, sit down and relax as his body took over and put a literal qua-bash on his activities. He was out of balance. In his case, due to injury sustained during combat he had limitations.
His heart was in the right place, and his eagerness to pursue a calling was correct. But because he was out of balance, other areas of his life suffered as a result. In talking with him, we agreed that during his military career, his life was also out of balance with career consuming the majority of his time. He was replacing that career component with calling instead of metering each in pursuit of balance.
As this next chapter of his life unfolds, going back to school to pursue a new degree will become his career, he knows his calling and is excited about it, he’s hard at work engaging his family and friends, some of whom he spent large blocks of time away from during his service to his Country. He understands and is committed to finding that balance, but being able to identify each individual component and then bringing an appropriate amount of each into his life is opening up the opportunity to achieve balance.
Have you found balance in your life? On one hand it sounds easy and yet on the other hand balance can be difficult to achieve. What we’ve done during the last few weeks though is present some ideas and questions that when answered honestly allow you to begin that process of bringing each aspect of your life into balance, and by doing so allowing you to live your life to its fullest.
Having a life in balance is wonderful, it is fulfilling, it is rewarding - but most importantly - it is achievable. YOU have the power to make that happen. When YOU making purposeful, intentional, deliberate choices for YOU, YOU will start to realize balance in your life. But understand, only YOU can start that process.
Are YOU ready for the challenge?
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