You can’t always be perfectly balanced; it’s just the goal.
When was the last time you went to a playground and sat on the teeter-totter (aka seesaw or tilting board depending on where you live)?
If you try to do it alone, you’re stuck in one place. If you have a friend, a partner, there is at least some momentum. Sometimes up. Sometimes down. Sometimes you are perfectly balanced with your feet floating off the ground, eye to eye with your partner. This takes balance and concentration, both mental and physical, to reach this place. It’s exhilarating but then someone laughs or loses their concentration or shifts their weight and you’re back to the up and down.
Is it better to up or down? When you’re up you have a wider, more expansive, view but what seems like less or even no control. When you are down, your view may be narrowed and you may not see as much but you are grounded. Your feet are firmly planted even if just for a moment and you have the opportunity to stay where you are or to change and move forward (or up as the case may be). Sometimes you’re in control; sometimes you’re not and sometimes you’re in perfect balance.
As Eckhart Tolle wrote, Whenever you deeply accept this moment as it is, no matter what form it takes, you are still, you are at peace.
Stress Relieving Tip: Head to the playground for some fun and play. A trip to the playground is a great way to not take your self so seriously, to let go for just a moment. Can you release rigidity and control for a few minutes and play? Have some fun on that teeter-totter and maybe you’ll even get some insights in to where you are in the seesaw of life.
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