Balance

I have been obsessed with balance since I took my first steps as a bi-ped. As a musician I seek tonal balance. As an artist I seek it in color, value, and space. My athlete looks for it within my training. As a swimmer, cyclist, and runner my physical balance is a must. Nutritional balance can not be sacrificed. My body, mind, and spirit must be balanced.

Sometime balance is missing and I crash. Sometimes my checkbook looks like a drunk navigating his way down Coventry at 3am. My social life suffers greatly due to my commitments and goals. I find it hard to offer myself without restriction and limit. I am kind of busy.
Sometimes my mood leans to far toward the dark. Sometimes I am little to excited. It is wonderful to be happy, but sometimes you need time to reflect, mourn and cry.

Our economy is out of balance. We have so much wealth shared amongst so few. The rest of us suffer uncertainty and many suffer dire poverty. Our output of waste is ridiculously out of whack. You think history would have taught us something by now. Our world needs balance!As I near the midpoint of my life(That is assuming I live to 80) I seek balance. The more I learn, the less I know. As my fitness increases, I realize how limited I am. The wisdom age has granted me is equaled by the foolishness of this confidence.

I know the only way to grasp the present is to let go of the past. The only way to prepare for the future is by focusing on the now. The point that is central to my world begins within me. I must remain centered in order to reach outside of myself. The world around me can not regain balance until I am able.

Finding balance as an athlete/musician/worker/uncle/friend/brother/son is often a struggle. Some areas go ignored from time to time. I apologies for that. I try. It is not easy. I am always amazed by those that handle this so well. They are rare masters. I am not. But it remains my central goal.

Anyhow, stay balanced, were all depending on it.