Something I realised lately
Balance looks nothing like we think it does.
Balance is not perfection, it’s the opposite of perfection.
Balance is seeing ourselves in our entirety
All the things we love
All the things we hate
Acknowledging everything
Accepting everything
And getting on with making the best of what we’ve been given
Balance occurs in nature not in perfection but despite it
There are floods and droughts, fire and rain, predator eats prey. Prey eats grass from the decomposing carcasses of predators (it must be true Mufasa said it was so in the Lion King)
For every problem there is a solution and the only time the problem becomes something that needs human intervention, is when humans stuff things up in the first place with our relentless “fixer upper” way of thinking.
And I believe humans tend to cause chaos because we don’t understand the concept of balance properly.
Particularly when it comes to ourselves. We suffer from all sorts of mental dis ease (🙋♀️) trying to correct our flawed perspectives of ourselves and each other.
Balance is not perfection, it is the acknowledgement that it’s okay not to be perfect. In fact it is more natural to be imperfect. We should make the best of what we are and move on.
And then, just like nature, we drift imperfectly into alignment. At least I am finding this to be true for myself.
Header picture: a photo I took a few years ago whilst on a bike trip away at a dam near Emerald. A few days in the bush always restores my equilibrium, it is the same for many of us. Humans need a connection to nature. We are part of it. Subconsciously everything resets and restores when we are amongst it.
Also a quick one, because like anyone after a holiday – I have email and workload overwhelm today
But this is pretty special as it cemented many of the ideas that have been floating around for me lately, about what to do with those parts of us that we don’t like, but unfortunately seem to be stuck like barnacles to our souls, and therefore we must carry them with us, without becoming crushed beneath their weight.
I listened to this podcast episode on the way home yesterday
Highly recommend if, like me (and I believe we are all the same in this way) you have parts of yourself that you keep trying to play wack a mole with .
I’m sorry it doesn’t look more exciting – my embed function didn’t work. It’s not long – 30 minutes perhaps?
Have a great day, busy week this one, but I have lots to share as soon as I find five minutes to get back to my blog again.
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-life-coach-school-podcast/id870239631?i=1000602450299
