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Originally posted by And
I feel, leads to an eventual status quo if one is successful, but then too much balance can leave you unprepared for change. If one is not successful at achieving balance, then you have a person trying hard to stabilize in the face of change, often at an extremely costly amount of effort.
Balance should be *part* of everybody's philisophy, I think, but it should also be tempered and adjusted with adaptability and growth.
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Obviously we have different ideas about what the word balance means. I believe that it is mistaken to consider balance as a state of stasis. When's the last time you saw someone walk a tightrope without moving? It is only through perfect balance that the world can be seen for what it really is. Extremes don't work in science and they don't work in life. It means being able to experience emotions to thier full extent without letting them overwhelm you. Using reason and sense to judge the world without becoming paralysed with overanalysis. It means being able to stay afloat in the swirling chaos and not spilling your drink. I could go on but I have a bed screaming my name...