Balance (noun) – an even distribution of weight enabling SOMEONE or something to remain upright and steady.

It is my belief that a modern life revolves or should revolve around achieving a balance of the three components of everyday life. Work, Family, Oneself. A balance of work, family, and oneself is what we all desire but struggle to prioritize.  The benefits of the balancing of these three components of life are obvious yet we fail to work to maintain daily balance.  We allow ourselves to ignore the notices of imbalance that we receive from our workmates, from our peers, from our family, and from our body itself.  We choose imbalance over balance each day by making the choice to allow one component of life to dominate the others.  Our choice creates stress for all three and therefore we experience all three in their state of less than optimal performance.  A life lived or a life somewhat lived is the question we should ask ourselves throughout the day.  Balance is as much an attitude as it is a measure and throughout the day and after each day we should reflect on each day to determine balance.  To reflect and balance we should do the following;

Evaluate your reality,

Evaluate the level of truth you are accepting,

Evaluate your reality,

adjust.

Repeat as necessary.

Ernest G. Barela

16-July-2107