Balancing Act

I remember being in awe the first time I went to the Big Top, and saw that man suspended high on a wire, rocking back and forth, yet managing to navigate safely to other side of the tightrope. What skill! What courage! What balance!

No one wakes up with that kind of balance. It requires years of practice, mental and physical discipline, and a commitment to success. In reality, life is like that! Sadly, many never cross the high wire of the many roles we are called upon to play over a lifetime to the other side. Nor do we learn to “juggle” our commitments without dropping some of the “balls”.

Learning to balance in life also requires commitment, discipline, skill, and courage! Actualizing it may seem about as realistic as mastering the tightrope suspended way up there in the Big Top, but the reward is much more rich than the walker could ever know. More than a “wow” or a “whew”, the one who crosses this wire successfully doesn’t only make people happy for a moment. He leaves a stream people who are happy in life in his wake.

Of the many “balls” we are juggling, as we strive to achieve a healthy balance of work, friends, rest, etc. the one which we must not drop is our family. For this is the one ball we will be holding at the “end of the show”. So when it comes to our “performance” regarding the family, may it be said of each of us: What skill! What courage! What Balance!