Balance
Life is kinda funny. Even if you are intending to do the right thing to the best of your ability, you can still screw shit up. It seems like unless we take time to check in and reflect on where we are, what the hell we're even trying to accomplish in the first place, and then what the hell to do about it, that we all can easily lose sight of what really matters.
I've been thinking a lot about this and here's what I've come to:
It all matters.
Every bit of it. Every single desire and drive that you have. Every need, every wish, every Dream. Every passion, every concern. Every Action. Every destination...it all matters.
I think the problem starts happening when we try to streamline and stereotype out "what" we should be thinking about and attempting to accomplish "when"...as if there is only one path to take and these specific steps must be taken. We are all trying to achieve our own inner peace...sometimes that happens in a different way then the rest of the World. So what? Who really cares? Why must everything roll one direction, and unless it follows that specific flow, it is not worth considering credible-even if the positive end result is ultimately achieved? We lower our successes by accepting the standard society forces down our throats to accept...
It's funny because us driven peeps tend to become so driven (which we often try to accomplish the "only" way we're told we can) that we end up missing out on everything else. We get hyper~focused in all the work, drama, blood, sweat, tears, reeling emotions, and chaos that it takes to often times accomplish a dream or even a job. The next thing we know, we've become miserable in what we're doing and we feel just "off." It's cuz we ARE "off." We forgot that while we are in the process of working shit out, that there needs to be room for everything else fabulous in life.
I've sat with businessmen who made multi~millions...busted their asses like I've never seen men do before...pour everything they had into their corporations, and then sit there with a big void asking "But what's it all for? In the end, what do we really have? What have we REALLY accomplished?" Being the fact I'm new to the crew and like...NOT rich at all and just beginning this "business" business, my jaw kinda just about hit the floor. I wasn't expecting that. But you know something? I'm incredibly grateful to have been apart of that conversation, because that's EXACTLY the point. Fulfilling dreams, making millions, controlling tons of WorldWide crap...it's all fine and dandy AND fantastic (I do seriously mean that, no sarcasm intended) but when there's no room for family, when there's no room for love, when there's no room for fun....something happens. The emptiness happens. That "off" feeling comes back again. When there's no room to give our Time, no room to feed the hungry, or no room to even just STOP and eat junk food while doing ABSOLUTELY nothing in front of the television set, we lose ourselves a little bit...become out of touch with reality, often.
It's because there's no balance. When there is not a well rounded, healthy approach being taken to whatever we do in Life, it just tends to bottom out at some point...maybe not financially, but definitely emotionally and spiritually. It's really tough, because we have ALL these deadlines we are supposed to keep up with, ALL these things we are expected to accomplish by certain points in Time if we are to be considered "worth our salt," but at what expense??? Life is meant to be LIVED...not trudged through, not simply conquered, not JUST A+B=C (and this is saying a LOT coming from me, as I Live my Life through Logic!!)
So the next Time you feel the need to do something of a legal/ethical nature...DO IT!! Here's the reality...we CAN'T keep up with all these expectations AND fulfill/LIVE a well~rounded Life. It's impossible...I've been trying to do it for a while now...you can't. Trust me, if you could??? I'm the asshole who works like a fucking crazy person...I wouldda FOUND that loophole by now!!! LOL!!!
Balance...the key is Balance. Just take an extra six months to fulfill your dream...to finish that deadline...whatever the fuck it is. It's only six months...if that's what allows you to be a present parent in your kids' Lives and gives you a breather now and then, then by ALL means TAKE IT!! What good are we if we are worn thin?? We can't keep up that kind of pace and CONTINUE to invent, improve, and succeed.
So hopefully that makes some sort of bloody sense...I know I'm gonna try to chill out and take everything in stride WITH Balance. We all know how successful I am at fulfilling my OWN epiphanies (LOL) but hey!!! At least I'm trying...
So LIVE, LAUGH, and LOVE...and TRY with me ;D <3
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