I really like this post. I like the idea of flowing through life NOW instead of wanting perfection later.Everything is always changing but right now is always the same and constant. If you can tap into the NOW I think good things will come naturally. I think real balance comes down to integrity and following your passions or what excites you. Because you naturally are in alignment with your core beingingness. Check this video out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB-NLlwzfOM , may shed some light on that last idea I mentioned. And I think it def pertains to balance in one way or another..

c u soon bro,

super amped for the posters, btw, I absolutely feel we can improve lives

much love

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self-congruence is def a part of it. thanks for pointing it out and reminding me that such terms exist (used to use words like ‘congruent’ all the time )

Really like the way you put that. that balance is related to how you see things. such a great way of thinking about it. kind of like a see-saw (inspired by suzanne’s comment above ) where you’re constantly running backwards and forwards but where the balance is determined by the direction of gravity. if that makes any sense at all

glad you enjoyed!!

keep well and thanks for stopping by Charles!!
alex

always love reading your comments. so deep and honest and… uncensored always make me smile a big crazy person type smile.

really like the way you put it. verb instead of a noun. such a great way of putting it.

lisis is the bowss. and yeah, really liked the way she put it too

def think it’s about seesaw motion. another nice way of putting it i like the seesaw motion too.

thanks for stopping by. check back soon
keep well suzanne
alex

glad the point resonated and managed to hop over everyone’s language hangups (mine included )

it’s inside lingo kinda like gang-slang is used to stop the cops from picking up on what’s going on… haha, well, okay. nothing that james bond. we just have our own language because it makes us excited. it makes me excited about life. it makes everything cooler

it’s not under 25 language, it’s cool language

you don’t have to use big words just because you’re old(er) people think that the older they get, the more rigid and pompous they must be. load of sheyeeet.

no such thing as the ‘right lingo’. it’s right if you like it. if it makes you feel good. sure, understandable helps but duddn’t have to be

keep well stephen. and in touch.
alex

thanks for the tweet btw. caught on like hot new trend. 8 RTs!!

For example, in blogging, on one extreme is the view that you need to very interesting and run the risk of forgetting to care about your readers, and on the other extreme is the view that you need to be interested and forgot to blog about yourself.

Balance is avoiding both extremes and staying in the middle path.

But I really like how you put this article together. Harmony with self, as I would put it, is something that I try to achieve.

Thanks for the article!

This is a great post to remind us that balance is better used as a verb and not a noun. As Lisis put it so well, “…recognize the moments when you need to make minor adjustments…and then take the appropriate action. Not too much, or too little, and only when completely necessary.”

I know a true definition of balance is the moment when all is working together and nothing is moving. However, I think of balance as the small adjustments I make to keep the scales from leaning too far. In fact, I like the small seesaw motion I feel as I am balancing the opposites and much prefer that to a fear of moving anyway whatsoever, as it will upset that perfect balance.

And, even though I stress moving forward at TCOYou.com, I do understand the importance of looking back and appreciating our past now & again. We can’t change the past and we don’t have control over the future, so, doing so keeps the scale more evenly balanced and we can appreciate the moment for the present that it is.

Having said that I love your way with words, except when you comment on your friends’ articles because I don’t understand what the hell you are talking about. That’s when you must switch to the under 25 language. My daughter is 24, I guess I can get her to translate.

“Either you struggle to stay balanced on the continuously moving tight-rope of life, or you move with the tight-rope, with the flow of life. Yielding and adapting, living from moment to moment, tapping into the flow and harmony of life.”

If I knew the right lingo I would use it. But since I don’t I’ll go with something simple. Amen!

ah. the trusty soapbox

glad you enjoyed it and will use it in the future.

glad you like the design too made it to learn how to make it – to learn css and html – and i wanted something fresh… so glad it has that impression!

you’ll enjoy what’s coming next. stay subscribed

keep well man
alex