I think all of your observations about balance are on target, Mr. G. I was thinking about the subject recently re: me. My life is not very balanced at all at the moment due to increased (annoying) work responsibilities and some good (young grandkids) and bad (declining parents) family issues. Furthermore, I'm traveling much more than usual for both work and family. I've not exercised as much as I'd like and not done any of my favorite creative pursuits for months. Being this off-kilter would have been devastating 3 years ago. Today, while I'm not wild about being pushed and pulled and not having much vaunted "me time", I'm handling it. It used to be that when I was under this kind of totally unbalanced stress, I just went for the liquid escape. So, I'm aware of the situation I'm in (and am trying to restore a little balance) but I'm really happy in that I'm no longer breaking under external pressure that I can't control. Time AF restores balance and makes us more able to handle perturbations. Win-win!
PS Your recent reflections have given me much to think about - thanks for putting them out here :hug:.
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