Going around WP in my catch ups I was interested in seeing how many times the word Balance was used, It inspired the topic for the this post.
Some WP friends are learning how to balance their lives with illness, while others are balancing their work and home life with their blogging world.
Sometimes its a juggling act, as we try to pull everything together, its no wonder at times we trip up and loose our balance and can feel overwhelmed.
I am sure we have all had that feeling being ‘out of balance’ when we are out of sync with life and instinctively know that if we do not get back on track,the scales will tip either one way or the other.. I have been there more than once.. We get to feel those warning signs, as our emotions well up and the small things in life seem to expand into huge mountains that were once only mole hills..
Achieving balance requires that you assess what is important to you, each of us need to determine where we are on those scales,. as we juggle our pieces of our life’s puzzle to make sense of where we are. Our modern day life styles can often push us to our limits as we walk our life’s path.
Every day we make choices, which affectively bring the different aspects of our being together to form the person that we are today. You know when you are in Balance, for all flows and seems to slot into place..
Only You can determine what balance means to you..
To me.. I am at last balancing what is most important to me.. I am starting to see that in order to feel in balance, I need to to stop stepping on each side of the scales, trying to bring others into balance…The only scales I can control is the one I stand on.. my own centre..
For one who is empathic, it can be hard to detach, as we see the injustices in our world, but then am I not being judgmental in my own assessment upon my half of the scales.. For to experience this life at all, we need the opposites in order for there to be any middle ground..
Is life not showing us at this present moment the opposites as we see the the neglect, the suffering, the horrors. Is life then not giving us the opportunity to balance the scales, so we can show more compassion and care as we learn to share and give, instead of taking and greed.
Can we bring back the Balance?
It maybe up to us to shift the balance of the scales, as we each find our own equilibrium. I hope as we each learn to stand in our centres, that we also help to bring the world back into balance, For I truly believe the world often mirrors our internal turmoil’s..
Have you found yourself balancing life’s scales recently? And How have you found your centre?
Love and Blessings
Sue
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:21:05
A fine post that not only illustrates the great importance of ‘balance’ in our own life but through out the world. Thank you Sue for bringing to the foreground these necessities for happiness. hugs, Eddie
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:22:10
And I thank you also Eddie for all you share to show us we need Balance in ALL things.. Blessings my good friend 🙂
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:21:52
Beautiful writing as always dear Sue …thank you for touching my center with goodness and inspiration ….hugs and love , megxxx
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:24:00
And I am so pleased Meg that my post touched you, Many thanks for stopping by.. I still have many to catch up on and hope to be by soon.. 🙂 Hugs and Love returned xx
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:22:17
I’ve learned to view swinging wildly from one side to the other, when done properly, can even out and make you think…
‘balanced’ – – – 😀
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:26:04
Yes. the point of swinging means you experience the Highs and the lows, but we always return to the centre as we stop in the centre of ‘Gravity’… Maybe we are all on the swing waiting for it to even out 🙂
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:24:34
I need more work/ play balance. Thanks for the reminder Sue. 🙂
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:26:42
Can not fault that Brad… 🙂 😀
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May 28, 2015 @ 22:41:02
🙂
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:24:51
thank you. blessings to you
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:27:11
Das ist schön. L.G. Wolfgang
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:28:30
Danke Wolfgang.. Many thanks..
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:30:12
A lovely, perceptive and adroit article Sue, for which many thanks.
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.” – Thomas Merton
Hariod ❤
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:32:41
Hariod ❤ thank you, I love how you can just conjure just the right quote that fits so perfectly.. Always lovely to have your wisdom here Hariod ❤
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May 29, 2015 @ 15:36:19
Oh, what a perfect quote from Hariod! Perfectly balancing your post, Sue!
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May 29, 2015 @ 16:28:35
Thank you Paul Hariods comments are always a pleasure.. as are yours 🙂
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:33:32
I am glad you received inspiration as you made the WP rounds. Also pleased to see you are reaching a different understanding about changing “the world”. I am also shifting my perceptions, yet again. Have you listened to Matt Kahn? He really does a fine job describing how self love and self care actually changes to worldly or planetary or even universal divine conditions. I see his style as refreshing and new, unlike what I have been exposed to before. Just a suggestion, you will find your own way.
Thanks for another timely and beautiful message. xoxoxo Linda
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:42:25
I did listen to his words Linda.. A message I have long believed in, but putting it into practice has for me over the years been difficult to achieve However I believe we are all shifting our awareness into our centres as we explore our inner workings more again.. For me the shift was in the mid 90’s then again in another cycle.. I re read your posting of my birth chart the other day also.. And I was amazed yet again at your accuracy of reading… And have felt yet another shift within my self this week… 🙂 But I agree with you that watching his video prompted another self analysis 🙂 and Shift in my thinking.. I am happy you enjoyed the post Linda.. and hope you continue to grow within the flow of Health and Happiness. ❤ xxx Love and Hugs .. Sue
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:50:29
It really helps that we are in this together Sue. I was not aware that you checked out Matt’s material. Happy it rang true for you. Also happy my reading makes sense for you at this juncture. Being gifted with the ability to read charts that facilitate growth in others brings me such joy and fulfillment. Learning that I need do nothing and still am worthy of unconditional love. I think this is a more complex lesson for women to learn as there are so many conditions placed on us. Yet, maybe it is not really about gender but about how easily we take to truly loving ourselves on a moment to moment basis. if you want to communicate more with about your reading, feel free to email me 😉 love, Linda
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May 28, 2015 @ 22:02:06
I will, and as for the female aspect of ourselves in this life, I am sure we have over past lives brought along many restraints we are only just now learning to let go of.. As our female selves have been conditioned throughout the centuries..
You have a wonderful gift Linda, and you should take pride in your achievements and you are Very Worthy of Unconditional Love.. Love and Blessings.. and watch out for the email during the weekend. 🙂 xxx
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May 28, 2015 @ 22:04:01
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May 28, 2015 @ 21:50:53
Surviving Paranoid Schizophrenia is about finding your centre and use it to achieve balance in your often irrational thoughts.
I can do it, I use meditation techniques a lot of the time, but it isn’t a permanent solution and some days all I want to do is stay in bed. 😦
To be honest my dreams are the only place I find inner peace, so I am reluctant to get up! 🙂
Love and sleepy hugs (It’s ‘way past my bedtime!!! 🙂
Prenin.
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May 28, 2015 @ 22:06:56
Its nearing my bedtime also Dear Prenin, and you are on my list of visits for tomorrows catch ups..
I am extremely proud of you Prenin.. From all that you have told me you have come a long long way to finding your own centre even when others have sort to unbalance you from it.. I hope your dreams are sweet ones. Sending some Hugs your way my friend.. Hugs Sue
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May 28, 2015 @ 22:13:51
Beautiful reminder for us all sue… Thanks and here’s to making it all happen… Barbara x
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May 28, 2015 @ 22:15:19
Arrh thank you Barbara, and a timely reminder too for myself to visit your blog.. which I have neglected of late.. Like Linda said we are in this together.. 🙂 happy balancing! 🙂
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May 28, 2015 @ 22:20:01
A perfect post for me to read today, Sue, as I have definitely been off ‘balance’ trying to please everyone else in my life before my own self. I have been sick for the last two weeks with work piling up and me playing ‘catch-up!’ Big changes are coming soon with me taking stock of the meaning behind your lovely words. Thank you, Dear Friend. Blessings.
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May 28, 2015 @ 22:25:18
Dearest Kim, so sorry to hear you have been out of sorts, and yes we often bend over backwards in pleasing others, and yet fail to please ourselves, I am happy my post resonated with you today, And Change is on the horizon for many right now as we take stock of ourselves..
Blessings your way and will stop by shortly to catch up again.. something we never manage to do, but we try… Love and Blessings to you and yours xxx Hugs Sue xxx
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May 28, 2015 @ 23:18:33
Oh, big hugs to you, Sue. No ‘accident’ that I read your post today…..Blessings.
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May 29, 2015 @ 09:26:11
I love when that happens.. When the ‘Universe’ speaks 😀 ❤
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May 29, 2015 @ 18:05:18
Yes, Heaven has a way of opening a door when the time is right. 🙂
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May 28, 2015 @ 23:06:16
Beautiful, Sue, and a perfect image to complement the theme of your post. A good reminder, too, that ‘balance’ may mean something different to each of us, and we all know when we are, or are not, feeling it! xoxo Jamie
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May 29, 2015 @ 09:25:41
Many thanks Jamie, yes what works for one may not work for another so Balance is different for us all.. Lovely to have your own ‘balanced’ views here on my post Jamie.. 🙂 Thank you xx
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May 28, 2015 @ 23:35:26
Finding balance in relationships has been a theme for me in the past year. How to find the middle ground between co-dependence and independence? How to make a relationship with myself and with others (without giving all my power away).
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May 29, 2015 @ 09:36:16
Yes its hard at times Monika I agree, I think learning to make a relationship with one’s self many often overlook.. As we go around trying to please others,and balance our relationships, so in essence, yes we give our ‘Energy’/power away…
But when we are truly balanced then our balance of power should come from our heart, so we would then not feel obliged to give our power away, or resent others taking it.. 🙂 it opens up a whole new way of looking at it.. For then we would just be who we are, and BE what we are, without those feelings of withholding our power or feeling others were taking it.. But our emotional bodies cause us to hold onto past conditioning, and hold opinions, which then bring us to judge.. Complex.. 😀
Which when you boil it all down, then brings it all back to the point of LOVE.. And if we unconditionally love ourselves and others it then in my mind theoretically becomes a state of BEing.. which is what we all are striving to find, yet the conditioning of how we think and perceive ourselves and others gets in the way.. I would love your feedback on this idea Monika .. ❤ Sue
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May 29, 2015 @ 00:26:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YewVugPHon4 Thank you.
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May 29, 2015 @ 09:41:00
Bless you Superduque, Yes Its a Miracle, and Dreams are made of Emotions!!… 🙂 Many thanks my friend.. 🙂 ❤ Sue
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May 29, 2015 @ 23:58:15
Sweet Sue..
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May 29, 2015 @ 01:15:56
Great post. Connecting with nature daily keeps me from submitting to the dark side 😊 xx
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May 29, 2015 @ 09:46:22
I totally agree with you about Nature Maria… 🙂 it keeps me sane also 😀 ❤
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May 29, 2015 @ 01:16:28
Balance is a tricky thing, the way we perceive it and how it changes through time. I suppose it most certainly is what we make of it. My “balance” today is quite different than that of of a few years ago; honestly, it is not that same as it was a few weeks ago.
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May 29, 2015 @ 09:53:23
I concur with that Suzie, when I look back to being a full time working Mum, and the juggling I did I wonder now how ever I did what I did. We all do what we have to and need to do.. Balancing life is a constant change.. Life is all about Change, and we learn each day to balance a new.. And I think this is why at the moment the World is stuck and struggling, because its clinging onto its past, ideals, ideas of governing and commerce.. We are all of us itching for change, chomping at the bit to be given our freedoms, our rights, and yet not really seeing in which direction we all want to gallop off to..
I have been thinking a lot lately.. ( not always a good idea lol ).. but we as a global world are not in balance, and we are seeing nations fighting for power, control, wanting their piece of the scale to fall on there sides..
And until we each sort out our selves we will keep swinging back and forth in our turmoil…
Lovely to see, you, Enjoy your weekend Suzie, Peace to you my friend xxx
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May 29, 2015 @ 02:50:31
I’ve been catching up on my reader also Sue, as well as finding Balance in my own life. I’m getting closer on both points. Trying to catch up on my reading, move furniture, pack for my eventual move to a renovated apartment, and plant herbs in pots for my window garden. Also still dealing with a computer that is acting up even after buying a new modem. I’m starting to learn to chill though, setting new priorities, and learning to rest and relax. HUGZ.
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May 29, 2015 @ 09:54:43
Good I am pleased you are learning to relax, after all you have been through Angie you deserve some peace and chill out time.. Good luck with the move.. Love to you take care, and loved that you managed to get to comment.. Hugs Sue xxx
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May 29, 2015 @ 03:43:39
Thank you, Sue for this lovely reminder. I think I am finding that the desire to sustain the balance you describe requires a certain honesty– to relate to your recent comments we shared– to admit that certain “attachments” do not need to be invested in… Sometimes the inability to find balance nudges us into not only choose what is important to us– but on occasion it may require re-defining what is important to us, which seems to be the more challenging proposition sometimes.
Clicked over to your other site. The gardens are looking great!
Michael
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May 29, 2015 @ 10:12:38
Loved your reply Michael to both this and your post which I will get to answering later today 🙂 Yes you have it, learning to re-define what is important to us… I did that last year when I decided to take early retirement, meaning I just quit my job in support work.. as I was allowing myself to get so stressed out.. With long hours and challenging behaviours. A long story.. I had to trust I was doing the right thing having no income, But I weighed up the positives, I was spending more time with my husband who had officially retired some years previously. It took some adjustment.But sometimes we need to put ourselves first.. This has always been hard for me, as I have usually put others first, and always found that little word ‘NO’ hard to say 🙂 So you are correct when you said
It did just that.. 🙂 Many thanks also for taking a look over at Dreamwalker’s Garden.. I hope to post more pictures later today of how the garden is growing .. 🙂 Sue
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May 29, 2015 @ 06:57:35
I am balancing emotions lately, and I am learning that it is perfectly okay to have many emotions at the same time. That we can be a bit sad and lost and very happy at the same time. Yesterday the weather was like that; rainy, sunny, black clouds, blue sky and then a rainbow appeared and I felt the rainbow was the soul creating a bridge connecting the emotions and showing them the way to the treasure of beauty inside them selves 🙂
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May 29, 2015 @ 10:21:21
I agree with you Trini, often we can feel guilty when we are happy when others around us are sad or suffering.. Learning that it is ok to feel a range of emotions all at the same time is something we all go through.. Like laughing through our tears.. Loved your analogy of the weather. So happy you saw rainbows… But then you spread rainbows where ever you go 🙂 you know that? well you do.. Love and Blessings to you Trini.. Have a perfect Day full of colours and rainbows.. Love Sue ❤ xxx
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May 29, 2015 @ 06:57:59
Great observation Sue on the frequent use of the word ‘Balance’. Your thoughts and examples amplify the term so well. We have a word in Hindi too – ‘Samta bhav’ or maintaining balance in our thoughts.
A simple example being if we receive good news we go overboard with joy and when the news is not good at all we despair or get into a spiral of negativity. What we need to practice is good or bad our mind must remain calm and steady. It does nor mean we must not celebrate the good news or not take suitable action on the negative news. When the mind is in balance our clarity is sharp and our decisions are qualitatively better too.
Thank you and good wishes for a lovely weekend, 🙂
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May 29, 2015 @ 10:24:33
Dear Dilip thank you for that excellent description of Samta bhav. And I wish you and yours a wonderful weekend full of Blessings…
Many thanks my friend Sue 🙂
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May 29, 2015 @ 15:15:28
Dearest Sue, as you can imagine, in our current self imposed climate of sales our balancing act has become one of prioritising and strangely enough we have had to put empathy on the shelf in place of sympathy for those who come with hopes to purchase. We can be sure that life ain’t easy and that’s for sure. Love, David
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May 29, 2015 @ 16:44:54
David my thoughts are with you, I know you have faith! And sending my thoughts that all sorts itself out… Love and Blessings David.. Sue
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May 29, 2015 @ 15:17:07
Interesting post Sue. We need the opposites to see, what is right or wrong, but I could wish, that we didn’t have so much of the negative in our world.
I try to stay positive, being non-judgemental and encouraging in my way of life.
It is not the same as being in balance, but I think it is the way to find my middle ground and learn how to stay there.
I have a long walk to get there, but I am on the right way.
❤ Irene
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May 29, 2015 @ 16:43:32
I think Irene we are only thinking the world is full of such negatives because the media is so good at showing us the negative news.. If they switched gears and showed only Good News stories, we would all be in that feel good factor zone.. But when we feel good we become stronger and think clearer .. While ever we are de-pressed we are subservient!, dumbed down and too stressed out to care!…
I am pleased you are back on your middle ground again my friend.. Its been lovely catching up with your today xxx Hugs Sue
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May 29, 2015 @ 18:14:43
This is one of the good reasons, that I have chosed not to have a television and haven’t had for many years. When I read the news online, only I deside which I wish to read.
I still try to find my middle ground.
Very nice to talk with you too Sue
❤
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May 29, 2015 @ 18:52:40
And you Irene.. x
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May 29, 2015 @ 15:17:35
Dear Sue,
Finding a balance is definitely an on-going process! I’m pretty sure for me that art needs to be part of my equation, just not sure how to fit it all in. I will say that when I communicate with people who are loving and have beautiful hearts, such as yourself, that’s a huge ‘evener’ and scale-balancer for me. It just smooths everything right out, and makes everything okay; no matter which scales seem to be tipping in my life. I feel loved and heard. I came across an interesting article that relates to your image post here; and it’s about art and how activism saved a man’s balancing art in Boulder, Co. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/boulder-cops-declare-rock-stacking-a-jailable-offense-to-stop-local-artist-who-spent-7-years-creating-sculptures/ Have a beautiful weekend. Love, Ka
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May 29, 2015 @ 16:40:28
I am sure you will fit your art in your busy life somewhere, and if it feels right allow your art to flow.. Many thanks Ka for the beautiful comment.. ‘Blush’ as I say it takes a heart to know a heart LOL ❤ I read the link, I can not believe the police in their Arrogance and Ignorance into making their 'Control' felt for someone creating art forms that disturb nobody.. I was delighted he got a personal phone call from the top powers that be saying he could continue his art form.. I bet that went down like a 'rock' lead balloon LOL with the Police dept.. 🙂
Balance Prevailed. 🙂 thank you for that share.. 🙂 .. Enjoy your weekend also.. ❤ Sue
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May 29, 2015 @ 16:51:58
Yes, Sue, and the video… watching it, and seeing his peace, splashing the water on the rocks. Seeing him in his “element” that really made me happy, you know? To me another deeply satisfied person is a blessing to witness. Glad you liked the link, and I really appreciated your post. xo Ka
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May 29, 2015 @ 16:53:48
I have his vid saved to watch later.. when I can savour the peace of his creations as it was 5 mins I thought to save it.. Can you have confirmed its a well worth watch 🙂 xxx And thank you again.. ❤
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May 29, 2015 @ 15:28:10
Like a juggler. Balacing the aspects of ones life can be challenging. For me at least with my health and trying to do all the things that make my small world pleasurable. Reading and writing blogs. Working on my novel and playing the game that helps building memory endurabnce. Then to have time for family and friends. I wake up rearing to go but my health says not today you need to rest and for me that is disappointing when I want to sit in front of the computer and work.
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May 29, 2015 @ 16:30:50
Lovely to see you hear though Kim, even though it sounds like you have had to juggle a few things… I hope you are finding renewed strength as you balance everything around recuperating. That’s the main thing that you rest and grow stronger… Love and Hugs my friend.. Take care.. Sue xx
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May 29, 2015 @ 16:35:00
I know resting is important but hard head.
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May 29, 2015 @ 16:47:08
I know,… Sometimes the head needs to take a back seat LOL… as we listen to our heart for what is good for us.. hard as that is especially when you have been active. 🙂 xxx
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May 30, 2015 @ 03:42:26
tricky but needed.
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May 30, 2015 @ 10:29:39
Indeed Elizabeth :-)… thank you 🙂
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May 30, 2015 @ 03:54:02
I like this post Sue, and when you say, “But when we are truly balanced then our balance of power should come from our heart, so we would then not feel obliged to give our power away, or resent others taking it,” I remember how working with physically and mentally disabled persons really helped me to find this balance. These people are quick to uncover your weaknesses and facades. They keep you in check. I am not so sure that all recipes for finding balance will work for everyone alike, but I do know from a Buddhist perspective that when you give up the “illusion” that there is a “remedy”, it helps. Some psychology schools say “spoil yourself”, “do everything you like”, or “live your dream”. I don’t. I believe doing things one doesn’t like first can help in finding that balance. I lean more towards “giving up” illusion, so I can be down-to-earth, so nothing takes me by surprise this way. Of course, it also comes with age.
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May 30, 2015 @ 10:34:32
Lovely reply Maria, If we do not look after ourselves as my Gran would say, how will we look after others? ..
And yes I agree with your point about energy takers… Working in support work I would constantly be aware of being drained.. but then, I too was at fault for allowing my energy to be drained.. for I knew better than most how to protect such drainage.. but sometimes our emotional bodies get the better of us as our emotional responses would allow the energy exchanges… I sometimes which we could see how we each interact and our energies exchange in constant momentum all the time… People would be astonished to see WE are indeed ENERGY BEINGS.. 🙂
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May 30, 2015 @ 13:56:55
Sue, I also think it has to do with the “anattā” (not self); coming to terms that the “self” is also an illusion. It’s such a difficult concept to grasp. Once you realize the “me” (identity) simply does not exist, it is easier to put in perspective. Finding a balance with my ego (self) is okay. The problem is when we cannot put that ego aside, and everything is about ME all the time. Realizing that the “me” or “ego” is simply our mask in life; is not even part of ourselves, just a survival instinct. Yet this “survival instinct” is not a problem with the animal kingdom, yet with humans it is. Why? That’s why coming to terms that human egos are also an illusion helps. Only those who can put the egos aside can transmit that energy, Sue.
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May 30, 2015 @ 14:14:24
Maria, brilliantly said as well as brilliantly deduced 🙂 I am smiling ever wider as your excellent description of our Ego selves is spot on… I hope other readers here read your wisdom.. 🙂 I agree its so hard to grasp but you have managed to put it so it is easier for all to understand.. 🙂 Thank you Maria 😀
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May 30, 2015 @ 15:14:37
Thanks so much Sue for understanding the way I described it. I suppose most religions also support this belief; the “self” is what hinders spiritual growth. Thanks Sue.
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May 30, 2015 @ 16:06:12
Sue it is so hard to stay balanced, and I am glad you are finding yours, in life especially when we see those close to us who are out of balance and suffering as a result and want to help. Recently there was a family emergency that dragged me emotionally over the edge as I worried for the parties involved. In the end it worked out and everyone is doing well but it was a wake up call to me to remember that the universe will right things in time and not to get so overly involved that it makes my health suffer.
This past week I filled in and puppy sat for my son so he could take a vacation. It was trying at times because there was so much I wanted to accomplish and couldn’t with the puppy. Yet today, the morning after the puppy went home, I woke to realize that not having those things on my to-do list completed was a blessing. it gave me time to heal from a cold that I believe I caught because I’d been emotionally drained from the family emergency.
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May 31, 2015 @ 13:46:23
Hi Lois.. I am sorry to hear you have been worried over family.. And trust all is now well.. Sometimes we are made to slow down.. and puppy sitting sounded to have come at just the right time..
And yes when we are stressed I often find we then allow the illnesses to creep in.. Its true what they say.. Dis-ease of Mind, leads to Disease of the Body.. 🙂
Hope you are now feeling much better… Sending thoughts and Love your way Lois.. Hugs ❤ Sue
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May 30, 2015 @ 23:37:06
Excellent post Sue 🙂 Personally having a terrible time trying to get balance into anything at the moment but that’s just me. Tired and short of patience I suspect! Balance is a very elusive quality in the meantime! 🙂 xx
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May 31, 2015 @ 13:35:25
I hope your scales soon fall into balance Wolfie.. so you howwwwwwl less, 😉 and sleep more 🙂 And can rest your head on your weary paws as you catch your breath… Sending some howls your way xxx and Hugs ❤
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May 31, 2015 @ 01:13:16
Great post Sue. Lately, I’ve felt out of balance again. Too much work. Too little fun. And every time I squeeze in some fun, I feel like I have double work to catch up on. I definitely need to balance. Right now, my workout is my luxury me time. I think I have to just accept that I’ve done the best I can and let some things go.
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May 31, 2015 @ 13:43:22
I think you are right, we often make ourselves more work just by worrying about the things we can not control as we worry about fitting everything in.. I am learning all the time to step back and let things go.. And stop worrying of the small things in life and just allow the Universe to sort it all out.. And it usually does 🙂 xx
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May 31, 2015 @ 02:20:57
A great delivery dearest Sue 💥🍒 💥🍒
You say above: “Only You can determine what balance means to you”… You are absolutely right…
I don’t know why people toss aside blogging when they feel overwhelmed.
It is not a matter of blogging or not… It is about bogging with more or less intensity… I am not about black or white when it comes to striking balance as it is probably placed in a grey spot … the golden amean as Aristotle would say…
Following these thoughts, I absolutely agree with you when you say:
“Achieving balance requires that you assess what is important to you, each of us need to determine where we are on those scales”..
Thanks for being such an inspiration to me!!!. Big hugs! Aquileana ⭐
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May 31, 2015 @ 14:08:31
Yes I know Aquileana, I know of many who have, Its much better to take a short break, and bring things into balance again.. Then hit the delete button..
Many thanks for you for your lovely contribution to this discussion.. I so appreciate your thoughts :-).. Hugs Sue xxx
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May 31, 2015 @ 12:06:36
bin wieder da, beste Grüße, Klaus
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May 31, 2015 @ 12:59:18
Danke mu friend. Genieße deinen Tag x Sue
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May 31, 2015 @ 15:58:19
ich danke dir
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May 31, 2015 @ 18:09:23
Ms. Sue looking for your Retro contribution to my blog. lol I need it for balance. 😉
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May 31, 2015 @ 20:18:13
That is certainly part of the problem isn’t it? An entire world, society by society completely akimbo. We don’t understand the mess we have made of it. As the world tips, so do we all tip.
Wonderful thoughts Sue.
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May 31, 2015 @ 21:01:26
Agreed Val.. Yes this mess is all of our own creation!… I am pleased you see the thinking of my thoughts my friend xxx ❤ Love and Hugs.. Sue
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Jun 01, 2015 @ 06:57:12
Great post Sue.
To me balance is really about being in Integrity with your own self.
I use the word Integrity here as a positive phenomenon and not really in a Normative sense viz. Good or Bad, Right or Wrong etc.So my use of Integrity has nothing to do with morality, Ethics and so on. Integrity, in my world, is really about being whole, complete, unbroken. And how does one achieve that? By allowing your word to be YOU. By honouring your word which means keeping your word and if you are not able to keep it, saying so and be willing to clear up the mess created by your not keeping your word.
So how does balance align with integrity? As we begin to honour our own word ( as per above definition), we tend to give our word on aspects to which we remain truly committed to. We allow ourselves to move away from spaces where our passion does not lie and we are trapped there only to “Look good” and “be liked”. As we move away from such inauthenticities existing in our life, we gain more and more balance.
Cheers
Shakti
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Jun 01, 2015 @ 13:27:56
What a lovely reply Shakti to my post.. I love your Ethics in Integrity..
If we all did this one thing, how much better our world would be, if we did not try to outdo one another or belittle one another as we so often see in our world as we push and shove our way through life climbing our various ladders to what we ‘Think’ is success..
Many thanks for sharing your thoughts Shakti.. And yes when we do as you say.. ”
Excellent thoughts my friend..
Blessings Sue
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Jun 02, 2015 @ 03:50:33
Oh Sue, life sure is a balancing act. Some days those scales are like eggshells; we don’t want to step too hard for fear of losing our balance and cracking.
I love this line from you, “For I truly believe the world often mirrors our internal turmoil’s.. ” I wholeheartedly believe this statement. The world is in need of some repair no doubt, and surely that reflects back on us, just as it was man’s creations that left its reflection on the world.
Peace and harmony to you my friend.
xo Deb
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Jun 02, 2015 @ 19:47:09
Yes, I think we have both done a bit of type-rope walking on eggshells in the past LOL.. I am happy this post of mine resonated, especially the Mirror line… If only we could step back and look more intently into our reflections.. Yet we are all shocked when we see the world in turmoil, and forget its we who make the communities, and it all starts with our own attitudes.. Love and Blessings.. Sue x
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Jun 02, 2015 @ 22:44:36
Like I said previously Sue, if we all could recognize and take some baby steps to make the world better, eventually we may thrive. xo 🙂
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Jun 02, 2015 @ 13:56:33
Keep Dancing Sue! 🙂 wonderful.
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Jun 02, 2015 @ 19:12:55
Thank you Richard 🙂 most kindly.. I will and I AM.
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Jun 04, 2015 @ 12:52:22
“To me.. I am at last balancing what is most important to me.. I am starting to see that in order to feel in balance, I need to to stop stepping on each side of the scales, trying to bring others into balance…The only scales I can control is the one I stand on.. my own centre..”……that is the core ..the essence isn’t it?
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Jun 04, 2015 @ 14:52:12
Lovely to see you here again Nadira.. And yes that is it exactly!.. 🙂 _/\_
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Jun 05, 2015 @ 04:09:31
Excellent post Sue, the whole subject of Balance is what forms our being, Physically Mentally and Spiritually.
In my younger days, there was no Balance, I didn’t even understand the word Scales, once I reached the scales in later life, I knew then that my future depended on my ability to Balance the scales. With Wisdom one learns to Balance the scales and not walk a tightrope on the scales.
Great thought provoking blog Sue.
All Blessings for a great weekend, public holiday here on Monday, apparently your Queen is having another birthday.
Cheers.
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Jun 06, 2015 @ 16:17:37
Thank you Ian for contributing your thoughts here.. Yes such is the energy of Youth as we will often ‘Walk the tightrope’ Its not until we see ALL things have to balance out. For what we do in the physical plane affects the Mental plane, and ultimately our Spiritual plane of existence.. All things come in cycles, such is the circle of life.. And the sooner we each come to our own centre of balance, the world will stop her wobbling of woes.. Still a long road of many upheavals my friend.. but within each step of our BEing we are creating our future outcomes within our present thoughts.. What we think, we create… I hope more people see that.. And become responsible for their thoughts and realise their choices are affecting the whole of who we are and what we will become.
Great the Queen gave you a day to celebrate Ian.. Our Bank holiday was last weekend 🙂 <3.. Love to Ana my friend Sue
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Jun 05, 2015 @ 15:55:24
I know, I know, I’m really behind, but what with phone calls, packing and a sick cat i have been sent dizzy.
Although getting to this point has been through much careful, prayerful , thought, when it came down to it, I had to find balance for me, in my life, which when you first read it, it sounds a little selfish. But I am hoping with less stress, I will have space for the other important people and things in my life.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend xxx
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Jun 06, 2015 @ 16:52:47
Beverley.. never never worry about being behind here.. I can go weeks without visiting as you well know!!.. I am sorry to hear that your cat has been ill.. no doubt if you are packing he senses something too and is unsettled..
Also its not being Selfish, putting yourself first for a change.. And you are right in finding the Balance within YOU.. and what is best for YOU.. YOU are the important one.. if you do not look after YOU who will???
I just know all of this upheaval is where you are meant to be.. and your new home is going to be so snug and perfect also.. as you meet and greet new friends..
Love to you and will be catching up over the next few days.. I am just logging in and out of WP while I am enjoying Summer.. And leaving the PC for wet days and evenings when I am less busy.. 🙂 special thoughts your way Beverley .. 🙂 Hugs Sue xx
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Jun 07, 2015 @ 02:25:23
Wonderful post, Sue! The word “balance” definitely is familiar to our family as we work on balancing our daily routines with the illness cloud looming over us as you know all about. But right now, life is good and balanced and it will soon be celebratory, too, which is exciting. I also agree with what you said about us being in control of what balance means to us individually. I could go on and on but I think I’ll end here…thanks again for the beautiful reminder to somehow find balance in all we do, in our minds and bodies, in our daily lives…many hugs, my friend..xoxo
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Jun 08, 2015 @ 19:59:18
I am happy this post resonated Lauren..Yes exciting times, and balance means many things.. I am pleased that Mind and Body are finding balance within your lives.. I know when you hold the Spirit in Balance all else follows through.. Good luck to your daughter’s Graduation Day.. Have Wonderful timexx ❤ Hugs to you x
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