I like this quote from Peter Walsh
"A compartmentalized life doesn't work for most of us. Home, family, love, work, food, activity, hobbies, rest - if one element is out of whack, everything suffers. Your life should be balanced. It should be a productive life, a social life, a spiritual life, a life where you give and receive love. As I hope I've made clear, I believe that home is the best place to start making changes that reverberate across all parts of the balance life. I want you to look at all aspects of your life."
I would love this quote however I needed to get past a few words.
It's a wonderful quote and if you like it and can handle all the shoulds and even if you can't handle all the shoulds, you will enjoy one of his books "Does this clutter make my butt look fat?"
I read this book. I have no idea really even how it came to be part of my collection but it did. I was making decisions about books to part with and since I had the opportunity to meet Peter in person and see him speak, I thought, "this one I'll read". I'm glad I did.
I wasn't necessarily looking to lose weight, not weight necessarily in the physical sense but maybe in the mental sense.
I got past the wording that had to do with anything about losing weight, shoulds and balance. I benefited as a result and so has my waste line.
See the message here is more than the title suggests.
Should's I don't like them.
Again getting past the word "should"
gave me the opportunity
to see the quote
and get what I really needed from it.
The "qoute" shows how interconnected what goes on in our lives is. Home, Family, Love, Work, Food, Activity, Hobbies, Rest are all connected. The better the connection you have between all of these at the levels that are optimal for you, the happier you are.
Working too hard = not happy.
Not sleeping = not happy.
Not resting = not happy.
Not eating well = not happy.
Not giving and receiving love,
in the way that's optimal for you = not happy.
Happy people have lives that they view as productive, they have the optimal amount social and spiritual in their lives for them.Happy people will have an increase in balance between productivity, social interaction, spirituality, rest, nourishment, special interests and work, for them.
It does not mean that each part carries an absolute equal weighting.
As pictured when you see a scale with two sides, one going up or down depending on whether or not the weight is heavier on the other side. The goal is not to make all parts equal. The only review board there is - is you. That's my dilemma with the word balance, as a word, it can be misleading.
What is an optimal balance for you?
