I have concluded: looking for, pursuing and seeking BALANCE is a waste of time.
I've spent more time trying to do that than being present. In life. What I've found in trying to find BALANCE is I spend more time wondering/worrying if something I'm doing or not doing is the right thing. Spending time trying to find BALANCE is like standing in the middle of a teeter totter while kids, church, school, dog, neighbors, friends, family and whoever else, jump on and off of either side randomly and with varying intensity. That is not a wise place to stand, as far as I'm concerned.
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Thank you Jennifer for sharing your insight! I love the teeter totter analogy. I also love Brene Brown! I agree that balance is not the goal at all. I have been reading Jocelyn Green's "Free to Lean" which talks about God's message to us and it certainly isn't balance. It's picking up our cross and following Him wholeheartedly daily and that requires me to be all in, which usually is not "balanced" at all. Keep sharing!
ReplyDeleteStanding in the center of the teeter-totter certainly was a terrifying thrill! Glad I don't have anything to prove anymore. As you said, "...be fully present" is what God calls us to be.
ReplyDeletePaying a neighborly visit from FMF. God bless!
Ah yes the Teeter Totter! I get it. I used it too. Bless you! God must want to say something to His women.:)
ReplyDeleteYes we both heard from Him. Teeter Totter life is well all about balancing Him over instabilities that come our way. :) VISITING from FMF
ReplyDeleteThe most powerful prayers are accompanied by the most vivid profanities; this I have learned from pancreatic cancer.
ReplyDeletebalance is a First-World problem; in the bush, survival's the only thing that lets you try to do good tomorrow, and sometime's survival's ugly.
#1 at FMF this week.
https://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com/2018/12/your-dying-spouse-551-spending.html