Life is a balance of holding on and letting go. ~Rumi
Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. ~Robert Fulghum
This is wise advice, and even though I don't draw or paint, I try to do all of the other things (I'm not a dancer, but I try!) but keeping it all in balance can be tricky. After all, I'd like to spend far more time singing and dreaming and reading and sleeping . . . and much less time commuting and working and cleaning. But life is indeed about striking a balance between "want to" and "need to" and having a good attitude about the things we need to do.
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. ~Thomas Merton
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. ~William Arthur Ward
The amazing activity of the cat is delicately balanced by his capacity for relaxation. Every household should contain a cat, not only for decorative and domestic values, but because the cat in quiescence is medicinal to irritable, tense, tortured men and women. ~William Lyon Phelps
There is something very restful and calming about having a cat . . . except when the cat races randomly through the house and up and down the stairs . . .
Your heart grows by giving out, but your mind grows by taking in; and both are necessary to a happy and balanced life of service. ~Warren W. Wiersbe
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
. . . a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance . . .
~Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4~
Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.
~Psalm 90:12~
A balanced diet is a cookie in both hands. ~Paula Deen
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Staying balanced is hard work for me. I always put off doing things I really love to do because I think of something else I need to be doing instead. Putting up laundry, pulling weeds, fixing dinner. I like the Fulghum quote. And need to try to make a little of everything happen every day. Also believe a cookie in each hand is a great sense of balance.
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