{"id":491,"date":"2010-11-06T23:58:09","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T06:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/?p=491"},"modified":"2010-11-06T13:59:05","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T20:59:05","slug":"go-with-the-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/go-with-the-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"GO WITH THE FLOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you think of your life in balance, what do you imagine? Do you feel content just because responsibility and pleasure have both fallen into the same day? Personally, I like to have everything in place in my life, the easy and difficult intertwined to balance out my mind and make me feel secure. When something doesn\u2019t go as planned, it can throw the balance off and sometimes it can be hard to break the cycle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For some people, this doesn\u2019t happen very often because they just go with the tides of life. Most of the time, it\u2019s easy to go with the flow, but when there\u2019s a lack of balance in life, it can change things. When it\u2019s been a long week and something goes wrong, it\u2019s hard to not feel off balance. <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you\u2019re the most comfortable when things are going your way, then you\u2019re like most people. It\u2019s hard to let go of yourself and just let things happen as they\u2019re meant to happen. Having a balance in life is what many religions and mantras state as being one of the calmest states. It\u2019s true, though \u2013 when you feel like you\u2019re been given both challenges and freedom in succession, then you feel accomplished and peaceful at the same time. However, this balance also gives you a sense of security that you\u2019re doing fine even if everything isn\u2019t perfect. You could be stressing about your next move, but know that with the bad comes the good in an endless circle of unity. It\u2019s the security in knowing that nothing stays the same forever and that bad situations shall pass, leading into better pastures. Security is also the opposite of vulnerability, which is what happens when things feel \u201coff-balance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having equality in all areas of life is impossible most of the time. It\u2019s pretty rare when everything feels completely perfect, yet it\u2019s with the imperfections of complete balance and strives to have as much unity in your life as possible. That might mean calming yourself down when something doesn\u2019t go quite the way you planned, but assuring yourself that everything will balance out eventually. Balance doesn\u2019t necessarily have to mean security even it might make you feel secure. Life is an ever-moving sphere of changes and feeling off balance for a day or more doesn\u2019t have to be such a trial. The quote, \u201cThis too shall pass\u201d I add to that \u201cnow would be a good time\u201d.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to remember that balance is a relative idea and that whatever you consider to be \u201cstressful\u201d might not even be a cause for concern. By realizing that balance is all in your mind, then you can truly come to realize what real unity and peace is.\u00a0 Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you think of your life in balance, what do you imagine? Do you feel content just because responsibility and pleasure have both fallen into the same day? Personally, I like to have everything in place in my life, the easy and difficult intertwined to balance out my mind and make me feel secure. 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