At the
pinnacle of a fulfilled life is not the time to consider dying.
No, it is a time to begin living, really, for the first time. Most
have the way backward. They are living first in hope of becoming
fulfilled. Until you are fulfilled you cannot live a balanced life.
First balance then live. Do not even consider how to live first.
Balance first. If not, you
will become more and more unbalanced until you finally die.
Two had drinking
problems. One quit and never drank again. The lucky one? No. Not
at all. The one who quit lived in an unbalanced state, in the dark,
for the remainder of life because he could; but he did not drink. He lived in fear and also
died in fear. The other one who did not quit is the lucky one. That
one realized that for him life as he experienced it was not worth
living and so he chose to drink on. He could not quit and bear to live stumbling around in darkness for the rest of his life. But he landed face down and was
carried to AA. There he met people who knew better than to tell him
to quit drinking because they saw themselves standing in his shoes.
Instead, they advised him to try and get balanced first. AA, you see,
is for people who cannot stop drinking. The second man did seek to be
balanced first. It worked. He never drank again; and, living in the
light he had not known, was glad about it.
Nobody can sell you a balanced life though many offer to do so. Since a balanced life is a discovery of what you have, how can anyone sell it to you? You can bet that anyone offering to sell it to you on Visa or Master card or for cash has it not themselves and is trying to pull the wool over you. No book has it. No song will give it to you. No program no mantra no chants or prayers. No wardrobe nor membership credentials. This blog has not got your balanced life either.
Once a man said of a teacher who gives his work for free that what works for my teacher does not work for me and he left his teacher and all the while his teacher had been saying to him, be who you are, you have it already in you. And the man heard, be like me. Imitate me. Sad, really.
Only you have it. Listen. Something inside calls for you to step up and receive it as your very own. Now.
