Auto-balancing
Life is an auto-balancing act in itself. That should explain why there will be days we are happy, there will be days we are sad. There will be days we are sharp, there will be days we are sloppy.
Depression is actually a message in itself. It is the stage that warns us that our life is already imbalanced and something drastic needs to be done. The same goes with being constantly restless, burned or stressed out. It is the alarm clock that tells us that changes need to be done.
The problem for most of us however is instead of taking action, we go deeper and deeper into funk until we’ve lost our way in the wilderness.
Ever encountered wherein a check-up or a personal emergency coincides with an important deadline task in the office? A parents-teachers meeting in school falling on the same date with an important client call? Then you start asking “why of all the time now?” Actually there’s no such a thing as coincidence. God is straightening your priorities in life and if you would just allow Him to guide you through instead of taking matters into your own hands you’ll end up ok. So many tough choices to make everyday. An important meeting versus your son’s graduation.
One of the nicest thing about being connected to God is that you’ll be amazed how everything just fits into the picture and everything falling into place. The timing is perfect, a parking slot becomes available, your doctor’s other patients listed their names then went out for lunch leaving you next in line. Why am I mentioning these occurrences? Because they all happened to me.
Time can only occupy one task. The choice is yours to make. Staying at home with your family might make you quite unpopular with your night-outing friends, but makes you a better father, husband or son/daughter. On the other way around, hanging out with your friends can make you extremely “in” with your friends but makes a neglecting father, husband or son/daughter. It’s all up to you. The same goes with work vs. personal time (family). Either you become an ideal employee, be a workaholic, then just go home and treat it as sort of a boarding house or be an average employee but have the time for friends, family, family and spiritual life. There is no wrong choice here. But when you are doing something that is contradicting to what your heart wants, that’s where problem starts. It is when you force to put a round golf ball into a square peg that stress begins to build up.
So when you fall into a bind again, stop berating the situation. Instead take time to sit down and evaluate your position. Again neither is wrong as long as it jives with what’s in your heart. God is always working on balancing your life. Notice they who are the happiest are those who live a balanced life. A time for everything. A time to work, a time to play, a time for family and friends and a time to pray. A time to cry, a time to laugh, a time to be happy and a time to be sad. And let’s not forget, a time to reflect about your life.
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