Balanced Living…
Is your life in balance?
How many balls are you juggling at one time?
Have you dropped any lately?
I love to juggle! I’ve got a dozen important balls in the air most of the time. However, when I drop balls, I don’t love juggling at all.
One day, I realized not all 12 of those balls represents an important piece of what makes me feel whole. I started to think about who or what got to be a ball in my juggling act. I needed to concentrate on one at a time – even if it was just for a split second – and the other balls needed to be able to continue the act without my full attention, knowing they were still an indispensable piece of who I want to be.
I picked categories and gave each ball a color:
I could pick many more but I am happy, fulfilled and blessed with these five categories. In fact, five categories are really all I can manage well – even though I keep trying to add more to the mix. I know that when I drop one, I need to pick that one off the ground, apologize to the people affected, and start over juggling my five indispensable colors.
It’s really just a choice. How many balls can you juggle and stay in balance? Do you recognize when you add a new color to the mix? Do you know the priority of the new one? When you inevitably drop a ball, you’ll know which ones to pick up again and which ones to say “I’ll keep practicing. For now, this is the best juggler I can be. I’ll get back to you as soon as I improve my game.”
Thanks for your comment! Simple illustrations are always clarifying for me. Glad it was for you as well.
– Joanne
Thank you so much for this post. It puts visuals to something I have been trying to articulate for this season! Thanks again