The True Meaning Of Balance

I have a philosophy forming that life is not only what you make of it, but it means what you make it mean -- Stay with me here.

This world and life can mean both everything and nothing at the same time.

Each thing we do has either a positive or negative effect. Our whole world is made up of opposites, magnetizing together.

It reminds me of that famous saying from Hamlet,

"to be or not to be, that is the question".

This is at the centre of our entire existence. It's this epic balance between opposing forces and we experience this every moment.

Our entire language is built on opposites, it's how we describe things. Like every molecule inside us is constantly evaluating the positive and negative around us and inside us.

We all want to be happy - but we can't know happiness without truly appreciating sadness.

We all want riches - but we can't truly appreciate riches without knowing poverty.

We all want to be knowledgeable - but we can't appreciate knowledge without understanding that we know nothing.

• We all want feel connection with other people - but we can't appreciate connection without knowing loneliness.

We all want to feel fulfilled but we can't appreciate fulfillment without absorbing our disappointment.

We have to appreciate everything.

And it's when we accept both the good and the bad, the fact that we have all the power and none of the power - that's when we begin to feel balanced and whole - when we accept and appreciate our brokenness.

Like a friend told me,

"Life is about dancing in the paradox"

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