Balance

Balance: Mental steadiness or emotional stability; habit of calm behavior, judgement, etc.; inner harmony between mind, body, and soul, which allows individuals to navigate life's challenges with peace, stability, and a connection to a higher purpose or God.

I ponder frequently the concept of balance.  I try to find the Middle Passage, the Middle Way.  This all comes back to the awareness that I am more comfortable by constitution and habit to seek out the extremes of everything and when I'm in Extreme Mode I'm a highly unpredictable person.  Full acceleration or take a nap.  

In Buddhist practice the Middle Way refers to a spiritual practice that steers clear of both extreme asceticism and sensual indulgence.

Here's one of the promises found in the 12&12 that we can expect if we faithfully practice prayer and meditation.

"One of its first fruits is emotional balance."

Here are some snippets of phrases: Can we stay sober and keep emotional balance?  Throw us off balance.  Put us off balance.  Still far off balance.  Keep in emotional balance.  We will surely keep our balance.

We're thrown, tossed, knocked, shoved off balance until we get some balance and then we get to keep that balance.  See how that works?  No?  I don't get it.  Nobody does.  Don't think about it too deeply.  You  know what it feels like to whipsaw between extremes.  Now you're going to find out how peaceful it is to sit quietly in between those extremes.  It can be a little boring sometimes but it is . . .  peaceful, quiet, peaceful.