“Balance is a dynamic thing, constantly changing moment to moment within the ever-present finality of the zero-sum game of life. Balance requires a dynamic response to losing balance, to regaining balance, to trying again. Keeping one’s balance…requires effortful practice before it becomes a seemingly effortless art form. This effort is also the cost of balance. Perhaps that is why many of us end up so unbalanced in our approach to life. It just takes too much effort (and compromise) to do otherwise.”

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Thoughts on a balanced life · PsychologyToday.com · 2.23.10