Too much! Too less!

Too much! Too less!

(A Call For Balance)

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.

---John Locke

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.

---Brian Tracy

Every time i start to write to you, there is one thing my inner mind quickly tells me, you are the writer but the first reader of this piece, let this speak to you because you are a citizen of the world here and you do not belong to the outer space. There and then i start to examine my life and i can see clearly my challenges in life, which other people too are struggling with, this enables me to have a better connection with you, a straight from mind to mind  relation.

In the short but eventful time I have spent on Earth, I realized the biggest challenge of man is maintaining balance in every parts of their life. The situation has always been one side glowing and the other side(s) stays dull, one part flourishing and the other part(s) is suffering,  and a substantial fraction of our life flows and the other fraction(s) stay stagnant and it tend to die out and stink. We may enjoy glory that comes from the successes of the areas of our life that we give our energy to, but we should not forget the pain that comes from failures we experience from the area of our life that we pay less attention to.

To be financially secured, emotionally buoyant, spiritually conscious, mentally sound, physically healthy, happily married, morally excellent, having a good relationship with family and friends, and many more, is very sweet thing to a man’s heart when all in all possessed. I bet, this is the heart desire of every man, but people lose hope of having it all, after been battered by the forces of life in their pursuit for all-round happiness. The conclusion many jump to, is that, there is no one that can live a perfectly balance life, yet, there are people who have been here, i mean they came, they saw and they conquered, and there are still people who are enjoying this balanced life now, though they might be few of the populations of the world.

When you look around the world, you will see many great men, past and present, i mean great in the course they chose, great musicians, great politicians, great leaders of great nations, great business men, great authors, great scientist, great philosophers and the list are endless, who have trashes in one area of their life, that remains pain in their heart, but rather than eliminating it, they use their greatness in the area of life we recognize them for as an umbrella to cover their shame and continue to boast of everything been fine with them, even though, they continue to die in silence. This is the picture we all get and we believe if it is fine with him/her, there is nothing wrong with me joining the train and the trend continues for generation. This mindset has pushed the society to degrade in what should be portrayed as the formula for life. The lives of most people in the front line of affairs of the world do not showcase the picture of a balanced life, but because they are role models and mentors to some people, they sweep the old and young people of their feet and everyone follow the train.

I have read before that ‘Satan does not need to deceive us, he just need to keep us busy’, we are all drowned in busyness, only few have been able to keep their head up and swim out of this pool that wants the ideal plan of God for man to be abolished. People are so busy using all their energy to drive one particular area of their life to stardom and leaving the other parts of their life to wallow in boredom. For many who forgets that they are an amazing being, multi-existing in one entity, that requires to feed every areas of their life and never starve any part, the crazy desire to be the best in one thing, automatically makes them worst in other areas of life they pay little or no attention to.

Too much, too less leads to the unwanted in man’s life, that’s why a call for balance is drastically needed in your life and our society at large. It is a good thing to use everything God gives you to get to the peak of your career but should never involve doing immoral things, it is important that you work hard and work smart to have food on your table and other good basic things of life you desire because the saying that ‘there is no food for a lazy man’ is no overstatement, yet, your work shouldn't be a visa to breaking down your health, it’s also very important to keep network of friends and colleagues in your field of career and in other things you do, still, your family, most importantly your spouse and kids must be specially given time to and catered for, it is very important to be mentally sound by making sure you read so much to have a rich mind but it shouldn't deprive you of enjoying life and having fun. The moment you begin to see yourself as a tree with branches having leaves and the leaves must neither wither nor the branches broken, that is the day you find true meaning to the life you are here for.

The moment your choices, values, decisions and actions starts to give regard to every areas of your life, that is beginning of your fulfillment, operation at peak performance and actualization of the life indeed God designed for man. I have a short list of things that I think every man should observe to have balanced fulfilling life, and they are as below:

    Pray and revive your spiritual life.

    Eat good foods and exercise moderately.

    Read books to enrich your mind and be creative.

    Build networks of responsible friends at work places, religious meeting places, conferences, academic institution, relaxation centers and anywhere and invest wisely in your relationships.

    Give time for your spouse and children, and care for them.

    Show love and respect to your parents and extended family.

    Contribute to the society and impact humanity.

    Treat Yourself right and have fun (All work and no play makes you dull).

You can add to it, the pages are still blank for you to enter every other ones that comes to your mind, I bet, if you can try to take note of all these and do all you can to feed them all, you will be happier than ever.

I believe you can claim a life that awaits your acceptance, the life of all-round happiness and fulfillment. I see a better you and a man that lives a balanced life. Stay positive and remain the master of your situation, you are blessed!

God Loves ♥ You

Ogundipe Clement Shola

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