Quotes About Balance

La fe más prometedora para el futuro podría basarse en la comprensión de que el universo entero es un sistema relacionado por leyes comunes y que no tiene sentido imponer nuestros sueños y deseos sobre la naturaleza sin tenerla en cuenta.

Esta paradoja de las expectativas en alza sugiere que mejorar la calidad de vida es una tarea inacabable.

In a really enjoyable game, the players are balanced on the fine line between boredom and anxiety. The same is true when work, or a conversation, or a relationship is going well.

How to avoid the danger of polarizing life into work that is meaningless because it is unfree, and leisure that is meaningless because it has no purpose?

This does not mean that creative persons are hyperactive, always "on," constantly churning away. In fact, they often take rests and sleep a lot. The important thing is that the energy is under their own control—it is not controlled by the calendar, the clock, an external schedule. When necessary they can focus it like a laser beam; when it is not, they immediately start recharging their batteries.

It sounds somewhat ridiculous to say that one of the problems we face at this point in history is that we haven't learned how to spend free time in a sensible way.

the secret to a happy life is to learn to get flow from as many of the things we have to do as possible.

creative people usually enjoy not only their work but also the many other activities in their lives.

The popular assumption is that no skills are involved in enjoying free time, and that anybody can do it. Yet the evidence suggests the opposite: free time is more difficult to enjoy than work.

Passive leisure becomes a problem when a person uses it as the principal-or the only-strategy to fill up free time.

Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act.

The psychic entropy peculiar to the human condition involves seeing more to do than one can actually accomplish and feeling able to accomplish more than what conditions allow.

For many women, going back to work a few months after having a baby is overwhelming and unmanageable. As strange as it may seem, things get even more difficult for a working mom after the second and third baby arrive. By that time, the romance of being a modern 'superwoman' wears off and reality sets in.

I try my best to be extremely disciplined about my diet.

Saat olla kiihkeä ja tulinen, mutta kiihkosi ja tulesi on valauduttava kiinteään, vakuuttavasti taiteelliseen muotoon, muuten se merkitsee vain sohimista. Harkinnan ja rauhan alta kuultava kiihkeys tekee voimakkaamman vaikutuksen kuin holtiton tunteittensa purkaminen

A full Reiki treatment reopens the chakras and re-balances the flow of the universal life force around the body. A person will normally need four full treatments on four consecutive days to boost the flow of Reiki energy.

Inhale deeply one more time without forcing yourself. Exhale and feel that your body and mind become very relaxed.

great machine, stripped of her last coverings, poised on the greensward

Goethe wrote, "Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least."[15] That's true in every area of life—including our relationships.

Most people see themselves as either better than they really are or worse than they really are, with an imbalanced focus on the positive or the negative. Humility means we see ourselves accurately, accept the way we have been created, and celebrate our uniqueness.

then asked why he didn't stay out longer and catch more fish. The Mexican replied that he had enough to meet his family's needs. The American then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your day?" The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, I fish a little, I play with my children, I take a siesta with my wife, I stroll into the village each evening where I sip some wine and play guitar with my amigos—so I have a full and busy life, Señor.

downs. Healthy people learn how to live with both. They enjoy the good but aren't devastated by the bad. Joy means appreciating the positive experiences in life but finding meaning in the tough times as well. It means living lightly and realistically, no matter what happens.

People can't drive you crazy if you don't give them the keys.

It's good Feng Shui.' 'What's that?' 'It's Chinese for throwing out your crap.