Quotes About Balance

We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.

When we deny the spiritual dimension to our existence, we end up living like animals. And when we deny the physical, sexual dimension to our existence, we end up living like angels. And both ways are destructive, because God made us human.

When you're a kid, I think you want to be a film star. And I'm not as enamoured with that any more. The reality of that life is a lot of travel, and a lot of being away, which is impractical because I have four children, so I don't want to be away that much, not the other side of the world away.

I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive.

All right, but if anything happens, I will take Jean. You take Tumen." Fitzwilliam tapped the pommel of his sword. "And Arabella gets the cat," jack said, adding, " hardly a fair fight...poor Bell!

I know we're meant to be these hard-headed, money-obsessed professionals but we're still little boys at heart. Just ask our wives.

I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things.

Extreme emotion destroys wealth. Anything that you are infatuated with, or resent, rules you. If you get elated or depressed, the emotions rule you. It's smart to have strategies that override extreme emotions. Money is made, grown and given from strategies, not emotions. Many people will tell you that the purpose of life is happiness, but in the extreme, happiness is an emotion and will cost you money. Polarized emotions, at either extreme, cost you money.

When you feel confident in using the breath support, you can experiment with letting go of the support and just resting. In this way, you can try alternating between using the breath support and resting, and notice how this feels.

As Iggy later recalled, in a typical week they'd spend two days drunk, two days nursing their hangovers, and three days straight—"which is a pretty good balance for musicians.

Specialists are the animals that remind us what an incredible fluke it is that our world exists at all; that the temperature is what it is, that the air we breathe is 21 percent oxygen. They remind us how much damage even the smallest changes to that system can cause and they show us how badly we're screwing things up.

Never concentrating so hard than when manoeuvring a full cup of tea whilst lying down.

Deciding to spice up the morning by filling the kettle slightly past the recommended level, then thinking better of it.

Memories - you can't escape them, but you can't let them rule you either.

They don't have to choose either/or. They can have their cake and mutilate it too.

I offer you a fable for our times... A magic box sits in your pocket with all the knowledge and music and entertainment of the world contained within it. If you opened this box and looked down into it... ...How could you ever possibly look up again? - Larry Ferrell (Unfollow)

Too often we focus more on the nice house than the happy family living in it.

We cannot create joy and fulfillment by subtracting complexity and stress from our lives

Breaking Free Activity #34 Are there any areas in your personal relationships in which you avoid setting appropriate boundaries? Do you: •?Tolerate intolerable behavior. •?Avoid dealing with a situation because it might cause conflict. •?Not ask for what you want. •?Sacrifice yourself to keep the peace. If you applied the Second Date rule or the Healthy Male rule to these situations, how might you change your behavior?

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

The message is unmistakable; our own healing proceeds from that overlap of what we call good and evil, light and dark. It is not that the light element alone does the healing; the place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise. This middle place is a mandorla.

It is perhaps this human tendency to see everything as "good" or "bad" that creates the greatest obstacle to accepting and utilizing our varied inner personalities.