Balance. Juggle. Stay balanced. Juggle some more. Almost lost balance, regained it, still juggling…
Does this sound familiar to you? What if this was not just a fun show where you are watching a juggler keep their balls in the air, but a picture of your life, and therefore far more complicated than a standard five-ball cascade? What if it wasn’t just five balls in the air but 25 balls? What if the balls were all different sizes and shapes? Does that sound like a better picture of life?
Life is a juggle and balance is essential in keeping all the balls in the air. We believe that the key to achieving and maintaining balance is to keep these five balls in the proper order of priority and to choose the right “higher power”. All but one “higher power” will demand more from you and make your juggle harder. One will lighten your load and strengthen you. (More on this in the Spirit ball)
Here we have given our brief definition and explanation of each of these balls of life and tried to identify some of the smaller balls contained within each larger one. We recognize that every individual will have to define each of these balls for themselves and that each will have their own order of priority and balancing points. We hope you will find our thoughts on them helpful in forming or tweaking your own.
We have encountered some confusion in regards to this ball within our own lives and therefore found it important to give it a clear definition. We recognize that families look very different these days and would therefore encourage you to decide for yourself who is included in your immediate family and make them your second highest priority. We include extended family as part of the Friends ball.
Determining the small balls contained within this one will again need to be done on an individual basis. Ours include investing in our marriage, each of our 14 children- each needing different things at different time, schooling each of our minor children (while this year we will be more facilitators and supervisors than teachers, they are still at home needing our attention), running the house falls into this ball and with it all the smaller balls that fit in that small ball…. Yeah, this ball is quite the juggle all by itself.
