Monday, February 22, 2010

Balance


A friend sent me this today:
The process of living, for each of us, is pretty similar. For every gain there is a setback. For every success, a failure. For every moment of joy, a time of sadness. For every hope realized, one is dashed.
--Sue Atchley Ebaugh
I think this quote pretty much sums up life's balance. When one thing goes well, something else won't. Triumphs are tempered by failures. Life isn't always a bed of roses (but you should enjoy it when it is).

5 comments:

  1. Thank you....I have had many setbacks.....seems I have a lot to learn...but now,...just for now, my life is very good...blessed, really. Balance is a very good thing.

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  2. Very yin yang, and so true. Loved the pictured you paired with the quote. I needed some blue today...very gray here today.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  3. In the last book I read it talked about needed challenges so that we know what we don't want. When you think about it - it's true. We need to have the bad to know the good. And you're so right - enjoy the good!

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  4. I've read something very similar before but it had each phrase end with the positive...for example...'for every hope that is dashed, one is realized'.

    very nice...and beautiful picture to go with!

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  5. Emom-Good for you! Unfortunately I find myself relearning the same lessons over and over. I'm confident someday I'll get it.

    Maggie's Garden-Thanks. I do like the picture. It was a Microsoft clip art.

    Nancy-"challenges so that we know what we don't want". I like that!

    Betsy-

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