There’s a tricky balance to find
Between making the most of each day
And taking care of your needs, acknowledging your limitations
Between living each day as if it was your last, savouring every last drop with vim and vigour
And taking care of your body and mind, acknowledging your need for rest and
processing, allowing for cycles of activity and rest
Between wild in the moment fun,
And careful future planning,
Between enjoying yourself with abandon,
And managing your energy,
Between commitment to the moment, full engagement with the current reality,
And awareness that it will pass
Between the boundless possibilities of your imagination, of the world,
And the limits of your human body,
Between what you want,
And what you need,
Between what you want to give to others,
And what resources you have available (energy, money, time, priorities, commitments, inclination, abilities…),
Between what others want from you,
And what you are willing and able to give,
Between resting enough,
And not disappearing – remaining yourself, remaining here,
Between doing enough,
And not burning out – leaving breathing space, yet having things to leave breathing space between
Between giving enough,
And keeping your cup from emptying – contributing to the wider world, but not at too great a cost to the part of it that is you
Between having enough,
And keeping your plate from breaking – you can have too much or too little of a good thing
Between what you must do to play the human world’s games, be part of it all,
And what you need to do for the survival of body, mind, soul,
Between the needs of your soul,
And the needs and limits of your body,
Between what you want for yourself,
And what you are currently able to do.
It’s a tricky balance to find, to explore, to keep, and to dance with (in chaos or in stillness).
Finding ways to make the most of each day, without burning yourself out
To give to others, without emptying your resources too far
To have fun, in ways/amounts that don’t exhaust you too much
To allow time for the rest you need, and also punctuate that with happenings
To play the social world’s games and be part of it, and also be true to yourself
To ‘yes’ and to ‘no’, to ‘maybe’ and to ‘don’t know’
To now, and tomorrow, and reflect and plan, and go for the moment
It’s a tricky balance to find.
we have fallen into the place where everything is music - rumi 