Mental
and Physical
There
are many expressions involving the word “balance”:
- To balance something against something else (to judge or weigh one thing against the other)
- To balance something with something else (a very hot drink with some ice cubes or hot chocolate with ice cream)
- To balance the accounts (either in book keeping terms or figuratively to get even)
- To catch someone off balance
- The balance of power
- Off balance
- Balance out
- Balancing (or juggling) act
- Strike a balance
And
I’m sure there are many more.
When
it comes to astrological signs I always thought that those sharing the balance
sign were level-headed, balanced out, in balance, but many of these people
themselves have informed me that no, it really means that they are either up or
down and very rarely “in balance”.
Personally
I have been lucky in that my temperament is rather balanced, I don’t experience
many extreme highs or lows. My mental balance is good (o.k. friends you can
stop laughing, the fact that I at times do the unexpected or act goofy has
nothing to do with the mind – just my character and so much more fun than
“being an adult”).
My
physical balance however, has had problems in the past… half of that due to the
fact that my head (or at least eyes) seem to always be in the stars instead of
on the rocks in the path, the uneven streets or those vicious sidewalks and
curbs. 2014 was a very good year in that I did not once sprain an ankle! And actually, my physical balance isn’t that
bad given that 99 out of 100 times even if I do trip, I managed to catch myself
so rarely end up on the ground – or when I do, it is mostly graceful enough
that I don’t hurt myself: I fall well.
But
yesterday thanks to a friend's e-mail (bless you E!) I discovered true balance.
All
credit to the “artist and magician” that is Michael Grab:
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