Equilibrium take Three
There is often much talk about finding a balanced life today. Like we should be able to navigate through the roughest weather with the grace of a fearless and experienced captain…like no wave should ever knock us off our feet…like we can have it all ~ if only we try enough. It can be easy to make equilibrium seem like an ideal we all have to strive for and achieve. But perhaps every day isn’t just your best life ever…or where all your dreams come true…or like sailing on a chocolate river in the Willie Wonka factory. In fact, I wonder, if in trying to always look like we are calm, cool, collected, and in control might be the source of some of our disequilibrium? If sometimes the waves that crash down on us are caused because we are trying to project to the world that nothing knocks us down? Maybe the swirling, sloshing seas have something to teach and tell us that smooth sailing won’t be able to ever convey? Or as the African proverb suggests, "Calm seas do not make s