Balance and Peace

“Understand the difference between balance and peace.” They are not the same thing.

Some would say that if they have everything in balance in their life, then they are automatically at peace. But is that true? When you think of balance, you likely think of attributing the appropriate amount of time or energy to the various aspects that you consider important to you/your life. When you think of peace, you likely think of clarity, calmness, and an overall feeling of rightness with your whole being. You can achieve balance without peace, but can you achieve peace without balance? Are you playing the balancing game because you feel you have to or because it gives you short-term satisfaction or a temporary fix (or, shall I say, “control”)? You may be able to achieve balance through control, but you will not be able to achieve peace through control. So, you need to ask yourself the big question…Do you want balance, or do you want peace?

Are you in balance?

Are you at peace?

Are you neither or are you both?