Day 11 (Monday)

Day 11 (Monday)

A balanced life is a healthy life. Sure, there’s yin and yang, but that’s not exactly what I’m talking about. At least, I don’t think I am anyway, but it’s similar. Just to throw this out there at the beginning, balance does not mean equal weighted sides/amounts/etc. Good should dominate evil to be a healthy balance. Sugars should be present but in far less proportion than other foods to be a healthy balance.

Physically speaking, you should workout your body in 2 directions equally – vertically and horizontally. You should also equally do pushing exercises and pulling exercises. You should work your upper body and lower body. You should work your front-side muscles and your back-side muscles.

You should balance exhausting/working your body with resting/refueling it.

Everything is connected in that balance. If your diet is thrown off, your body will feel the effects, affecting your energy, your mood, your decisions, and the list could go on and on. The beauty of the body and of God’s plan is that these things balance out. If you make a mistake, there’s still somewhere else to give to fix it. So sure, you could look at it as a spiraling series of changes occurring because one thing, or you could calm down and realize that if you ate those extra slices of pizza, you should just balance it by doing a few extra minutes of exercise. If you sinned, you should balance it by going to the cross and thanking God for balancing your life and for completely obliterating the scale of good and evil, of life and death!

Is your life balanced? What needs to give? Are you spending too much time working and not enough at home? Are you having enough fun? Are you having too much? Are you giving God enough?