Building a Personal Pyramid Based on Balance

I continue to explore concepts and ideas during everyday life. One concept that I have started to understand better this year is the idea of balance between physical, mental and spiritual aspects of life. For most of my life I have focused on mental and spiritual and paid grudging attention to physical portions of my life. Due to changes and events over the last few years I have been examining my choices and coming to understand that there must be balance between the three aspects in order to achieve the maximum capability possible in any one area.

Yet, I have also decided that building a balance in order to achieve maximum capability in one area should also not be the focus. The focus should be on building balance for the sake of balance. The goal is to recognize my full capabilities of what I can do and the limits for what I may want to do.  And while some may say there are no limits, there are limits for the flesh we wear in this life. I cannot stay awake for 24 hours, 7 days a week and work at full capacity with full mental and physical abilities ready to use. I have been reminded of this in the last few weeks as I have worked with my family to get our house ready to sell. I have been proud that I can do more than I might have thought possible a few years ago, especially in the area of physical, such as moving furniture and boxes around, cleaning, etc. But I have not been able to do all that I want which is frustrating for many reasons. I had wanted to complete the work two weeks ago but ran into physical limitations of how much I could accomplish while also working. I also ran into mental limitations in not assessing all of the tasks and making a better plan for completion.

And spiritual has suffered because I don’t like to take a break in order to meet a goal that I had set for myself. In the end, the work is getting done and I have been pleased with many of the things I have been able to do. I also see that I need more work. But one goal was achieved that I had set before this started. I was interested in building up a better connection to the physical world in order to provide a stronger platform for mental and spiritual building. I had expected to start exercising more, instead I have been very involved with the physical world of moving things around, planning work and then bringing order back into my family’s world. I have also seen that balance for the pyramid needs to be for it’s own sake and not just for the sake of another ability. All need to be respected for their contribution to my life and what I do. Without that respect than my work will always fall a little short because I have neglected the balance.

I also need to recognize the need to relax and take time off, without guilt, so that I get the rest I need. It is part of the maintenance and a reminder that there is joy in this world. In other words, I need to not take things quite so seriously and relax a bit. Which I will do after we finish with cleaning things up and start actually showing our house. 🙂 To whoever reads this, may you find the balance and recognition of the importance of all things in your life, not just the things you are extra good at.