Rhythm

How much of what you did today was for yourself, for others, for no other reason than you had to?

We all live life as jugglers. Keeping those balls in the air with appropriate rhythm of toss/catch. Like any juggler, we will have to stop or have a time when we drop one of the balls. The rhythm gets out of sequence, and then we have to restore it.

What establishes the rhythm? The beat, pace, time are all expressions of rhythm. If we are constantly juggling how do we handle things so we can find that critical rhythm in balancing life with work or school?

A great teacher advised me this on the juggling metaphor from Brian Dyson CEO of Coca Cola, that can applied to balancing life with work or school:

“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the Air.
You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. 

But the other four Balls - Family, Health, Friends and Spirit – are made of glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it.”