Balance

The best way to sound really smart is to begin with a definition.

Balance - the power or ability to decide an outcome by throwing one's strength, influence, support, or the like, to one side or the other.

Whether we're finding our balance, losing our balance, keeping our balance or taking someone else's balance... the "ability to decide an outcome" somehow feels just slightly beyond our ability.

And yet, with all of our inbalances, we push on. Maybe it's the genetic code inside all of us that tells us to push on. Or some primordial instinct that gives us strength despite ourselves. Or maybe... just maybe, deep down, we know that we do have the strength and the power. It just takes a while to admit it to ourselves - because then we're responsible for our own outcomes.

Henry Ford said, "Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right." Talk about balance, he stabilized the entire automotive industry!

In the end, we all have to face ourselves and the choices we've made. It's much better to stop now and empower yourself, to know that we alone have the power of our own stability. Our balance starts with the unfettered believe that balance is our natural state.

If you don't believe me, just stand up.