Lately, I've been hearing a lot about balance. Whether it's in a song or a poem or an idea, the topic of balance has become intricately linked to that of peace and harmony. And that makes sense: Peace is a product of balance. But it's not as easy as it sounds.
I couldn't help but think about balance while reading the article "The Joy of Quiet" by Pico Iyer. That seems to be the idea behind what Pico and his friends are doing when they leave their cellphones at home and escape for days at a time to a secluded, wood area where there is no service, no reception, no Internet connection. Maybe that's the problem. Maybe there is just a fundamental lack of balance on this planet.
Just think about it. If one person can apply the practice of balance to her life and reap the benefits from that, then why wouldn't that work on a global level? Sure, access to all the information I could ever imagine is pretty great stuff. But so is staring up at a sky filled with so many stars that you can't even count them all. And I wouldn't necessarily trade one for the other. I'd just like to learn the art of balance.
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