Do in everything in moderation when it comes to making decisions about how to spend your time and your life ... do you agree ? No i dont agree , while yes the wisdom rings true that too much of anything is detrimental , in that we have allowed a means of leisure which we initially may have held control over ( we can stop when we choose ) to become an obsession which calls the shots and we are powerless to resist , at the expense of everything else in lives ( health , relationships ect ) as time is finite for everyone it follows that time should be properly managed / balanced in dedication working towards career and life goals , having fun , relationships ect but the term everything is an umbrella or one size fits all , if you will and moderation a holding back ( itself a conscious awareness that we can give more but are afraid of the unknown and content ourselves in playing it safe to achieve a result that is known / predictable . Yes , There are times when it makes sense to hold back ( driving 90 mph on a city street ) but there are just as many times when holding back hurts ourselves friends family for example when we love ... it is with all ... not a half or quarter of heart and soul ... for if we loved with less we would neither be able to enjoy build relationships into there most fully realized beautiful meanings nor appreciate what we had when its gone Or when we have to fight for it ect . When we dont grow ... when we dont exceed ourselves we stagnate and everyone not just us suffers for everything we do or dont do has an impact on society as a whole as our actions and choices are all interconnected . Lets say I work for a company and give a moderate effort the company remains stable for a time but then a rival companies drive to succeed begins To threaten cost our company its financial security stability and even though i am just one part of a greater whole my moderation not to take risks or offer anything new in terms of effeciency innovation when i have ideas and know im able to give so much more That could potentially help the company grow / adapt to ever changing landscapes and yet in holding my tongue ... i hold back because the risk to gain ... seems to outweigh the risk to lose the solid ground in the short term until the doors are closed forever . This would be a worst case but the wisdom holds that we need to push ourselves if we wish to break through barriers and reach new levels of potential . In not only our professional lives but personally as well . A yoga teacher once told me it is like running When I told him i run for 40 minutes but go no further without pain ... he smiled and said you can for hours if you wish you need only run a few minutes minutes more each time pushing just a little further beyond the moment you reach the stop sign in your mind and you will go farther than your mind believes. For the irony is that when we we believe we have nothing left when we are certain that we must give up ... it is in that moment that we experience our most profound breakthroughs and learn to truly believe in ourselves and trust in the potential that we can and will achieve more only when we dare to step outside of our comfort zones and give exactly what we know we are capable of Or as Steve Prefontaine once said ... To give anything less than your best , is to sacrifice the gift :)
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 08:55:37 +0000
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