Comments on: Balance Is A Choice

By: This Eclectic Life » Gentle Rebellion–Finding Balance–A Group Writing Project

Tue, 20 May 2008 10:59:12 +0000

[...] The results (though not many) are posted here. But, what I’ve really learned about balance, I discovered while dancing. Share and Enjoy: [...]

By: kacey

kacey — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:32:01 +0000

Choices we make. Choices that are made for us. Balance. I’m not sure how we get that. I do know that I’ve really learned how to say no, and mean it. That has helped. I think really hard before investing my time in something. But it does still all seem like a giant balancing act sometimes. There is so much out there that I want to try and explore and do. Only so much time.

If you ever do find out the answer to balance, make sure to share it with us!!

By: Results from the Finding Balance Group Writing Project } Group Writing Projects

Results from the Finding Balance Group Writing Project } Group Writing Projects — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:22:39 +0000

[...] act of life is something we all need to manage. The food for thought was nice but unfortunately, Shelly didn’t get the advice she was hoping [...]

By: This Eclectic Life » Update on the Fundraising

This Eclectic Life » Update on the Fundraising — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:24:13 +0000

[...] the camp. I had originally intended to beg and plead until time for camp, but I’m trying to get my life in better balance. As I “re-arrange my plate,” this fund drive is one of the things I have to put back on [...]

By: Jeni Hill Ertmer

Jeni Hill Ertmer — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:47:57 +0000

Oh, that big dirty word -”Choice.” How I hate it!
Undecided, now that’s my forte. See a shirt I like in several colors, not enough money (or room at home) for all the pretty shades and I can’t make up my mind which to buy. My daughter and I go to a church dinner with the two little ones and she asks “Where do you want to sit?” I can’t answer because it makes no difference to me, overall, so I cop out and tell her, “Anywhere you want is fine with me.” But she wants me to make the decision and gets mad if I won’t, so finally I choose a table. This time it was a good choice since our table ended up being selected to go through the buffet line FIRST! Balance, choices, decisions -all things I do poorly with, dislike immensely most of the time. Probably because my life is, at this stage, still overloaded due to many poor choices made years earlier that can no longer be rectified, just deal with the consequences today.
And yet, strangely enough, I am now more content, overall, with my life than I have been since I was a child, totally unaware for the most part, of all the pitfalls ahead. Now, balance for me means I woke up today, was able to walk relatively pain free (compared to many, it would be considered TOTALLY painfree), and I am no longer worrying about the mundane choices in life any longer. Just want to keep my family -kids, grandkids -as close to my heart as possible for as long as I can. Probably makes no sense to ramble about this but it’s the way I feel these days about what is important, what is at a lower level, and enjoying whatever I can to the max.

Jeni Hill Ertmers last blog post..Dancing The Night Away!

By: Marcia

Marcia — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:40:26 +0000

Practical or not, that buffet table is going to miss you! Flippancy aside, there were a few times I filled my plate so full, I actually got sick and was forced to slow down and scrape a few things into the waste bin. Choices of any kind, especially when they are all good, are one of the hardest things to face for me – but you will succeed.

Marcias last blog post..A Quickie

By: Jessica The Rock Chick

Jessica The Rock Chick — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:40:38 +0000

Hey Shelly–

I have to say I am guilty of not entering your writing project. It’s not that I didn’t want to, I did and I even tried to write about it, but truth be told, I am as unbalanced as you are, I think!!! I have no words of wisdom as sometimes I feel like I’m hanging off a cliff by my already bitten off fingernails!

We both suffer from Do Gooder Syndrome, too. It’s hard for me to step back when I see something I can help with or needs help, even if I don’t really have the time to do it.

All I can say is that no matter what, you have to hang in there. You never know what the future will bring!

I hope you’re having a very Happy Mother’s Day! You completely deserve it and you’re in my thoughts!

Jessica The Rock Chicks last blog post..You Are My Sunshine