Balance

Everything in this world seems to exist in a balance.

Old sayings like 'What goes around comes around' being revisited by Mr SexyBack. In different languages 'buat baik dibalas baik' and '有 来 有 去'.

To everyday sayings such as 'Big boobs, no brain' and 'Head big no brains, big brains filled with grass'. The fact that such comparisons have survived the times and are still being used everywhere to describe almost everyone without losing its cool factor or meaning, must mean something right?

It seems like balance is the central theme to most things in life.

After a closer analysis, I came up with a theory:-

Balance ---> Equal ---> Equality ---> Fairness

So, the world is just being fair to everyone :-)

Take these few common examples which involves the stereotyping of one's personality through their jobs or roles.

Deejays are supposedly hidden behind the microphone cos having been granted a lovely voice, they lack in the looks department.

Trophy wives! How did this descriptive term even come about, I wonder?
Derek Zoolander the very very very good looking male model of the year?

The development of this theme in everything cannot be a coincidence! To add credibility to it, let us explore the academic field.

In science, chemistry equations are balanced.
In mathematics, algebraic equations always require balancing.
In economics, a nation's income balances its expenditure.
In accounting, there is even the almight BALANCE SHEET which if the final figures do not BALANCE out, you are in deep SHIT!

In fact this theme is evolving and being adapted to newer concepts such as the otaku-gamer concept where quoting Prof. WooHsian means, "when there is some game involving two teams, where one team is clearly stronger than the other, then the players will tend to say "imba" so that the game is more fun". Imba is an abbreviation for imbalance. So the second modernization trait here is this abbreviated usage of the word, similar to how 'cellphones' are called 'cells' and curse words are getting shorter and shorter. But despite the modernized application, the central meaning remains the same - fairness. As depicted in that valuable explanation - if the other team that geng, how to win, you tell me la!

So like it or not, balance is really the central theme to most things in life. And believe it or not, it is also the single most difficult thing to achieve.

A balanced meal. A healthy work-life balance. A balanced cardio and resistance training. A balanced in nature vs. urban.

How many out of those few listed there have you achieved?

Making myself the research subject here:-

A balanced meal - Despite how much I try to, the publicized evilness of carbs and fats, the lack of time for preparation, temptations of fast food here and there - weakens my dear soul. *Burps out an air of McFlurry*

A healthy work-life balance - A rating of 7/10? -3 for the disorganization and extreme swings from dirt-low-laziness to trance(!!)-assignment-mode.

A balanced cardio vs resistance training - It is ady a call for celebration if I dragged myself to gym and an event worthy for champagne-toasting if I work out seriously in the gym. But these days, mostly cardio - to lose some inches from the waist.

A balance in nature vs. urban - While I enjoy both of them, these days we can hardly escape the urban. I'd say 80% of my time is spent in the urban landscape while 20% I try to make it as close to nature as possible. But still with my handphone though. Sigh.

The conclusion here is: A balance is really hard to strike in life. Maybe we try too hard, or maybe we don't try hard enough. Maybe we will fail, or maybe we will succeed.

You see parents overlooking their own child's positive traits cos of their over-emphasis on academic results. The over-clearance of forests and animal habitats to support urbanization and selfish ambitions. The blind love of parents spoiling their own children. Human greed leading to over-spending and debts. And maybe, natural disasters punishing the irresponsibility of humans?

In today's world where things are being taken granted for, luxury and wealth often blinds, selfishness dominate intentions and actions, and countless other regretable habits which developed and is hard to eradicate - where is the balance?

Surely, there are those out there who are trying hard to help, to reach out, to educate other to contribute and to commit themselves to the good of the world. But, try imagining this portion of the world and the other portion of the world as being on a weighting scale. How does the picture look?

Look at the universe we are in. The Earth is located precisely in balance with the Sun, the moon and every other planet - rotating serenely along the delicate balanced orbit that gave us life. This makes me realize we are really a small part of this amazing miracle. Small, imperfect or maybe negligible. But nevertheless, to be blessed to be part of this miracle, perhaps we should learn from it and contribute more to restoring this form of balance we need.

I started using enviromental bags for shopping and managed to accidentally used only one plastic bag for groceries :-) I hope the scale tilted a bit towards the good.