Spend a Week Focused on Beauty - The Grand Finale

FOCUS ON BEAUTY - BALANCE YOUR LIFE!

Today will be the Grand Finalie for this week spent focusing on beauty.  Specifically we will talk about living a life of balance.

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams!

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.”  Earl Nightingale

Live a Life of Balance
As you continue with letting this week be a major pattern interrupt of your focus, to focus on beauty - look carefully at your dreams.  How does beauty manifest itself in those dreams?  How could those dreams have their beauty level turned up? A long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land area as he likes, then the Emperor would give him the area of land he has covered.  Sure enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. 

He kept on riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. When he was hungry or tired, he did not stop because he wanted to cover as much area as possible.  However, he finally came to a point when he had covered such a substantial area and he was totally exhausted and was dying. 

Then he asked himself, “Why did I push myself so hard to cover so much land area?  Now I am dying and I only need a very small area to bury myself.” 

The above story is similar with the journey of our Life. We push very hard everyday to make more money, to gain power and recognition.  We neglect our health, time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love. 

One day when we look back, we will realize that we don’t really need that much, but then we cannot turn back time for what we have missed.  Life is not about making money, acquiring power or recognition.  Life is definitely not about work!  Work is only necessary to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life. 

Life is a balance of Work and Play, Family and Personal time.  You have to decide how you want to balance your Life. Define your priorities, realize what you are able to compromise but always let some of your decisions be based on your instincts.

             Life is fragile.  Life is short.  Do not take Life for granted.   

Live a balanced life style and enjoy life to its fullest before it is too late.  As you continue along the process of earning a living, don’t forget to live.

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

DAILY PRAYER  
Lord, help us maintain a balance in life, to enjoy the moments, events and activities in our life.  Let us see the beauty all around us in Your creation, in our relationships, in our roles and in our calling.  Help us to see beauty every day.  In Jesus name, Amen.