Balancing Life

I have observed a lot about life and one thing that has been consistent is how life is always a balance. It's always too much of a good thing. Never have I found something that's better the more you get it.

Food is a good example. Chocolate can be good for your skin but in small doses. Alcohol and drugs have their medicinal usages but we all know how misuse of it can be dangerous. In the same way, soya is also good but too much and it becomes bad. Also, a balance diet includes various kinds of food that makes up the total nutrition needs of a human. Also, nutrients such as fat and carbo are actually good for you but only if you need it. Since most humans nowadays spend all day on chairs, that's why people tend to avoid them.

Another good example is ethics. Being humble is good but being too humble usually means you have low self-esteem which isn't good. You have to speak up to be heard but too loud and you become annoying. Actually, I'm beginning to suspect some people go over to the bad side coz doing good is actually quite hard what with trying to balance between underdoing it and overdoing it.

In fact, even the things we build are never completely perfect. They might serve a certain purpose but don't perform very well in other conditions. 4 wheel drives can handle extreme terrain but most can't go very fast. The racing cars that go faster in 1st gear than most cars can't handle even normal roads. So it's a case of ruggedness vs speed. Then in the world of F1 racing, speed rules. But you need the necessary downforce to take corners easily. But, downforce slows the car down. So it's downforce vs speed.

And so on for a lot of things. Kinda makes life difficult in a way but also very interesting. Imagine if life leaned to one side of the spectrum. Everyone would aim to be there and everything would be the same! The horror of it all!

But, life isn't like that. We all have to find a perfect balance for ourselves in everything we do. And that's what makes each of us unique. In some ways, this makes a seemingly imperfect world, seem actually quite perfect. And personally, I wouldn't have it any other way.