Finding your balance in life is like riding a see saw

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Can you visualize a see-saw on the playground? This is a wonderful toy that teaches cooperation and team work. It consists of a recreational unit in which two people sit at either end of a bar or a plank balanced in the middle and take turns riding up in the air. The movement of up and down or back and forth had a rhythm that is expected to change as the rider alternate positions of up and down.

I remember yelling "I see you" on the way up and "I saw you" on the way down. Depending on the weight and intensity of the cousin on the other end, I was usually on the way up or dropped down hard when whoever was on the other end jumped off suddenly.

To be absolutely balanced and in synch is exhausting and not really that much fun. It is simply too hard to stay absolutely in balance. That is a rigid stance. Bounce-back people are more flexible and adaptable to the balls and bumps and full plates of life.

A more realistic goal is to recognize that sometimes you will be up and sometimes you will be down.
The real enjoyment comes from the bounce up and the bounce down - as long as it is not too far up or too far down. Too far up and you fly off and can get hurt. Too far down and you land with a thud and have to use a lot of leverage to get the seesaw moving again.

The idea of being in rhythm rather than in absolute balance allows for shifts to happen without your being knocked on your fanny. It is an ongoing dance of the environment, the other person and our ability to adapt to how high to push and when to just go along for the ride.
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