One summer several years ago, I was visiting my nephew and his family in California. His two-year old daughter Kyra scampered around the yard in a pink tutu and bare feet (what she called “happy feet”). Her laughter and antics enthralled me.
Several times, Kyra balanced those “happy feet” on two large boulders in the yard. The pride she felt about this accomplishment was obvious in her wide smile and her shrieks of joy.
When she stubbed her toe on the patio stones, she cried. However, because she wanted so badly to be free of shoes she resigned herself to the possibility of more scraped toes. As I watched Kyra’s agile balancing act I thought of how life is a balancing act at all stages
We balance or weigh things, one against the other, our entire life. Of course, many times we don’t even realize we are doing this until the event is over. At times we make conscious choices that put our lives out of balance—when we must reconcile our actions to the possibility of a painful outcome.
