Balancing Act

Escrito por Prophet

It is agreed that for life to remain abundant, and one’s chi to flow smoothly, one must learn to balance one’s personal energy. This is one of those “easier said than done” exercises when you consider for most of our lives were are told to deny the “evil’ within our nature’s, and to turn the other cheek when another has done us wrong. We’re instructed to leave retribution up to “karma” or “in God’s hands”; to swallow our pride, buck up, and just take it. So we do, because apparently it’s in our immediate best interest but… what happens to the balance?

Penzi holds an affinity for the quote “no good deed goes unpunished” which means no matter what good you try to do in the world, there is always the potential that we’ll suffer the adverse consequences for it later. For instance, lending money to a friend may seem like a good thing to do in the beginning, but when that friend takes your act of charity as a signal that you are their personal ATM… It doesn’t seem likes such a good thing anymore, eh?

I have been in this position way too many times to count. No, not the money situation, because I do not “lend” money, as it were. The position I speak of is being the nice, understanding, and compassionate soul who takes “the high road”, only to have the situation come back and bite me in the ass. As a result, my life has been largely unbalanced. I’ve turned the other cheek so many times I’ve dizzied myself, and had them both smacked so often I’m surprised they aren’t bigger than what they are! The most recent instance of this has possibly cost me my oldest son, and brought me to the point where “being nice” at all times just isn’t the way to go for me anymore. Got me believing less in the belief that “they will get their’s” by some random act of karma, and more in I need to start cooking up and handing out some just deserts my damn self.

But where does one draw that line? How does one know when they should flip the inner switch and shift into the realm of “nicety”, as Michel’le defined it back in the day?

I guess the way to best maintain a sense of personal balance is to realize there is no possible way you can please everyone, and there is no possible way to escape burning at least one person with your decisions, so it’s best to make the choice that best suits your agenda and keep it moving. If life is about balance, then there has to be equal parts “bad” and “good” in the way one deals with people. The labels “good” and “bad” are pretty much subject to interpretation anyway so… *shrug*

I guess I said all of the above to say those “turn the other cheek” sermons are now lost on me. The considerations that I held for others are less than they used to be because I found more often than not, when I played the nice role and sacrificed my own desires for what has been termed “the greater good”, I was left lacking and unbalanced. This is not to say I’m going to go around being unjustly evil towards people just for shits and giggles. But this is to say that there will be a less “kinder and gentler” me from here on out, because I’m done waiting on karma to do the work I should be doing up front.

Be Blessed and Be Light…

Dr. Victorine

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