Life Balance

I am wondering about this thing called life balance. What is it? What is balance?

If I listen to the exercise guru's I need 1 hour a day to physical exercise; the sleep doctors tell me I need at least 8 hours a night; a job tells me I need to put in 50 hours a week - if I am going to keep a job and plan on doing well; then there is family, spouse, church, social activities, etc, etc, etc...

I read somewhere this past week that if we take a real hard look at all the modern conveniences that are supposed to make our life easier and more "in balance," their cost drives us to have to work more. The harder I work, the more conveniences I NEED in order to survive the demands of life, therefore the more money I need to try and keep everything else in balance...so, I put in 60 hours or take another job - and the cycle continues.

Jesus washed peoples feet...he didn't pay for them to have a manicure. Maybe all these conveniences are really stealing away our freedom and balance.

If I am feeling environmentally friendly, I buy the latest energy saving vehicle, but pay twice the cost of a non-energy saving vehicle and therefore I have to drive it three times further to actually get the money back.

I don't have the answer, but somewhere in this whole mess it seems that a priority system has gone haywire..."I wish I had an app for that"...so I could quickly bring everything back into balance...and there we go again - what is being in balance?

The "Jones" (no intent to list anyone I actually know) seem to be in balance, maybe I should do what they do. But, the "Smiths" seem in balance too. In America, don't I have a "right" to everything - especially balance with a retirement fund?

I know, too deep to really have an answer in one blog. But I write because somewhere I believe we are in this human condition together...yet we try to solve all our issues individually.

Jesus fed over 5000 with a meal for one, but it wasn't smoked salmon or even McDonalds - I wonder how hungry we have to be to accept what we can do together?

Food for thought - what do you think?