Ah, balance. Sometimes you need it just to stay standing up, sometimes it's about keeping all of life's juggling balls up in the air at the same time. Today it's about taking deep breaths and telling myself "it's really all ok."

Control is an illusion, attachment causes suffering, and sometimes all we need is a simple reminder that life is not to be taken so seriously. Balance, for me, is about doing what I need to do to feel good about myself while enjoying the chaos that is this life.

There really is no master conductor directing the orchestra. For that matter, there's not even an orchestra. We like to believe that there's some order to things, as if there's a marching band all moving through time and space together in neat little rows. Sorry, but it's really all jazz, baby. Nothing but jazz. So love your own instrument, make your own sound, and play what feels right given what's going on around you.