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natural system to shield us from the deadly radiation of
open space.

So, balance is all around us and is something that needs to
be considered greatly as we find our way on this earth. We
have to make a living and support ourselves — but when is
enough and what is too much? I do not think it takes too
much thought to see when an imbalance is created in a life,
but sometimes you have to make the effort to see for sure.
Everyone needs to look within themselves and ask the hard
question: Is my life balanced? Am I spending too much
time on things that are not all that important? Is there
excessiveness? Are important things being ignored? Am I
acting in a single-minded and compulsive manner to the
detriment of me and those around me? With self-
introspection answers to these questions can be revealed,
but like anything else, you have to make the effort and do
the hard work to achieve it.

There are other indicators as well. You might have noticed
that folks that are well-to-do seem to be sometimes more
stressed out than middle-class people. They are wealthy,
how could that be bad? It is because the more money you
make and the more things and property you acquire, the
more work it is to keep track of it all, to maintain it all, and
ensure that it isn't being stolen from you. Then there are all
the people that have be hired to take care of this ...stuff, and
now you have to worry about their personal issues. How
ironic that there are folks out there who thought that that
getting rich would ease their workload, but now find that
there is even more work to do and more things to worry
about? Sometimes, less truly is more and striving to find
balance will always serve you well throughout your life.

Again, finding balance in life is all part of the hard work
we must all do to do our job here on earth. But there are

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