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Priority And Balance

There are many needs around. Needs abound in everyone. Needs are plenty everywhere. They should be met. Yes. But how should they be met? Must they be met now? Which one takes priority over another? Do you need help? Do you need to delegate? Do you have the ability and capacity to meet that need ?

You and I can be so busy with meeting needs that we forgot some other more important areas. For example if your health needs you, take time and focus for these. This takes priority. If your family needs you, be home for them.

This tells us that balance is so important in meeting needs. Just like a weighing scale. When there is a heavier item on one end over the other, an imbalance will appear. In life the imbalance may show up as burn out, strained relationships, breakdown, healthy and financial issues.

Therefore as you prioritize, you should also balance out.

Story Time: The Perspective Of The Small And Big Fishes

Why are the small fishes disappearing while the big fishes disappeared for a while and then appeared again? The small fishes are all troubled by the loss of their little ones.

The small fish asked the big fishes if any of them witnessed the event and returned to tell the tale. One of them stood up and said. "The giant caught me once and placed me into his basket." "He looked and then noticed I was too big for the basket."

I saw many small fishes in the basket. He picked me up and lopped me back into the water. Another giant came by and asked why he did that. I sheepishly peeped out of the water and heard the reply of the fisherman giant. "The big fish is too big for my wife's cooking wok."

Attitude

How to do you develop a sense of urgency in all things that you do? First of all, why is there a need to have this urgency? Can't we simply take our time? In the world of business, if you are slow in response, you may receive a lot of customer calls and you may not be able to catch up. In that you will lose lots of customer business and lose lots of cash and revenue.

In the home environment the need to respond to your child's request in a timely manner may show your concern for your child. Not that you should always respond if you know the child is throwing a tantrum, but enough to show that you care and love within the family unit.

When you are buying something at a retail shop and you check with the salesgirl if the shop has a size smaller. The salesgirl goes off and you waited and waited and she was no where to be found. You surely will go to another shop where the service is better and faster.

Speed is almost everything.

Bad Company Corrupts Good Character

Which one came first? The egg or the chick?

Which one came first? Goodness or badness?

The Bible verse noted in 1 Corinthians 15:33 reminds of 'Bad company corrupts good character'. This is a wise saying and reminder to all, especially parents with young children. To inculcate good character, there is another saying that says 'It takes the whole village to bring up a child.'

So just bad company will corrupt good character, to build and preserve good character, it is of utmost importance to have good company. If you do not have, go find one or two or more. The end is the worth the effort now.

Challenge

Isn't it true that unless you and I spread our wings, we shall not have the experience of knowing how high we can fly? A lot of opportunities come and go and we may not get that opportunity again. Shall we let these go or consider taking up the challenge while we can?

A side thought to consider too is whether that challenge is worth taking up. Is that opportunity worth your effort? So it is not every challenge or opportunity that comes your way that we must take them up. Without thought you and I may add up consuming ourselves and everyone else too.

But challenges do consume and they do eat you up in one sense. That is why the time to consider taking up these 'opportunities' are also important times to weigh the cost. Challenges abound everyday. Take them one step at a time. Take them where your capacity progresses along.

Life Without

What are some of the things we can live without? Medically there was conclusion that the common person would need only a bed to sleep, food and water. What else do you think are the things each one can live without?

Life without the TV. You may lose out in the latest information on the news or the Sports update. You will certainly gain some time for your body to rest. You can catch up with your children on their lives and allow them to know you and they know you slightly deeper. This is certainly time well spent.

Life without the Phone. Once again, the connectivity with the world seems to be broken as if you and I were left behind in the rat race. In the first place there wasn't a race maybe. Simply you and I rolling along life. Once more without the Phone, it is best time to connect with yourself and also with your spouse. Why talk to someone afar when you can talk face to face?

Life without the Newspaper or the magazine. This is certainly the same as the TV. We shall not hide ourselves behind the newspaper, neither sandwich between the magazine pages. Our friends and children should not recognize our faces as newspapers or magazines. You and I are flesh and blood.

Life without you. Now who is this 'you' I may be referring to? Can be anyone! Can you live life without that you? Hmmmm. Think about it.