Middle of the road

The ultimate goal I think I’m working towards in my life is balance.  There are plenty of words written about virtues and even more written about defects.  There are excesses in each side of virtues that I will at some point need to add in to the discussion.  Take passion for example, this one is a somewhat loaded topic.  Passion is a fiery subject that can quickly lead to anger.  On the other outright apathy.  The balancing point here is razor thin and I found myself just this morning getting sucked into an argument with someone on reddit about gardening and my blood was nearly boiling before I said to myself, just knock it off.  It was a total waste of my energy and I was much better served moving on and doing something more constructive.

Now the opposite apathy for doing anything constructive is setting in and while I have plenty to do today, here I sit not wanting to even put on clothes!

That balance point when passion is involved is a rapidly shifting one and while hindsight is useful to determine where you were, passion can cause you to do stupid things so quickly that future hindsight become having to say “l’m sorry”.  The reflection and lessons you might have learned are quickly replaced by the need to apologize or become more angry.

This one is a tough one for me and for a lot of the people in this country these days...