Life's Balance
I watched as two ladies who were obviously more than twenty years of age, carry some sets of plastic chairs up the stairs in church on their hands, as they were ushers. I watched from my duty post as I prepared my equipment for the service since I was in the Technical department. The ladies began to lament as they tried to catch their breath, that the chairs were heavy and they should call guys to carry the chairs. I tried to understand what made few seats heavy.
While they lamented, I watched a small boy who was obviously not up to 9 years of age, carry few pieces of chairs just like the ladies up the stairs on his head without much struggle and without complaining. At that point, I knew something was wrong. How was it possible for a small boy whose strength was not as much as those matured ladies, to lift those chairs up the stairs without complaining?
While I observed, it became clear, and I saw what they ladies had done wrong because it was evident that they would have beaten that small boy black and blue without much effort if he had done something wrong.
The Right Point.
The small boy carried his chairs on his head, hence giving him balance. The ladies carried theirs on their hands hence making them go out of breath, as it seemed heavier and weighed them down as they ascended the stairs. Whatever their reasons, which I might not be so sure but they felt, it was not right for them to put the chairs on their head. Well, I will say they were showing off or in our local parlance, we will say “they wanted to do yanga or were forming or doing guy” or maybe they did not want their clothes to get dirty. Though I doubt the chairs were dirty.
Several persons in life are struggling to get to the top simply because they have not understood life’s balance. Some persons are carrying the challenges of life in the wrong way, to the wrong persons and to the wrong places. So, even if, they make it to the top they would have wasted a lot of resources they never imagined they would have spent. Some will eventually not even get to the top because they will simply give up and say this job or work is not for me, causing them to change career path severally and still not make success in any of them.
When it comes to finding a balance in life, there will be so many things that will make you thinks that its not possible, some of them will be ego, the fear of the unknown, what will people say and so many more but you must learn to put all these aside. That young boy did not care about anybody but it looked as if the ladies cared about so many things. Maybe they cared about what will become of their hair, or what people will think of them carrying chairs and all these happened quite early even before people had come to church, as only workers were in the church.
Irrespective of who is watching you, God expects us to find the balance with wisdom he has deposited on our inside and utilize it. People will always want to reckon with success and not with failure.
The Right Place.
Some persons are carrying their vision to the wrong place and expecting success to come in reality but funny enough, they will only see that success in their dreams and never in reality. Where are you taking your own vision to?
The Right Persons.
As much as God is willing to place men on our paths to success, we must be sensitive to know the right persons. When Jesus turned water into wine, he asked them to give the wine to the steward and not anyone else. If it had been giving to someone else, the sweetness of the wine would not have been known, probably because they would have been too drunk to know. And even if they were not drunk, it was not in their place to address the guest at the wedding. The steward was the master of ceremony, hence was charge of the wedding. Always locate the right person if you must achieve success.
The Right Way.
It is possible for the child to have carried those chairs and still use it to block his view. Which could have even caused him to trip on the stairs. As much as emphasis could be placed on putting it in the right place, we must not neglect the how. We must be conscious of how we bring about the fulfillment of our vision.
The Right Time.
There are times that would never be right for us to do things even if these things are a hundred percent right. This is because the timing is wrong. The time we do things is important lest, the things we do will be taken for granted.
Wrong Mindset.
I could imagine the thoughts running through the minds of the ladies as they ascended the stairs, “why should I be carrying the chairs, are they not too heavy, am I a guy?”, and you can guess the others. Even if, God has placed you in a place for your to do exploits and you begin to doubt the capabilities he has given to you, it won’t be long before you give up. God always makes provision for every vision. Trust me there must have been other ladies who have been carrying those chairs before them. But these one doubted what was placed in them. We must learn how to always look inwards first before looking outwards.
Joyous Heart.
One more lesson we can pick from this story about lack of balance is the fact that the small boy was joyous and did not consider who was to do it. He did it from his heart. Whatever our hands find doing, we must do it unto the Lord, in every aspect of life; business and career inclusive. If they had worked with their heart definitely, they would not have given up easily. It’s evident that when balance is lacking, people give up easily.
That small boy did well because he understood life’s balance in all aspect though he was quite young. We must gain understanding and wisdom if we must do well all round lest, we give up on our vision.
God loves.
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