Embracing Harmony Over Balance in Life

The idea of balance is a common topic in personal development discussions nowadays, especially with the fast-paced life that we live today. That said, a growing perspective indicates that pursuing balance might in fact be the best strategy for us to move through life happy and content. We unpack why seeking harmony vs balance may be the key to a more cheerful, whole existence.

Understanding Balance vs. Harmony

For thousands of years, balance has been described as the act of integrating our time and energy between work, family, health and recreation. Perfectionistic tendencies can make it a never-ending pursuit which although seems like stability, feels more like trying to keep plates spinning on sticks where some aspect of life must be greater than the other.

On the other hand, harmony is all about combining distinct elements of life seamlessly. The Days to Come asks us to listen and act according what seems best at a certain time So instead of trying to balance out all those areas, harmony suggests flow: that everything can coexist and also lift the support up one another.

Why The Pursuit of Harmony Will Serve You Well

1. Flexibility: Life is full of variables and they appear at different times with their own complications. This harmony helps us to flow and adjust instead of trying to put a square peg into the round hole while struggling with an artificial balance. When we focus on whats most important in the moment, it allows us to get through lifes peaks and valleys with grace.
2. Decreases Stress: Always pursuing balance results in stress and anxiety, which causes burnout. Aiming for balance means we will have an easier time with it — if the goal is to feel in tune, then you are paying more attention to your experience within each frame and less about how much of our limited fabric has been manipulated into this garment or that ledger.
3. We Will Boom in Reduce Relationships: When we live with harmony, we are more gift and attached to our personal ourselves. That deeper understanding grows into more empathy and appreciation, which results in healthier family / friend/ or co-worker relationships.
4. The value in it for you, as the writer: Writing/reading a dissonant paragraph that doesn´t match anything else might get your creative brain to pick apart and abstract some little nugget of what you actually think about the topic. It is in this attunement with our values and priorities that build a life that truly resonates with who we are. It feels even better and brings with it a sense of deep fulfillment/happiness you may never have experienced before.

Creating Balance in Your Life

If you hope to bring harmony into your life, try these Do-able steps:

• Be Present: Practice being in the moment and ask yourself where am I right now. An answer to this question and the strategy of choice is: mindfulness It helps you know what your true need is in that very moment, be it rest/ connection/ creativity
• Instead of Setting Goals, Set Intentions : Do not create concrete goals which will limit you but instead set intentions that are in line with your values. It will serve as blueprint on how you act and the decisions which continue to keep you authentic.
• Establish Boundaries: Set boundaries that allow you to focus on what matters most without being tied up with everything. Expressing these boundaries gives others some respect as well.
• Change: Take the attitude that life is a fluid encounter. As time goes on, what is important may change and you should be willing to make your priorities fluid so everyone can live in harmony.

Conclusion

With the push in this day and age for everyone to produce more, faster than ever before, harmony is a much better way of living your life —while balance can take on its proper place—hanging by very slender threads. Through these varied interplay of factors, the things that speak to us in different moments allow for a sense of peace and wholeness within our lives. So while the world is unbalanced midst chaos, let us try and move towards equilibrium as much as we can in our lives.