The Five Balls

starseed
By starseed

Imagine that life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. These balls are called work, family, health, friends and integrity. And you are keeping them all in the air - at the same time!

But one day, you finally come to understand that work is like rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.

The other four balls - family, health, friends and integrity - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.

Once you truly understand the lesson of the five balls, you will have the beginning of balance in your life................

By chubby• 25 Oct 2007 02:36
chubby

mmmm .. thats deep .. makes a lotta sense .. needed some direction so guess i shall make a mental note of this as well .. thank you ..

life goes on ..

By starseed• 24 Oct 2007 15:58
starseed

then you have both hands to play with... I mean juggle... your balls

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If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good. - Dr Seuss

By sentibhim• 24 Oct 2007 15:46
sentibhim

I can not drag the rubber ball.My boss took it safe with him.

"Drink Beer Save Water"

By aak• 24 Oct 2007 15:45
aak

depends what kind of rubber you coat it with...can be transparent, coloured, ribbed, opaque etc etc...

...You can't mean what you say unless you can say what you mean...

By owen• 24 Oct 2007 15:43
owen

and there was i, about to comment about life..but then read this comment like handling balls with care...lol...made all my balls trying to juggle and balance scattered on the floor as i could not contain myself from laughing...you people are really something..:D

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By starseed• 24 Oct 2007 15:40
starseed

i am always interested to hear what u say - sometimes needs no comment though :) - dont sulk

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If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good. - Dr Seuss

By t_coffee_or_me• 24 Oct 2007 15:40
t_coffee_or_me

The best option is to have a rubberized floor… this will cushion the balls and they will land softly without any harm

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

By Amigo66• 24 Oct 2007 15:37
Amigo66

I wish bud...........the remote is with the kids:(

Life is too short and if u r not living on the edge then u r taking up too much space.

By anonymous• 24 Oct 2007 15:37
anonymous

hummm I was going to post a comment, but as I noticed you're interested only in Amigo's replies , I prefer to keep it for myself .

Some are Wise ... Some are ...Otherwise

By starseed• 24 Oct 2007 15:35
starseed

coating the other 4 with rubber is like putting on the masks.. eventually no one knows who you are, and perhaps neither do you - sad

^>*^>*^>*^>*^>*^>*^>*

If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good. - Dr Seuss

By starseed• 24 Oct 2007 15:33
starseed

while the other hand is holding the remote :)

^>*^>*^>*^>*^>*^>*^>*

If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good. - Dr Seuss

By Amigo66• 24 Oct 2007 15:29
Amigo66

What did u have in lunch? u r talking sense bud:D

Balls should always b handled with care........lol

Life is too short and if u r not living on the edge then u r taking up too much space.

By anonymous• 24 Oct 2007 14:59
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

good post as usual

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We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors; but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

By aak• 24 Oct 2007 14:01
Rating: 4/5
aak

you r right, if you drop the balls they will be shattered.. best thing is to coat them also with rubber...

..You can't mean what you say unless you can say what you mean...

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