A balanced LIfe..................

Sometimes life throws you into those precarious situations when you are forced to understand and appreciate the importance of a balanced life. We all read about it in text books and listen from discourses of saints and there are N number of similar resources...............
I never used to appreciate it before may be because we have different energy levels at different stages of life. and I used to believe that I'm ready for any challenge. It is true, we can achieve whatever we can dream with a combination of hard work and will power, but see there are some basic requirements which are important for any endeavor. These are financial, emotional securities along with a dependable physical health. We need to see how we can ensure that these needs will be fulfilled no matter what may come in our way.......and as I feel these should be the most important goals one can set for him/herself initially. We just can't make only money or only health or only career or..............the only focus of our life anytime. However hard we may try, if our bare minimum needs are ignored, be sure you are going to miss the target (I believe it strongly, today............I may change, only God knows...........I'm too unpredictable ;))
and these need differ from individual to individual......................to be contd...........