Give & Take

I used to talk about balance a lot at the beginning of the year. I still think about it the same amount, I just talk about it less. Maybe that’s not true. Maybe I don’t think about it more. Maybe I’ve lost my balance or maybe I’m more balanced, because I’m not thinking about it so much. Who knows?

Reading all this philosophy lately has made for some conversations around the dinner table at the house. One of the ideas we were talking about which was presented in the book was essentially the idea that the best life is lived by amassing the most experience possible. Quantity over quality, in other words, is the key to living the best life.

Now, it wasn’t presented so simply in the book, but I’m not sure if I agree with the general idea. There’s a way of looking that could equate amassing experience to taking from the world around you if your actions are self-serving. In that way I think it’s important to give through your actions too. If anything, I think maybe I’d like to give a little more than I take, if that’s possible. I’m going to try to be more generous.

-J.P.