Balanced Immune Health

The more I think and read about stuff in general, the more I’m convinced that “balance”  can determine a lot in one’s life in many ways. Maybe it does start with cellular function in the body. Immune balance among the body’s aggressor and suppressor cells from birth and infancy (or even within mother’s biochemistry while in the womb) can make a big difference in lifetime health, disease resistance, allergy resistance and general well-being.  But once you’re in the world, the balance theme picks up steam. As a child grows, balance between sleep, playtime, reading and other intellectual development can be a determinant in healthy growth. In the diet, a balance between good carbs, good proteins and fats, plant nutrients, earth-based minerals, fiber and water intake can impact physical and mental health in myriad ways. Balanced schedules for rest and exercise, work and personal time, time spent with your children and time spent with your spouse, can determine marital bliss, happy childhoods, or emotional fatigue and dysfunctional households.

Balance within the spiritual realm, whether within organized religions or individual meditative pursuits coupled with healthy questioning, seeking and exploring, can paint a contrast between inner peace  and harmful exploitation. In the modern global society, technical and commercial advances balanced with environmental stewardship can either advance a nation or relegate it to a third world existence. In business and finance, as we’ve so clearly seen this past year, entrepreneurial risk and speculation balanced with sound asset management and tangible, accountable value creation can spell the difference between companies and markets built to last, or those who go “all in” one way or another and either never grow and profit, or grow through short-term, artificial mechanisms that can suddenly vaporize and wreak havoc on investors and customers. 

It’s no coincidence that in physics, the concept of harmonic balance, also called the center of percussion, is referred to in layman’s terms as “the sweet spot,” the perfect center of contact with a baseball bat, tennis racket or golf club that feels like bliss when you hit it. Who wouldn’t want their life and their environment to hit the sweet spot every minute of every day.

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