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Post by overcomer on Apr 2, 2012 2:00:34 GMT -8
Have you ever flirted with danger? Recently six officials in the White House were told by their doctors that their stress levels were so high, they were flirting with danger unless they slowed down. While actual people were not named, it reminded me that each of us flirts with danger at times. Like when driving your car, you step on the gas and fly down the highway towards your next meeting risking your safety and risking that you won't have a tire blow out, let alone see a policeman with a radar gun. Or maybe you put your money in some volatile investment, or you keep piling on the work and don't know how to say no, and risk burnout. One of the key ingredients to lowering our stress level is finding the proper balance in our life. It keeps us from flirting with danger. In the Bible, wisdom and folly are described as two different women. Folly calls out, "Let all who are simple come in here! Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious! But little do they know that her guests are in the depths of the grave." On the other hand, Wisdom says, "Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still." Each day, we choose whether to flirt with danger by living in an imbalanced state or to walk in wisdom. I challenge you today to think about what you are doing and to walk in wisdom. "Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony."- Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
From Daily New Life
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