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A Delicate Balancing Act

May 15, 2020 by Colin Gautrey

Have you noticed, the ones least troubled by our times, are those least dependent on their environment? Or rather, those who have the healthiest balance between taking and giving.

No man is an island they say, and we all need to take from the environment. Society and good humour from our friends. Financial support from employers, customers and governments. Emotional sustenance from those closest to us. Intellectual stimulation from our colleagues and associates. Health from the medics. Air from our planet.

Question is, what do we give? Is it all take and no give? Or, all give and no take?

In these challenging times, I challenge you to consider the balance you have struck. Is the balance right for you in this new age we are entering? Is your balance right for me going forward? Is your balance right for your community, your city, the world?
Our race is balanced on a knife-edge, in a world teetering on the precipice. Is now the time for you to start redressing the balance? There is not an individual on the planet who does not need to review and adjust their balance, including me.
The stark warning, if you bear to listen, is that If you take too much and give too little, eventually your environment will be unable to support you, or unwilling to continue to give, and you’ll die.

And that applies to you, me and every living thing on this planet.

 


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