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Lessons from a Child: Balance can be virtually effortless

My baby son is fast approaching the stage of walking. He has mastered the Speed of Crawl and now he has learned to hang onto furniture and people in order to keep his balance while walking. With this assisted form of walking, he can travel with amazing agility from the couch to the chair, from the kitchen cabinets to the refrigerator, and from the wall to the door.


And I have something exciting to share with you (proud parent moment) . . . I have witnessed him standing on the strength of his own two baby legs without holding onto anything or anyone!


I'm sure many of you may be thinking . . . so what? After all, babies go through this developmental stage as a precursor to walking unassisted. *yawn*


What I find so fascinating about this particular moment is the following:


Because he is focused on the toy, his balance is virtually effortless. Like a little yogi at peace in the Tree yoga pose, he is completely in the 'now moment'. His balance lasts for half a minute or more while he concentrates on the toy before he reachs out to rebalance.


And he doesn't seem to notice that he was standing without aid from anyone or anything as a prop.


[Here comes the lightbulb moment . . .]

It has made me aware of something about my own life. It sometimes takes me a while to realize that I am standing on my own without assistance from others. My independence sneaks up on me!

For my baby son, all it takes is a toy block. What objects, emotions, and/or events does it take for you and me to achieve this?

Perhaps like all those in training to become a Master of Distraction, we need a focal point (or distraction) to achieve balance, independence, and success. Wonderful things can happen when we are not analyzing --- children grow, the sun rises and sets, and we live our dreams. When we know this and flow with this, balance is virtually effortless.

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