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Balanced Happiness and Passion in everyday life. Is it possible?

Brian Kershisnik

I'm a Mormon, Regional Artist, and Life Balance Seeker

In Praise of Slowness

Journalist Carl Honore believes the Western world's emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity and quality of life.

Prioritizing to Find Balance

Sister Beck teaches that when we put the Lord first, He will help us to establish our priorities and learn balance.



Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Robert Fulgham





Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

Epicurus

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Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.

Thomas Merton

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The calm and balanced mind is the strong and great mind; the hurried and agitated mind is the weak one.

Wallace D. Wattles

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The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.

Gordon B. Hinckley





​Here's a nice image for a life in balance: ​

You're juggling these four balls that you've named work, family, friends, spirit. Now, work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it bounces back. The other balls they're made of glass.

I've dropped a few of those glass balls in my day. Sometimes they chip, sometimes they shatter to pieces.
James Patterson, Roses are Red​





Without balance, a life is no longer worth the effort.

Olen Steinhauer, The Tourist

What makes Life Worthwhile

When the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model based on happiness.

Finding Time for Family

Sister Beck teaches that when we put the Lord first, He will help us to establish our priorities and learn balance.

Moments that Matter Most

We would do well to slow down a little, focus on the significant, lift up our eyes, and truly see the things that matter most.

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