Perfect Alignment

TODAY'S QUOTE:
Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.-Brian Tracy

The truth of this quote is most easily understood when you read it from an unbalanced position. The factual content is equally clear to anyone who has ever driven on a flat tire, but if you've never really been deflated yourself it's impossible to truly comprehend its challenges.

The speed of travel in both cases is reduced in a dramatic way... you can get there eventually, rattled and shaken certainly, but reaching your destination is possible. BUT when it's a flat tire, we don't continue the trip until we repair the damage, yet if it's internal we don't always fix what's flat. Suck up the pain... swallow the stress... make the best of a bad situation... walking wounded quickly becomes a way of life.

I love that this quote lists the condition and its cure in the space of one single sentence. True balance is vital to every layer that makes up who we really are. When we ignore one layer it collapses and strains the ability of the whole to stay upright. When we forget who we are, we may still be traveling, but we have no control over our final destination.

Expecting others to patch our leaks is a fools notion. Depending on anything external to blindly repair our internal issues only causes more damage, and places the blame for our wobbles on shoulders that don't deserve the burden. Go inside and find the leaks... accept what belong to you so you will know where you're headed and why. Think about it... let it ride... then YOU decide!!!