Achieving equinox in life ain't easy

Talk about being out of balance, how quickly life can come
at us. This is a true photo. The kayaker is being there on
purpose.

Sometime today the September Equinox took place depending on where you live. Today there is 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. Balance. We think of balance in life as good. Our seasons though are only in balanced on two days, once in the fall and once in the spring. So for most of the year we are out of balance. But is it balance what we want? On June 20th or 21st we have the longest day of the year and don't most of us like the long days of spring and summer. The closer you live to equator the better chance to have more of your year having the balance of equal days and nights. But if you enjoy cooler temperatures you won't experience that there.
It is easy to get loss in the discussion so I'll move on. If balance is rarely achieved in our life time with day and night, maybe balance is hard to achieve in other ways in our life. If we define balance as pleasant, easy, relaxing ways about us. That calm fellow over there, doesn't he seems a balanced lad? The problem is life is rarely in balance. Life it seems to me is always changing and there is a constant adjustment to all the ups and downs and curves and obstacles thrown into our way.
I went through today totally unaware of the perfect moment of the equinox. Did you ride a bike or sail a boat and lost in your thoughts you were unaware of being in balance of your ride. Have you been in a zone in a sport where everything was going just right with out apparent effort. Several of my friends kayak and it looks so effortlessly as they glide along. Sit at a sunset or campfire or next to your loved one lost in the moment.  Things seem in balance then, but then life happens.

One would have to be in the moment here

Balance may be harder to maintain than we imagine for some things and for other things we give it no thought at all. Balance between work and home, spiritual and temporal, self and others may be very hard indeed. If balance of day and night only happens two times a year maybe we should keep in mind we have goals we pursue and it is the journey to that goal that makes the difference.
We may be trying to please the Lord or try to do His will. Up and down we go. Then there are trials and obstacles that we find in front of us. These things happen even we are rightly related to the Lord and in His Spirit. Life is not at all pleasant at times. Of course Peter walked on water as he focused on Jesus, but he as we would take note of this, and soon notice the wind and the waves. Nobody since Peter has walked on water, so I know we too would do the same thing. Balance in life ain't easy. For the Christian we have a goal, "And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." NET
Paul spoke of a goal he was seeking in Phil. 3:14, 15 "Brothers and sisters,  I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded:  Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, 3:14 with this goal in mind,  I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God  in Christ Jesus." Net Bible
He was striving to please the Lord and God's purpose in his life. It was his focus. He didn't think he arrived at that point but it was still out ahead of him. In this life none of us will be perfect, besides that things happen, so many things we can't control. Recall only twice a year we have equal day and night. But every day and night we can focus on the Lord who walks in front of us. When we look back we will see how far we came. If we keep our focus on Him and His ways we can apply it to the particulars.
Speaking of balance I feel OK today from two falls yesterday. Keep walking