Focus or Balance?

Last Friday, someone shared with me a teaching that was taught to him by his pastor. How nice of him to pass it down to me. =)

Anyway, here’s how the teaching goes: He asked me, do you want to be a balanced person or a focused person? My answer: balanced. “At first I chose that answer like you did too”, he said. But he then began to slowly explain what his pastor had said to him.

“Sometimes as much as we all want to try and balance everything, that may not be the best decision out there. If you refer to my ‘really-simplified-any-child-can-draw’ diagram, you will see a straight line. In life, or in any type of situation, there will always be a beginning and an end, a start and a finish line.

If you try to be that balanced person, you end up having to balance so many things on your shoulders. As you move along that line, you end up having to stop countless times just to take stock of all the barang barang that you’ve brought with you. – The process is extremely tiresome and you’ll probably take years to reach that finish line.

However, if you are that focused person, you are able to focus only on the things you need to carry along with you; your necessities, your journey will be so much lighter and faster. You will finish the race faster than those who try to ‘balance’ everything”

The power of focus is superb. I asked myself: what’s the point of trying to balance two heavy commitments, when you can only give 50-50 to both? For the benefit of not just myself, but everybody else, I’d rather commit to one, giving my full 100% and let someone else take over my place and give his/her full 100% in the other.

The eagle never chases 2 rabbits, because it knows both will escape. It knows how to focus on one, and that’s what makes the eagle such a skilled predator.
So friends and fellow readers out there, focus on one thing at a time. Focus on your priorities first. Focus on doing things first things first.

PS: There’s a book titled: ‘travelling light’, and it was recommended to me, I’m trying to find it and maybe you should too if you plan to find some good books to read.