EQUILIBRIUM

The word for today is EQUILIBRIUM. It could be the word for the year or even for my whole life. I have been thinking about this word for a long time; I have been wanting to find and experience EQUILIBRIUM for a long time.

When I think of EQUILIBRIUM I think of balance, of all parts being equal and in harmony. I think of myself as a child (young or grown) trying to find the place on a seesaw where I could sit and still have both ends equidistant from the ground. It's hard to do that all alone; you need someone on the other end to move forward and back, you need someone to balance with you. I remember trying to balance by myself by pushing off just a little with the balls of my feet, going up with the seesaw and then finding that short precious moment of balance, but without someone on the other side, I always fell. If I had pushed off too hard, I returned to the ground with a jolt; if I had pushed off softly I had a gentle return.

I do not think that EQUILIBRIUM includes euphoria or despair even if you mix in equal parts of each. EQUILIBRIUM would push euphoria or despair away repelling them like a reverse magnet.

My dictionary defines EQUILIBRIUM as a state of rest of balance due to the equal action of opposing forces; mental or emotional balance; equanimity, which is another word that sounds calm and peaceful.

I think that is all I have to say about EQUILIBRIUM right now. Writing in this blog gives me EQUILIBRIUM. I have missed it.