They say life is all about finding balance. Work-life balance, love-life balance, just balance. What we fail to realize is that balance is in fact an act of perpetual imbalance. I found myself on the lower side of that this week, feeling the weight of everything around me sitting solely on my shoulders; the weight feeling so heavy I was ready to break not balance. I had moments of reprieve, gratefully, but mostly I felt like I could barely get my head above water. Could barely breathe almost the entire week. To add insult to injury almost everyone around me was going through something. As a leader we often don’t get moments to live in our feelings because we have to constantly be working to elevate others. I felt overwhelmed. Like how could I possibly give advice, be a sounding board, a support for people when I felt like my own foundation was crumbling….. but it was in those moments of being a support that I was able to remember who I was. Just how much I was able to handle. Subconsciously in those moments I dug into my personal power, I dug into my own core values, and I dug into my stubborn nature of refusing to fail. I will not fail myself and I will not fail those around me.

Today I woke up with more peace and contentment than I’ve felt in a while and I think it’s because the Universe reminded me of those things. This week was meant to serve as a lesson that Universal balance isn’t achievable, so instead we must learn to live in the moments of true self. We need to live in our authentic self and sometimes that self is overwhelmed. But I was reminded to dig my heels in and ask myself WHY. Why do I do what I do? Because I am meant to inspire, to laugh, to be kind, to work hard, to dream, to help, to protect, to provide. Why do I feel the way I feel? Because I am strong enough to dive deeper than most. Why am I experiencing these moments? Because I am ready. Why did this week happen? Because I needed to remember. I needed to remember in my quest for balance, that imbalance is in fact an act of balancing. Now you can remember too.