Kalos kai agathos

So I've been reading, "Eat Love Pray". This book is amazing and every chapter I get more and more inspired. In one chapter she's depressed and trying to figure out her life. She uses this quote and it really got to me. It pretty much explains the way I've been feeling lately. Not that I'm depressed but I've been trying to find that balance in my life. Well here it goes.....

“I wanted worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence– the dual glories of a human life. I wanted what the Greeks call kalos kai agathos, the singular balance of the good and the beautiful. I’d been missing both during these last hard years, because both pleasure and devotion require a stress-free space in which to flourish and I’d been living in a giant trash compactor of nonstop anxiety. as for how to balance the urge for pleasure against the longing for devotion… well, surely there was a way to learn that trick.”

The singular balance of the good and the beautiful. How beautiful is that?! The best of both worlds is the way I think us Americans say it. How do you find that balance of good and beautiful with soooo many stresses. I work soooo much and I want to enjoy my life but have so many responsibilities. I do love my job, and so thankful for everything that has happened for me this year. But I still feel as though I'm missing something. That balance that completes me.

I think I'm going to start with a Happy and healthy me. Working out always makes me feel good. Its a small start but I'm excited about finding that balance and feeling good about myself. Hopefully I can actually keep it up. One step closer to finding that balance =)