Good morning friends
These days a डोंबारी family is moving around in Andheri east, exhibiting their show wherever they find some space on the crowded streets. These acrobats generally have the male member beating the drum and the females walking on the tight rope a few feet above the ground. It’s a risky business with no safety nets to protect them in case of a fall. The other day, I saw a young girl from the family balancing herself with the help of a long stick. She would first swing a little to the right side and almost immediately swing to the left. This tight- rope balancing continued smoothly until she reached the other end of the rope.
As I watched her, I thought that life is just like walking on the tight rope, isn’t it ? It is very important to maintain balance in any situation. If we move too much to one side, there’s a real danger of falling off the rope. So, we have to be aware and careful not to sway too much to any one side.
It holds true for all the opposites in life, especially for the work- life ( or call it the work-relaxation) balance. If we work too much, we get burnt out; and if we play too much, we waste our time and energy. So, we have to be creative about balancing our work and relaxation. Speaking for ourselves, taking small breaks on a regular basis has been tremendously beneficial in rejuvenating us and helped us come back to work with renewed energy.
The same balance is essential in medicine. As a practising doctor, it is important to keep a fine balance between conservative and aggressive approach of treatment. If you are too conservative, occasionally,the patient may end up in complications ; on the other hand, if you are too aggressive, the treatment itself may at times be harmful to the patient. Walking this tight rope is difficult at times. It is an art which every doctor has to learn eventually, and many times the art gets perfected only with many years of practice ( that’s probably why we say that doctors practise medicine! ).
And the same principle of balance holds true for most situations in life—- in dealing with children, in dealing with your juniors, in your relationships with your superiors, in holding on and letting go—- in fact, in everything that we do !
I hope that you are able to master this wonderful knack of ‘balancing’,
Love,
Anjali
