A Collection of Scales

That's what life is: a collection of scales.

In life, everything needs to balanced out. Unfortunately, we rarely get to that point. Something always outweighs something else.
We need a balance of rest, excitement, stress, happiness, sadness, love, hate, etc.
Can you tell me that you have a good balance of this?
I sure don't.
Rest: I don't get that. Yeah. I sleep. Yeah I don't run from one place to the next, but I don't relax. I'm always stressed and anxious. So no. No rest in my life.
Excitement: I get excited at times. Not as much as used to. Things don't really excite me anymore.
Stress: Well I have plenty of that. More than my share. Would you like some?
Happiness: I get happy, but I think my stress and negative feelings overpower my happiness. It only is temporary while my negative feelings are constant.
Sadness: I definitely have my share of that. Dissapointment is a daily thing for me. Hold those tears in deary.
Love: I have love. I'm greatful for that. I have such a loving family. A fucked up loving family...but a loving one all the same. I have such supportive, loving friends. I don't know where I'd be without them. And I have a somewhat loving boyfriend. He cares....in his own way.
Hate: I honestly can say I don't hate anyone. Dislike...yes. (with this category...I think dislike would be a better label. Hate is too extreme. You shouldn't put that much energy into someone you can't stand. Don't waste your time. It's completely normal to dislike people though (; )

What's the perfect balance?
It's different for every person.
But we all have something in common...we all need ALL of these in our life.
Yes, you even need sadness and dislike.
You can't appreciate the good and grow as individual without diffuculties in life.
So what do I say?
Bring on the pain. Bring on the tears. Bring on the bad times.
I know I'll hate every minute of it,
but I know afterwards I'll have learned so much.

And two scales that never balance out.
Happiness vs. Sadness

It's always tipping one way.
Am I wrong?
You're either happy or sad.
End of story.
And no, that whole.
I'm in the middle since I don't feel either.
You're sad.
Lack of happiness is sadness enough to me.
Not serious sadness. But sad both the same.

Just remember that the scale may heavy on the sadness side for you right.
I sure know it is for me, but it's not always going to be that way.
You're going to have moments when it completely flips. And hopefully with time that flip will become permanent.

It's all a healthy balance