March 20th is the first day of Spring 2013! (For more scientific information, check out this link on the Earth Sky website.)  The equality of night and day is fleeting in our universe, just as perfect equality and balance is in every facet of our lives.   As I face the daily challenge of balancing my life, I realize that balance is not a static state.  We might be able to balance a bank account or improve our physical balance through exercise and fun games on Wii Fit (a new part of my physical therapy routine!)  However, true balance is always found in the midst of change.  I tend to think black and white when I visualize balance but reality has taught me that it  is the ability to right oneself in the face of forces beyond our control that really defines a balanced life.

The idea of living a balanced life and  this particular time in our celestial calendar connects intuitively with  ideas I am experiencing through my daily meditation with The Tao.

Practice non-action.
Work without doing.
Taste the tasteless.
Magnify the small, increase the few.
Reward bitterness with care.

See simplicity in the complicated.
Achieve greatness in little things.

In the universe the difficult things are done as if they are easy.
In the universe great acts are made up of small deeds.
The sage does not attempt anything very big,
And thus achieves greatness.

Easy promises make for little trusts.
Taking things lightly results in great difficulty.
Because the sage always confronts difficulties,
He never experiences them.

Sixty-Three, The Tao Te Ching by Lau Tsu