It amazes me that some of the things you write are what’s rolling around in my mind. I guess I find comfort in that others think the same and I am not on my own planet.

I’ll check out that site for sure. As for me, the picture is becoming clearer and the more I move towards it, the more peace I feel within. I think the God ideas are the ones where we can’t do it by ourselves and we have to rely on Him for everything. No doubt it can be a scary place to be but God has never let me down – even through the storms of my life.

Balance in my mind was that you spend equal amounts of time in your vocation, family, etc., and everyone is happy. What I have discovered is it may be possible for someone but not me; and the amount spent in each “segment” of my life varies from season to season.

I agree and am all for finding ways to achieve these goals and implementing them. And if you can make a living by sharing your success or failures I am not against it (as it may have sounded) but I am just leery of some of the “magical pill” solutions some people are selling. Maybe it’s just because I am jealous and want it too! LOL.

Seriously, though, the question about doing good ideas vs. doing God ideas is something I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately as well.

I love coming up with ideas. And I love trying to implement my ideas. But how do I know which of them are really the ideas God would want me to pursue?

Phil Vischer has some really good posts about this topic on his blog (http://www.philvischer.com/?p=101), but even after reading them I’m yet more confused with this question…

About balance.

I think many people (including myself) write a lot about balance because they want to achieve it. Or at least try to get closer to it. Not because they are already perfectly balanced (maybe the state of a perfect balance is a myth…). We find one new tip and implement it to get closer to a balanced life – and then want to share it…

And then some people make money through the sharing.