While at the circus recently, I watched in amazement as 5 motorcycle riders zoomed around inside a cage doom.  While the performance was going on I texted my son (along with a picture) and said, "these guys are crazy!"   Obviously timing was essential.  Each rider had to make his way around the doom at exactly the right time.  I later asked someone, "how do they practice this?"  I never got an answer to that question but one thing is clear:  whether it is motorcycle doom riding or life in general, timing is important.

I recently attended the circus with my wife, daughter, and two grandchildren.  I love the circus and enjoy watching the many displays of courage, talent, and skill.  In most of the "acts" it was human talent that was on display, but several of them featured the skills of various animals.  As I watched a giant elephant sit "gracefully" on a stool with a young lady riding on it's back, I wandered to myself, "How did they teach him (I guess it was a him) to do that?

Finding balance is essential to almost every area of life.  I heard someone once say, "It is easy to go off on a tangent, but finding balance is truly a challenge."  This is true in many areas of life...