What Balance Means in Your Life

With help from the Force

Most of us want balance in our lives, and we all can attain it. For me, I need to confront what balance means to offer any meaningful interpretation of that word, and here is the important part—to establish something close to balance in my life.

To get where I want to go, let’s begin with the George Lucas Star Wars films.

I refer to the movies in order to emphasize the light vs. dark sides of “the Force” that feature so prominently in the Star Wars universe. Characters speak about the balance and imbalance of that vague but powerful energy field that evidently animates all living things. Furthermore, the good guys indicate that the Force requires balance to ensure peace and prosperity in the galaxy.

Someone may correct me, but as far as I can tell balance is never defined. So, I am left to wonder what the word actually means and what balance looks like to the people and places of this fictional setting.