{"id":9215,"date":"2018-05-07T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=9215"},"modified":"2018-05-05T15:25:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T21:25:36","slug":"imagine-life-is-a-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/imagine-life-is-a-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagine Life Is A Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cImagine life is a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them \u2013 work, family, health, friends, and spirit \u2013 and you\u2019re keeping all of them in the air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls \u2013 family, health, friends and spirit \u2013 are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered.\u00a0 They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 390px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; Brian Dyson, former CEO of Coca-Cola<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a powerful statement he makes and it really causes you to stop and think about the balls you are juggling in your own life.\u00a0 What are the names on those balls? Are we even recognizing which of those balls we are allowing to drop?\u00a0 Is it our glass balls we are letting hit the floor? And if so, how many nicks can those ba,lls really take before they are going to shatter?<\/p>\n<p>Balance is a difficult thing. Most days it seems like something that is impossible to ever get right. That\u2019s why the most important thing is to make sure that we protect our glass balls even though that sometimes requires letting a rubber ball or two hit the floor.\u00a0 Have faith\u2026because those rubber balls bounce back!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cMany people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?\u00a0 True effectiveness requires BALANCE.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 &#8211; Stephen R. Covey<\/p>\n<p>~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cImagine life is a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them \u2013 work, family, health, friends, and spirit \u2013 and you\u2019re keeping all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. 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