As you all well know, Go Veda actively promotes simple and natural ways to promote health and wellness through creating a working balance of mind, body and spirit.  It is important that both internally and externally we work to maintain this sense of order to keep connected with the rest of the universe.  Here in the West, we are notorious for overemphasizing one or two aspects of our lives and letting the rest fall to the wayside.  What we find when doing this is a seesaw effect where the universe responds and forces us to act on these other aspects of our lives—again in excess—almost as a response to “catch up” and set the equilibrium back to a natural state. 

An easy example would be to look at those who work 14-16 hours per day, 6 and 7 days per week.  These people are very productive and disciplined in one aspect of their lives.  They will tend to, however, neglect physical health by not exercising, mental health by not resting sufficiently and social health by not communicating with others for the purpose of nurturing relationships.  These same people will also “hit a wall” or “burn out” at some point where the universe simply says, “That’s enough; you’re out of balance.  Time to catch up.”  What happens next could be 2 things: 1) Some who hit burn out, realize the debilitating effects of this both on themselves and those around them and will willfully make a change; 2) Others who hit burn out and think all they have to do is step up and stop complaining will develop physical and/or mental illness or be put through an event (divorce, falling asleep at the wheel, etc.) that makes it impossible to continue on that way.

The point of all this is that life is given to us by a higher power as a gift and an opportunity for growth.  Life was not given to us by our bosses, our mortgage company, our credit card companies or our government.  So why, then, do we live forever indebted to these artificial “fathers” of our existence?  Should we not cherish the gift given to us by our real makers and take advantage of this opportunity to experience and learn?  Express your appreciation for the gift of life by applying yourself 100% to every aspect of your life.  Work hard at your job.  Give your all to your familial and friendly relationships.  Do everything you can to exercise, but also rest sufficiently.  That is the true meaning of living life to the fullest.