The fulcrum of life is growth. It seems like a dichotomy, however, let’s explore this concept of bit.

A fulcrum is a central pivot point.  Life moves in and out of chaos.  Let’s face it we spend much of our time out of balance.  We teeter-totter, back and forth. Remember as a kid how fun it was to try to balance perfectly so that the plank sat in equilibrium for a moment or two. Then, bam! Gravity won and the topsy-turvy ride began. I can recall the thump on rear end when there was no stopping the propelling force that was greater than my ability to counteract it. So it is with life.

For me, the nexus is coming back to peace. A place that I center my thoughts, remember who I am, my purpose and find a deep compassion for my human condition.

This has been my experience through the most recent political process.  I find myself straddling the central point wanting the world to be at peace.  I feel my innards churning in a disconcerted contortion that robs me of my peace.  I want to reach out to the extremes and pull them to a place of respect and understanding.  I want to catapult the mean-spirited conversations, the self-righteous assumptions, and the cocksure attitude that “I am right”, off the planet into oblivion and bring us back to a place of truce.

Rocking back and forth, in out of peace, happens as contemplation, deliberation, and realization of our truth is a processed.  It can, and often does,  include extremes.  Finding the way back to contentment while clutching the unbalanced fulcrum of discontent, can be a battle of will and humility. Holding space that we may actually be wrong can result in growth.  The conditioning of our upbringing, societal expectations, and the immense need to be loved, all the while not loving ourselves, keeps us from navigating our way to adequation.

I am at a place in my life where coming back to peace reveals my inner truth.  Inner truth brings solutions that serve me, the community, eventually the world. The fulcrum is once again balanced and the highest good possible is consummated.