In Shallow Seas We Sail

The amount of cliches to describe a delicate situation sometimes blows my mind: treading on thin ice, walking a tight rope, pushing the line, playing with fire, on pins and needles, etc. I am in the process of creating one specifically for the reference to physical exertion well beyond the realm of safety but not quite at the point of destruction.

We quite literally constantly run the risk of overextending ourselves for the sake of improvement. The great fear is always that we will push too far and end up in a boot or a physical therapist's office Monday mornings at 10:15. Lately, though, I've begun to fear the opposite. Now, as my college career is coming to a close and my prospects for a post-collegiate career are uncertain at best, I have begun to fear that, instead of doing too much, what if I am doing too little? Worse yet, what if I have been doing too little for the last 3 years?

If we make time for it, more can always be done. But this generation ought to know by now that more is not always best. Instead, we might find ways to do the things that we know we have the capacity for better. Don't fix it if it ain't broken? - I say, don't wait until it's broken to see the need to fix it. Balance is not always piling weight onto both sides until it is even; sometimes it is taking weight off.