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LDN
Spring 2013 Home Improvement Magazine
A sense of balance
By Jim
Youngquist
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[May 06, 2013]
Personal philosophies seem to
differ about what is the best way to live life. Some people throw
themselves into life, take on all the challenges they can and
stoically maneuver through all the hardships and difficulties they
can possibly encounter.
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 Others seem to avoid all the stress and challenges they can and
zigzag a course through life, attempting to live lives of complete
peace and calm, retire early, make few changes, and always take the
same route home.Neither of these approaches is wrong, but neither
seems to be practical or possible either. There seems to be stress
involved even in the act of attempting to avoid stress. And, trying
to live a life where stress is the only thing in your life is
generally regarded as a life of pure misery.
Perhaps the best approach to life is to seek balance: not
avoiding or inviting stress but balancing it with rest and
relaxation, creativity and comfort, spirituality and relationships.
Our homes should be designed to not only provide a place for us
to rest our heads, but also be a refuge from the world, a place to
express our creativity, and the place where we rejuvenate ourselves
and find balance.
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In this 2013 Spring Home Improvement Magazine we have taken a
different approach with some alternative kinds of subjects. We are
looking at the artsier side of life, leaving out the list of
building materials and the list of tools, and discussing subjects
that might put us on the trail to attain a sense of healthy balance
in our lives.
[By JIM YOUNGQUIST]
LDN 2013 Spring Home Improvement
Magazine
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