No weak point

In the world of tennis now, Roger Federer is the man with no weak points, the man to beat. Unlike team sports such as soccer, where it is nearly impossible to get a flawless team with each player the best in his position, tennis is an individual sport, and apparently, at this point in time, there is a master out there with no weak point. It is not that the other players are weak; far from it, Nadal, Roddick, Ferrer, etc. are capable players who are adept at what they do, with their own styles, be it defensive play, pure power or sheer speed. However, they lack the balance that Federer has attained and so far managed to maintain.

Balance, that is true power. Like the seats of a see-saw, achieving equilibrium is not easy. Too much weight on one side and the other bounces up; too little on one side and that side will remain stuck to the ground, unable to fly.

Here I think of that cliched phrase, "All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl". The reverse is also true. Sometimes, we get too caught up in the everyday stuff of our own lives that we work/study too hard such that we get sick of that and we start to indulge/play too much, after a certain point at which we feel as though we had an overdose of pleasure and we repeat this vicious cycle. Mere mortals like us may find it hard to achieve balance the Zen way, through meditation, or the Taoist way, as exemplified in the symbol of Yin and Yang.

Still, there is nothing that we cannot achieve if we set our hearts to it, so I believe. Seeking and finding that balance is something meaningful. Maybe even late bloomers like me are starting to see the light. :)

~ What matters most is making the choice to open your heart, to let in the strong yet tender, firm yet gentle wind that brings warmth into that crystalline crimson chamber. ~
Quoted from "The Silence of the Seventh Song"