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A well balanced life is like a well-balanced meal.

You need vegetables: fresh, alive, colorful, and tasty to add fresh vibrant Qi "chi" energy to your body.

You need starch: space filling, satisfying, with energy to save for later.

You need protein: renewing, rebuilding, structural food to keep you strong and stronger.

You need fluid: to keep you flexible (don't shrivel up), and enable electrical communication in your body.

So LIFE is LIKE A WELL-BALANCED MEAL.

Each day you need activities that keep you alive, colorful, and fresh with vibrant Qi energy in your body.

Each day you need activities to fill space and be satisfying, to provide energy and enthusiasm for later.

Each day you need to be renewed, refreshed, and exercised to keep you strong or make you stronger.

Each day you need activities that keep you flexible and promote your communication skills.

Buddha Zhen
Patriarch, shaolinZEN.org