If you don't hold on with at least one hand while you're balancing on only one foot up here, I'm going to throw you down myself to end the suspense
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Without commitment or stability, external forces may remove you from a precarious position.
- In plain terms
- Hold on while balancing or risk being thrown off.
- What can you take from it?
- Stability requires active effort to maintain.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you feel unbalanced?
- What holds you in place?
Another view
Sometimes balance is impossible regardless of effort.
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