Life Equalizer

post #229

I used to think that I can only focus on one thing, that if I go after one thing, I have to sacrifice the others. Coz I realize no matter how hard I try, I just can't have it all. Like in below illustration (yeah I know it's not pretty, a bit hasty in making it).

Imagine you're the black circle in the center. Which colored arrow will you choose? Each arrow points a different direction. If I focus on career, I can't have a personal life. Hmmm....gotta be wise in choosing here. But if it's so, then it would be impossible to excel in more than one aspect of life, wouldn't it?

Then...I got this epiphany (I think I had it when I was listening to a song and saw the graphic equalizer). What if I l look at it the wrong way? In that case, I have to change my perspective. How if we see the above illustration in a different way? Like this:


It turned out that we can go after more than one aspect of life but of course we cannot excel in all of them. I'd like to use the term 'Life Equalizer'. You know, like the graphic equalizer we use to set based on our preference when listening to music. WMP, WinAmp have some preset equalizer namely bass boost, treble boost, rock, pop, etc.

Like this (in the green box):



I think basically it's the same with our life. We can set our Life Equalizer based on our preference, our principles. We all have our own priorities in life. It depends on us how do we want to live our lives. Each decision we make set our life equalizer, which eventually determine the music of our life. How our life will be 'heard' by ourselves and others. Some might like it, some other might not like it. Well, everybody has their own taste of music, right?

So, our Life Equalizer can be like this (a simplified version compared to the above pic):

or this:
or this:
Whichever that is, it's our life. Maybe we'll find another person who'll like the sound of our life, which has been set using our Life Equalizer, vice versa. Then we can share our life together with that person, creating a beautiful melody of life.


How bout you? Have you find the right equalizer setting for your life? Have you set it?



Shiratori Emiko - Melodies of Life

Alone for a while I've been searching through the dark
For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart
To weave by picking up the pieces that remain
Melodies of life--love's lost refrain

Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why
We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye
And who'll hear the echoes of stories never told?
Let them ring out loud till they unfold
In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me
Though you're gone, I still believe that you can call out my name

* A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
Adding up the layers of harmony
And so it goes, on and on
Melodies of life,
To the sky beyond the flying birds--forever and beyond

So far and away, see the bird as it flies by
Gliding through the shadows of the clouds up in the sky
I've laid my memories and dreams upon those wings
Leave them now and see what tomorrow brings

In your dearest memories, do you remember loving me?
Was it fate that brought us close and now leaves me behind?

* Repeat

If I should leave this lonely world behind
Your voice will still remember our melody
Now I know we'll carry on
Melodies of life
Come circle round and grow deep in our hearts
As long as we remember


Note: charts were added at Feb 25, 2008. The charts were different, but the sum of the points are 2.5. It just a matter of points allocation, which similar to how we allocate our time and effort in life.