Projecting positive energy in the presense of a negative father

[Vince]

perhaps one of my ultimate goals for myself in this life is balance.

That's it for me, in a nutshell. This life has been one long, wild roller coaster ride; it's not so easy to find balance under those circumstances -- but it's a darn sight more significant to have done so than it would have been while walking an easy, meandering path.
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plur

what has been a challenge for me is just surrounding myself with balanced people. i've been surrounded often by imbalanced people (and i don't exempt myself from having imbalances either), so i tend to limit my contacts with people if their imbalances vastly affect my own personal balance. life is sometimes already a tightrope, so balance is very important to me. i just want to be healthy, pay my mortgage and have a little bit of peace in my life.