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   "Pyrrhic Victory"

Far too many people today spend the majority of their waking hours working, planning, trying to makes ends meet and getting ahead. Not all of this is about paying bills, their are those individuals whose goal is to achieve as much as they can at whatever cost. Now there is nothing wrong with pursuing your dreams or just being all you can  be, but at what cost. At the end of the day what is the price of this kind of success.  Have you considered how much time you spend working and traveling. Time spent away from home, family and friends just to reach that golden place in the road where you can say I've made it, I've done it. Its all about weighing the cost and finding the balance between success and failure.When was the last time you ate dinner at the table with your family, or went to a soccer game where your son or daughter were playing. When was the last time you got home early enough to take a walk in the park or sit on your deck and watch the sun go down.If this is you than you've been missing out on the most important part of life. Weighing the cost and finding the balance is not always easy but it is a must if you are to be truly successful. The best of leaders and managers find the time to occassionally just shut it down.  Some do it at a certain hour in the day while others do it during certain times during the week. Whatever their routine the fact is they do it, they find the balance. When you have missed those golden moments in life you cannot get them back no matter how hard you try.

 A biblical writer wrote: 

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul: Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" Mark 8:36-37 

Another biblical writer tells of a man who said:

"Now I know what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I can store all my grain and other goods. Then I'll say to myself, 'You have stored up enough good things to last for years to come. Live it up! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.' " But God said to him, "You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?" Luke 12:18-20 

The morale of this biblical truth is that life requires that we weigh the cost and find a balance. The price of success at this level is called the "Pyrrhic Victory". By definition it is a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses. It's loss outweigh its success. Take a moment and see if this picture may apply to you and if so make a conscience determination that you will find a balance between work, home, family and friends in the coming days and weeks. Surprise yourself and see how great you will began to feel.