Recently, I've been reading a manga
about boxing. Hold on, hold on; before you go running to google for
help, I shall enlighten you. Mangas are comics drawn in a certain style developed in Japan. Japanese cartoonists who draw mangas are called mangakas. As I was saying, I've been reading a manga about boxing. The story follows a young boxer, Ippo, as he struggles to win matches and become like Mike Tyson, whom he adores.
In one of his earliest matches, his opponent used a counter punch. When Ippo tried to punch this opponent, the latter dodged it and punched Ippo at the same time. This counter worked well for two reasons. Firstly, the force of Ippo's punch made his face move forward and hence added to the destructive power of the counter. Secondly, whenever Ippo was on offence, his defence was weak. That got me thinking. If a person defends, he cannot attack. If he attacks, he cannot defend. The solution, of course, would be to have the perfect balance. That, I believe, would be the aim of every boxer.
Upon further reflection, I came to the conclusion that striking the perfect balance is the aim of every human being. Psychology says that all humans always try to be in a state of homeostasis, which is just a fancy word for equilibrium, which in turn can easily be explained as balance. The consumption of food, or, in other words, the act of eating, is an attempt at restoring the homeostasis, which, as I said, or rather typed, is equilibrium or balance, of nutrition. Similarly, quenching your thirst by the consumption of liquids is merely an attempt to restore your body's hydraulic equilibrium, or, balance. (I really love using big words. It makes me feel smart.)
Venturing beyond physiology, I would make the claim that even the act of socializing is an attempt to gain balance (I'm tired of typing the same thing in three different words.) If one observes well enough, one could easily see that people try to make friends with the person who complements them well, or, with whom they attain equilibrium. The practical man and the idealist are good friends in many cases. The cynic and the romantic often get along well. The introvert and extrovert may easily be seen having coffee together. And so on and so forth. Well, you do have the occasional black sheep. But on a general note, that is the trend. On an individualistic front as well, we are all constantly in the struggle for balance. One day we are puffed up with pride and the next day, dealing with an inferiority complex. So, if you, and by you, I mean the three readers who will read this post out of an obligation of friendship, are struggling to find a balance with anything, it might help to know that others are going through the same thing, and also that you might never actually achieve that balance.
Happy Balancing!
In one of his earliest matches, his opponent used a counter punch. When Ippo tried to punch this opponent, the latter dodged it and punched Ippo at the same time. This counter worked well for two reasons. Firstly, the force of Ippo's punch made his face move forward and hence added to the destructive power of the counter. Secondly, whenever Ippo was on offence, his defence was weak. That got me thinking. If a person defends, he cannot attack. If he attacks, he cannot defend. The solution, of course, would be to have the perfect balance. That, I believe, would be the aim of every boxer.
Upon further reflection, I came to the conclusion that striking the perfect balance is the aim of every human being. Psychology says that all humans always try to be in a state of homeostasis, which is just a fancy word for equilibrium, which in turn can easily be explained as balance. The consumption of food, or, in other words, the act of eating, is an attempt at restoring the homeostasis, which, as I said, or rather typed, is equilibrium or balance, of nutrition. Similarly, quenching your thirst by the consumption of liquids is merely an attempt to restore your body's hydraulic equilibrium, or, balance. (I really love using big words. It makes me feel smart.)
Venturing beyond physiology, I would make the claim that even the act of socializing is an attempt to gain balance (I'm tired of typing the same thing in three different words.) If one observes well enough, one could easily see that people try to make friends with the person who complements them well, or, with whom they attain equilibrium. The practical man and the idealist are good friends in many cases. The cynic and the romantic often get along well. The introvert and extrovert may easily be seen having coffee together. And so on and so forth. Well, you do have the occasional black sheep. But on a general note, that is the trend. On an individualistic front as well, we are all constantly in the struggle for balance. One day we are puffed up with pride and the next day, dealing with an inferiority complex. So, if you, and by you, I mean the three readers who will read this post out of an obligation of friendship, are struggling to find a balance with anything, it might help to know that others are going through the same thing, and also that you might never actually achieve that balance.
Happy Balancing!
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