"Newton's Third Law : For every action, there's always an equal opposite reaction."
And it applies to our daily lives in various unexpected ways; worse, the reaction is more than what we did. No matter how we try to avoid it, most of the time, every action that we make gives us the opposite reaction -- the reaction that we are not anticipating. You gain here, you lose something at the other end. I guess, this law is more of trying to balance the things in our lives rather than trying to nullify everything.
So it goes, you become a workaholic and you lose the people you treasure. It's the same thing when you try to concentrate on just one part of your life. If you focus on just your academics, sooner or later, you'll realize that the people around you are fading slowly one by one. At times, if you gain new friends, you lose the others. It's not about asking who your real friends are; but, it's a matter of how you give time to all of the people you consider your friend. It's not about them trying to understand you; it's about you trying to understand them. Step out of your self-centered world and see how the world revolves in a different perspective. You'll see that there's a lot of things happening without you knowing it. Things and people change, even the weather changes.
Same thing goes when you just focus on keeping all of your friends. Isn't it a shame on how mediocore you are in terms of responsibility? You can't give your best shot when your focus isn't on what you are supposed to do. You set it aside and say to yourself, "people are more important." Wrong. A person shouldn't neglect even one of his responsibilities just because he's trying to keep is world of friendship and family intact. If you see that your responsibility in work or in school is a great hindrance to your world, drop your responsibility and leave it behind.
For every action, there's always a greater opposite reaction. You lose in life; but, you'll soon realize, you gained something really important. You gained something that is never taught in four-walled rooms. You gained something that is never seen in books, most especially, never spoken of by your friends. When you gained something, you'll lose something in return. It might be that you'll lose something important to you -- pride, wealth... name it.
The question of balancing comes into mind. However, there's no such thing as balancing everything in your life. A balanced life does not necessarily mean a balanced time for everyone. It's just not feasible. If you don't lose anything, you won't gain anything. If you lose something important to you, win it back by losing something else instead.
Life won't give you everything that you want. You'll only get what you need and those that you give real importance to.
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**note: I'm sorry, lae. I miss you so much. 8D'
