The Balance of the 3 Pillars

There can be no more balanced form than having 3 feet / 3 pillars! They create a stable base, and even on rougher ground they manage to keep their balance.

Even if the 3 Pillars are not the same length, the structure does not fall, nor does it wobble!

We can try this with a camera tripod. As some of you know, for many years we did surf and nature photography, and we were often on the sand of the beach or on the cliffs, on ground full of stones and holes that made it uneven.

Some people used a monopod, but they would have to hold it all the time to stop it falling. If a "duopod" existed, the same would happen! But a tripod is the perfect formula for achieving this stability!

And so it is with these 3 Pillars of Wellbeing!

These 3 legs give us stability in our health at every level: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Even if some are more developed than others, we do not fall! And the more developed ones help the others to develop.

If we eat a natural, healthy diet, our blood sugar is stable, and we do not have so many emotional peaks or swings between hyperactivity and tiredness. Our body feels lighter and more agile. We will then be keener to take up a physical activity, we will also be able to sleep better, and have a calmer mind for practising mindfulness or meditation.

On the other hand, if we like sport and do it regularly, that activity brings us greater emotional stability, which in turn allows us to make better food choices and to have our body ready for rest and/or other spiritual practices.

Lastly, if we are more contemplative people, who like to look at Life from a wider perspective, grateful for everything we have and everything that happens to us, we are in an emotional state better prepared to choose foods that do us good, and we are more inclined towards activity.

Each leg pulls the others along, and they walk together, towards complete Wellbeing!

So the important thing is to start, with the one that comes most easily to us, and the others will gradually join in and settle more lastingly into our life.

Happiness lies in the journey, not at the end :-)