07/09/2026
We often think of stability as something effortless. But when something is unstable, something else has to work harder to keep it upright.
The muscles tighten.
The body compensates.
Our attention increases.
And what was once an occasional adjustment can eventually become our constant state.
Perhaps this happens beyond the physical body, too.
We adjust. We perform. We monitor. We ask, “Am I enough?”
Balance maintained through constant effort is not the same as stability.
Maybe the deeper question is:
“What would allow me to stop holding so tightly?”