Today's Principle.....presented by Bleujay....

I love the artwork; you are very creative and colorful. Nice musing for the day @bluejay.

Greetings @bleujay

Really enjoyed this reflection... your way of connecting life principles with everyday experiences is both grounding and insightful. The reminder about balance and restraint really resonated with me.

Thanks for sharing this wisdom along with your beautiful photography and art.

Some wonderful lines to read dear @bleujay friend!... But it's always like that when you write, because you do it from the soul, it seems to me... And I loved that very colloquial Greek way of saying: "Too much good time" 😀... And how I would hear myself hearing it said by an Italian grandmother, who by the way are very expressive and eloquent! 😂...

Beautiful roses, beautiful photos, beautiful composition with the apples and the dahlia, just like your watercolor, a bit cryptic and magical at the same time... Thanks for sharig, have a blessed weekend!!!

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Wow those blooms are fantastic and you have captured their depth & detail so well!

So many context we could explore with your truth. I love the underlying balance of it and have been thinking about so many things in terms of yin and yang lately.

Because I run a business in a small town, things are challenging and rewarding which is the name of the entrepreneur game. When things go up, or are doing very well with new client growth for example, I regulate my decisions knowing that things correct down inevitably. Further to that, I can get ahead of the downturn by pouring extra effort into growth before the downturn.

In contrast, the inevitable dips in revenue can be tough but knowing that things go back up again. When they seem not to be heading in the right direction, a little effort and track record of success come through and correct it. Just don’t quit.

This concept helps with crypto investment too knowing that crypto goes /, then it goes , then it goes / again!

Learning to pace yourself, knowing your limitations and applying them.

I must have learned this what goes up must come down lesson, because I am a master at pacing myself. I never hurry anymore, I take the time to be ready long before I have to be ready. I give myself loads of down time, just musing while the world turns. When there's a lot to do, I do it steadily. I don't take on too much. Perhaps all these principles are learned over time, and the hard way.

'What goes up must come down'

I wished at least the Hive price would go up from time to time, before it comes down again, hehe! 😊

The photos of the different flowers and the painting are outstanding again, @bleujay!

I came for the painting, stayed for the photographs, and learned from the principle ... C.S. Lewis described this in The Screwtape Letters as the Principle of Oscillation, and so I learned it in a slightly different way combined with his writing of it in his fictional Space Trilogy (being far younger than expected to be reading any of that): peaks and valleys are waves, and therefore not permanent ... if you are in one, get ready for the next, because no state is permanent. Newton came along later with opposite and equal reactions ... so that naturally, there are highs and lows that will always succeed each other. C.S. Lewis also added the warning in fiction that gets to your way of looking at this: do not despise the natural, common grace enjoyments seeking just the highs.

"Too much good time" explains a lot of things ... too high a high means a long dropoff and a harder landing. There are, however, some subtleties to this ... as someone who has experienced intense grief, it is sometimes necessary to think of this the other way: to get through the valleys, one has to know there will be a balance, that at some great joy will be known again. And, even further: there are some who will seek to avoid peaks in order to avoid valleys, and this too can become unnatural.

Of course, C.S. Lewis, you, and I have something in common: we trust the Master of the sea, Who will let no storm rage too long, and binds night by day, and day by night, and Who is with us through whichever or peak or valley He chooses for us. We can be content and be grateful in His choice along the journey. This is one of the reasons I have become a decent photographer of nature ... reminding myself daily of the beautiful common grace blessings all along the way.

There are many similar expressions in Turkish, dear @bleujay. Every rise is followed by a fall, of course. We experience this many times in life. That's why we must remember to be humble when we rise high, and remember that we will rise again when we fall.

Regards friend and blessed weekend to you

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Common Sense!! That OLD notion!! 😂

Just kidding, but there is a lot of people missing that these days it seems.

Gravity.... the real kind and the mental kind. You have to keep your feet on the ground sometimes, even when you want to fly off with too much of a good thing.

I enjoyed your post.

That white flower looks like it could be made out of crepe paper. Beautiful!

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You are correct, pacing yourself is the only way to live. Stimuli overload is never good for the mind although they may be fun at the moment it catches up to you in the end. I live a much slower paced life now that when I was younger, it was fun at the time but not anymore!

Beautiful flowers by the way!

Some flowers look like aliens!

(The key to having a good time without the repercussions is restraint, stability, even common sense.) I completely agree with this phrase which sums up the concept you're explaining. Exaggerations are NEVER good. In fact, when they happen, the downturns become more intense. Moderation is key, and I would add patience.
I wish you a happy Thursday.