One way to be balanced is to realize you are in control of all the facets of your own life and to act and feel accordingly. While you may not directly control everything that happens to you, if you lose a leg after being run over by a bus, you can accept it and adapt to it, or refuse it and be in turmoil. I am most in balance when I accept the nature of things and use them to my advantage or carefully consider the situation and realize what improvements it has made upon me and what I've learned.

My friend's 19 year old roommate was kidnapped four days ago. I didn't know her but everyone who does say's she's a really good person. She was staying at a friend's house and when her friend's woke up they saw her clothes, cell phone, and purse in a pile and blood on her pillow.

Anyone who see's this, if you would think kind thoughts and hope she returns safely that's all it would take to maybe make a little bit of a difference, it doesn't matter you don't know her, I don't either.