I know it meant well and putting things in simplistic terms is easier to comprehend.
However, this is a classic western cut-and-slice "squeaky wheel gets the grease" way of problem solving. Place things in neat cookie-cutters and trouble-shoot!
I prefer the oriental holistic way of looking at things. There are no balls. Only you.
Instead of focusing on not dropping the balls (symptoms or manifestations); we accept that we will drop the balls - we are mere mortals.
It's how we react when we dropped our balls that really matters.
It's more about what kind of material you are made of:
1) If you are made of rubber, you can bounce back from any setbacks.
2) If you are made of steel, you can withstand the scratches from life's shocks and surprises.
3) f you are made of glass, well, you know what happened to Humpty Dumpty...
Can we change the material we are made of? That may depend on whether you belong to the Nature or Nurture school of thought!
Singapore Man of Leisure (welcome to my blog; just google it!)
