The Lesson of the Five Balls

An excerpt from the book Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson.

Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls.
The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're
keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that
work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four
balls— family, health, friends, integrity—are made of glass. If you drop one of
these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. And once
you truly understand the lesson of the five balls, you will have the beginnings
of balance in your life.