Which would you prefer: a wild, turbulent life filled with joy, sorrow, passion, and adventure–intoxicating successes and stunning setbacks; or a happy, secure, predictable life surrounded by friends and family without such wide swings of fortune and mood?

This question almost makes the latter option sound boring by comparison. Personally, though, I’d rather have the boring option. I mean, life is what it is. There will be wide swings of the pendulum, but I’d prefer a life of balance.

*The Question of the Week can be found in The Book of Questions by Gregory Stock, Ph.D.