Too Balanced?

Around the time I was about to graduate from high school and enter college, I had a momentary breakdown. I actually cried for a brief moment (I am not a crier) as I took an inventory of my life and questioned whether I had made the right decisions up to that point. I questioned the wisdom of all my decisions. Part of what prompted that "breakdown" was the fact that I was attending my back-up school instead of my first choice school. Also, I was not sure if I was actually following my dreams or was on the correct path for my life.

Fast forward four years. I am about to move from university into the "real world". Glancing into the rearview mirror of my life, I realize that I have loved the past four years of college. I met the best friends I have ever had and have enjoyed the college experience more than I could have ever imagined.

Now I am at the re-evaluation stage of life. What am I doing? Has my life really impacted anyone? Am I actually trying hard enough to incorporate Christ-like love into my daily life?

I am haunted by my own apathy when it comes to the pain and suffering of those around me. Shouldn't I be overwhelmed by compassion or a sense of urgency to fight poverty, injustice, the destruction of the environment, famine, racism, and all the other suffering in the world? Instead, I obsess about work, school, relationships, the future, and more.

Here comes the hard part. I do have to be concerned about my life and well-being. Work, school, relationships, and the future are all important. I can't give up everything and devote myself to one cause at the expense of everything else in my life. There has to be some sort of balance.

Someone I respect often says "If you are balanced in everything, you will be radical in nothing".

I want to be radical. I want to make a difference. I want to care.

Thoughts? What do you do to ensure you are not so balanced that you are immobile and ineffective as a Christian or a human being?