Is there such thing as too much of a good thing?

I am beginning to think more and more that too much of ANYTHING is never good. Many have said to me, "You can never be too rich, too thin, or too beautiful." Well I think they are wrong. I have experienced in my time as a student that you can study too much, you can drink too much coffee, you can think too hard, you can do anything too much. It is so hard for me to live in moderation. I along with many others have a hard time living in the tension as some call it. I heard a lot growing up that a real Christian must sell out, all in and I believe that. But I don't think it looks the same as we might think. This lifestyle of selling out often goes unnoticed among us. Single parents raising their children up in the way of Christ, an elderly widow who rocks babies in the nursery for years on in. Giving oneself completely to the way of Christ means considering all the options, realizing that things are not as simple as we would like them to be. When we seek to make things so simple we polarize ourselves and others against each other. I don't know about you but I need all the help I can get on this journey. It is not an easy one.