What's the Rush?

Published: Sept. 9, 2015, midnight

Hi peeps! This is an emotional power-up episode for those who hate to be bored, who have a constant habit of hurrying through life. For increasing mindfulness around the habit of rushing: when 'it\u2019s not enough, you\u2019re not there yet, life is frustrating, why are things so slow, stupid, boring' etc. It\u2019s easy to get into a kind of permanent unconscious state \u2013 being in a hurry comes with the speed of pretty much all technology. It\u2019s your job to be deliberate about slowing yourself down. So in the moment you recognize yourself rushing \u2013 or impatient, stop and take a look around in that moment. Really recognize the details inherent in that moment and appreciate them. Think to yourself that maybe, they are exactly as they are for a very good reason. The way they are is the way they should be \u2013 and you are not meant to be further ahead than you are. Witness what there is to appreciate in the individual moment. And practice just being with it. Accepting it. As exactly what it\u2019s meant to be \u2013 even if that\u2019s nothing exciting. See the value in that moment being just that: a moment. It doesn\u2019t have to be \u2013 and shouldn\u2019t be \u201cSOMETHING\u201d for it to have value. Why? Because a sentence needs air, it\u2019s with the pauses \u2013 with pacing, comes a natural texture and flow. It\u2019s where our experience can drink up the organic beauty vs. muscle and control it. Like fighting a current when you can instead just flow with it. Smile lovely friends! Have a request? Write me! @sarahmaybee or sarahmaybee@me.com xo For more of my writing, check out http://www.TeaspoonOfHappy.com\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices