INSPIRATION: Fast

by | Oct 12, 2015 | Insights & Inspiration

Life is fast.

So be fast with it.

Don’t panic. Don’t expend an ounce more energy than you need to in order to keep up. Don’t waste any energy on worry or judgement – or even getting ahead. Simply find the pace at which you must go and go that pace.

I have a very full week ahead so I’ll be moving fast – not to rush but to stay present at every moment to what is.

Sometimes the thing to do is to stop and reflect. Sometimes, it’s to move. What speed is right for you right now?

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Dana Theus

Dana Theus

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