My dearest readers,
with the new year and your life in motion, with
forged success in progress, and spring gradually approaching, we slowly (should)
get to shake off the cold and frozenness of a rusty winter mood and hit the
road. If you want to push forward,
and if we want to #make #believe, we cannot
keep our speed down; we must hit the pedal to the floorboard if we want to go
further, and keep our #MomentumToGo up, roll our windows down, and cruise!
Some consider speed—or a quick pace—in our lives a liability. But it’s not the pace that becomes a burden,
it is more so inattention, sheer apathy to capture the moment, or a lack of
delight in a fast-paced life that bothers us. If only we became more aware of
our moments in life and time; can a fast-paced life not be fun and can we not
have joy in seizing each of these moments? When you drive wide into the open,
are you not filled with a sense of freedom running wild?
Being aware of all our moments is mostly a tall order. We tend to float with
whatever is at hand, and we’re destined to give in to the fast-paced world
around us. But in the midst of the rush and worldly or personal demands we
forget to “[s]tart the daily practice of joyful living” (Bryant McGill). We can
grumble about missed opportunities, closed doors, and the incapability to keep
up with everything—and it is by no means
preposterous to be upset about any of it; but why don’t we add a little joy in this dispute
with ourselves? Are you
aware that “[y]our sacred time is now” and you should “[b]egin to live
passionately” (Lailah Gifty Akita)?
If we live joyful and not let our hearts sink,
we can walk on air. And then we can—regardless of
challenges—hover over and beyond the blacktop and rev our engines all day long,
and every day. I am not saying there won’t be others trying to slow us down;
and neither am I saying there won’t be traffic ahead…but if we keep our foot
heavy on the pedal, we can keep our momentum and push forward and eventually go
further. We’re rolling
already, and if we do so “in joy, happiness is close behind” (Todd Stocker)—often almost unnoticeable in our rearview mirror, hiding in our momentum’s
slipstream; but we should know it is there, it is close, it is following us and
catching up.
You’ve pushed start already, your engine is
running. Isn’t it about time you set your drive on cruise control and (be) ride
or die on the open road? In fact, ride free or die, keep on rolling on your
road, because you’re the driver, not someone else…there is no speed limit, you’re
steering and you set your pace. Whether you pass others is entirely up to you,
all you’ve got to do is crank up your cruise control at a given time, and then
you get to ride into the spring. And “[s]pring work is going on with joyful
enthusiasm” (John Muir), even where the blacktop ends.
