I have a hard time being patient.
Urgency makes me care; urgency gets me excited.
I want to find the quickest way to get to whatever I am working on. This can be good, and it can be bad.
I have been really working on something Andy Frisella calls "aggressive patients". This is when you act with urgency every day, but you understand things take time.
This is unbelievably difficult for me, and today I was really struggling to remind myself that it is okay to move slow. I was at work thinking about where I want to be in life and how far away it seems, when my coworker Adele, who is older than me with grown kids, said something interesting.
She was talking about her life and how she is older now and then she said, "yeah life is crazy and it’s so short and it moves way to fast".
Right when she said this I kind of laughed on the inside and thought about how the universe and God were giving me a sign. Often in life, I believe the universe and God will give us moments that are meaningful, like little reminders such as this, or random sparks of happiness. They are all over, you just have to pay attention.
Today, what Adele said was my reminder that life IS short, and it moves fast as hell.
I realized the power of perspective, and how I am on my way to where I want to go but I need to make sure I enjoy the process of getting there as well.
Isn't it crazy how fast it can change? I am 23 thinking this phase of my life is never ending, and Adele is in her 60's telling me that life moves to fast, there isn't enough of it, and how I should slow down and enjoy it.
Talk about the universe slapping me with some fresh guilt for not being more appreciative of where I am at.
More and more I have been picking up on the signs I have been given and today was a clear reminder.
Adele reminded me to be grateful for where I am at and to be patient for what I know is coming.
Adele reminded me that I want to help people, and I want to do great things for others, but I must make sure I am stopping to enjoy everyone on the way.
Perspective is everything and sometimes we lack it.
But that doesn't mean we can't gain more of it.
Thanks Adele.
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