Yesterday, while in a flurry of unfocused, superfluous activity I asked myself, “What if you were not in such a hurry? How would it feel if you took your time?” I guaranteed myself it would be a much different existence. So I took a deep breath, my first line of defense in every stressful situation, and it was validated once again that breath is a potent tool for good.
I witness many who, along with me, suffer from this affliction I call— Chronic Urgency— the self-imposed demand that everything must get done sooner than we are actually capable of doing it, and there can be nothing left hanging. I got news for all of us— there are always things left hanging. It’s part of the package. Ironically the Chronic Urgency mindset means very little ever gets done well, as the surging energy goes into the immanency rather than the holistic completion of whatever task is at hand. So take a breath right now, and know it will all get done— eventually.
