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Setting Your Own Pace in Life
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know
,
all
those
things
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You know, all those things
that you think are so important and so very urgent
and that
you feel so nervous about and so upset about when they don't go well.
They're just small things.
They do not matter half as much as you imagine they do.
You allow yourself to be budgeted
and bulldozed and impressed by the way of the world.
But my friend, the way of the world at the end of the day is
just about what you foreground,
what you decide is important and what you decide to focus on in your life.
and trust me.
After all these years
of living my life,
I have finally understood
that it is truly up to me to
set the pace and to set the direction
and to not allow myself to be badgered
or panicked or
pushed into doing things,
or at the pace
at which other people want them.
I keep my own counsel
on what I prioritize,
what I focus on,
and in which direction I am going.
And that makes all the difference.
Because now I am truly in charge.
Now I can
enjoy the things I commit to because they're of my choosing.
And they don't have to lean me into panic or
urgency or emergency mode.
All they have to do
is to be what preoccupies me,
what takes my attention, what takes my care, what
takes my energy.
And that is a sound thing to do.
because the objective of life is not to be idle
or to be on holiday all the time or not
to do things.
It is to be connected
to the right things in your life
and to do what is right for you to do and to do your
very best to do those things as well as you can.
And that means staying in charge remaining accountable,
keeping proactive about
it, keeping on top of things
planning them, being at one with them,
enjoying them, making the most
of them and doing them with a joyful, attentive attitude.
And that, my friend, you can only do
once you have decided no longer to let the crowd
or the world or other people decide for you, not even your dog.
because he sometimes also tries to push me around
and tell me he wants things now this second
and there too I have to apply some porous
but nevertheless clear boundaries
in order not to be bullied and ordered around
and dictated
to by my dog.
And in that same way, my friend, you need to learn not to let yourself be dictated to
by anything
or anyone.
But keep your own life
clearly in focus
and to make it
the way you want it.
Now that takes time to perfect.
And keep asking yourself, after you have finished something, how could I have done that better?
How could I have been more peaceful about this?
How could I have made more of this task?
How could I have enjoyed it more?
And where does this lead to next? Make
it a pleasure, my friend,
to dance that dance of life and don't let it
oppress you.
Never let your life
or the other people in this world oppress you.
Life is yours.
It is yours, but you have let it be stolen away from you.
So take it back. Okay? No more pressure.
No more oppression.
No more emergencies.
No more urgency.
Just you creating
the best life for you, my friend.
And only you know how that should be lived.
Take care with that and enjoy it.