Everyone seems to be in some kind of divine rush.
Everyone is chasing a dream, some godforsaken passion, a mad obsession, pure ambition... they can call it what they like. To me, it just feels like someone put us in a tape recorder, hit fast-forward, and walked away with the pause button.
What would life even look like if we paused?
Not like we do on Spotify. Not like a show on Netflix. A real pause. The kind where you step out of your own head and watch yourself for a bit.
That panic when someone doesn’t respond the way you expected. It’s ridiculous when you see it from the outside. Almost funny.
That chaos you create because you didn’t think things through, and now everyone else has to deal with it, too.
That need for validation from people who wouldn’t notice your absence, let alone your presence.
We look at stress the same way a chainsmoker looks at the cigarette - WE WANT IT EVEN IF THAT KILLS US!
I’ve lived like that. For years.
Didn’t arrive here clean. Made a mess first.
I haven't become this person without some flaws of my own. I have, on many occasions, fantasized about disappearing from the face of the earth, just because someone didn't speak kindly to me. That moment you don't feel like taking a pause, breathe, and let that feeling pass. At that moment, you feel like ending it all. But, where's the fun in that?
There's no Master Shifu wisdom here. We're all just winging it. Taking life as it comes. But there's one thing we might want to consider - PAUSE A LITTLE.
One late attendance doesn’t cost you an EMI.
One missed meeting isn’t bigger than wishing your kid before their first exam.
One missed call isn’t more important than looking at your wife while she’s smiling at herself in the mirror.
Some things don’t need to be rushed.
Work will wait. Traffic will wait. The world doesn’t fall apart that easily.
And no one is paying you for being constantly on edge. Not your boss. Not your life.
There’s no reward for always being on time.
But there is a penalty for always being elsewhere.
And no, I am not talking about work.
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