Go. Go. Go.
Cars are prided on how quickly they can go from zero to sixty.
It’s all about the gas pedal.
But just because it is there does not mean you have to slam on it.
Lighten your foot.
And remember that you also have a brake.
109. Maybe not so priceless
Mothering feels hectic and frantic a lot of the time.
But some days, there are these moments where what we do is clear and in focus and everything else in the background fades to a low hum.
The voices in our heads quiet.
We are present with our family.
It’s pure magic.
Priceless – if we were able to capture it in a bottle and sold on a shelf.
But they are only priceless because we think those moments are scarce.
What if they aren’t?
108. A poorly planned amusement park
Life can feel like a poorly planned and poorly maintained amusement park.
The paths may be confusing, twisting, winding.
Maps and guides are there but they may be hidden behind overgrown bushes or misplaced off the path.
The crowd may feel overwhelming, and you may feel alone, trying to find the people you came to find.
But what most amusement parks offer, even the poorly planned, are opportunities for play, fun, and even delight.
The thrill of a ride, the challenge of a game, and the quirks of the staff are all opportunites to enjoy the experience despite the windy paths, hidden maps and overwhelming crowds.
A sense of playfulness is available to us.
107. Scratch your own itch
A comfortable life is blah.
When everything is taken care of for you, you don’t even realize that there were problems needed to be fixed.
Automated technology tries to do it all for us. And when it doesn’t, there will be an uproarious crowd ready to declare war.
If you have a itch and there is always someone to scratch it for you, can you even say you had an itch?
Maybe they scratched it for you even before you knew there was an itch.
What if that is actually a disservice?
What if that itch is there to tell you something?
What would it mean to see that itch and scratch it yourself?
106. Life is in the contrast
Comfort is overrated.
Comfort causes us to not appreciate what is around us. If we have always lived in a big house in a nice neighborhood, we don’t know any differently.
Our standards are created only by what we know and what we are shown.
But life and learning and growing happens in the contrast.
Plop us in a neighborhood living under the poverty line and we will see what we have. It will make us more appreciative. It will make us want to find solutions.
Get out of your fishbowl. See, breathe and feel the contrast.
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