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The running conversation in your head

The running conversation in your head

The mind is perpetually stuck in the future, worried about tomorrow instead of tomorrow’s yesterday.

It’s as if we’re running toward an elusive finish line, lured by the temptation of retirement.

Hold up…why do we move so fast?

Skimming and skipping produce a race to the bottom. We expect the algorithms and Google shortcuts to provide the answers and solve a lack of intelligence.

Learning, of patience, through experience, stokes pure wildness. It is how we evolve.

Insecurity is life. In the attempt to lock it into place, we forfeit the musicality of motion.

Putting down the irreality of our screens, foregoing speedy impressions, we finally realize our potential.

This pace is the place to be. 

gif via Toby Cooke


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2 responses to “The running conversation in your head”

  1. wells baum aka bombtune Avatar
    wells baum aka bombtune

    Amen. Yet the ‘be here now’ mantra always sends me leaping years forward. Visualizing is important but not if it brings unnecessary stress. Let it be, indeed…

  2. To just ‘be’ and not worry about being tomorrow, that is the struggle.