"Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty."
- Jon Krakauer (Into the Wild)

Friday, April 22, 2011

Take 2 Minutes

Life comes at you fast. One minute you will be dodging the speeding bullet coming right at your face, then the next it turns out you moved right into the path of a bludgeon that will hit you from behind. There is not a lot we can do about it, or really prepare ourselves for it. I guess that's when you just gotta roll with the punches.

I've been feeling pretty punched this week. Last week I was running around and working out, then this weekend I could barely even leave bed. I had four days notice to get on top of my work and my life. Life doesn't just stop for you when you need it to. No, it keeps going full force and you better sprint fast because if you don't catch up soon you are only going to fall further behind.  I have been in full sprint mode, stepping one foot in front of the other, stuck so deep in the moment just trying not to fall over. The problem with sprinting is that it exhausts you and makes it really easy to forget how far you've come and only focus on how far you have to go.

But you can't sprint forever (it's physiologically proven!)...

The sprint is the grind. It's that dark tunnel that you have to figure your own way out of. It's one punch after another. Phrase it anyway you want... It's just life.

I've been so busy scrambling to get out of the rut I'm in, I forgot to notice what a beautiful, amazing place my rut is in.

I feel like I could describe my life in a million metaphors right now, but I finally got the chance to just stop for a minute (2 minutes) today and take a deep breath and smell the trees and the flowers and the grass (appropriate because it's earth day). I couldn't help but smile. I didn't need to go anywhere or escape... it was all around me.

Life can beat you down, hard, but I think we are all stronger than we realize. It's important to follow your passion and your dreams and to strive to be the best, but sometimes we need to stop and recognize the simple things that exist as a part of our daily lives.

So take 2 minutes, appreciate the earth, appreciate the people, its all so much bigger than you or me.

Then get on your way and chase those dreams!


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