I don’t think it’s a particularly uncommon thought to suggest to folks that right wherever you just might be the best possible place to be.
But it seems to be one of those things we Americans need to be reminded of repeatedly. We’re an impatient bunch.
Remember the back-flash from the beginning of the old television series The Six-Million Dollar Man?
“She’s breaking up! She’s breaking up!”
If you try to go too fast, you will be able to tell because you will start to feel as though you are breaking up.
There is only one place you can find peace and that’s wherever you are.
Today. This minute. Right now.
Not rocket speed. Not breaking the sound barrier. Not going from wherever you are into outer space.
If you can accept where you are, you can build from here.
And if you can’t, then it’s easy to get hooked on the chronic disappointment of not being further ahead.
It’s twice as hard to get it in gear when you are down on yourself than it is to move forward from self-acceptance.
Just go with whatever momentum you already have.
And if you don’t have forward momentum, just keep it in neutral so you don’t accidentally run anybody over when you step on the gas.
