Do you rush round from thing to thing barely having a moment? I used to be that person. Busy from morning till night with work, clubs and responsibilities.
It was a beautiful horse called Murphy that worked tirelessly to get me to slow down and experience the moment.
At first, I didn't hear what he was saying, frustrated with his lack of understanding of the time pressure I was under (all self-made time pressure I later realised), I tried to speed him up to my pace.
As time went on, I relented to his persistence and I started to see more beauty in the world around me. As time went on further still I did a whole 180° on my relationship with life.
He knew what I didn't: that magic happens in the pause, not in the doing.
I started to notice so much more! Like how beautiful the stars are, the smell of a crisp autumn morning, that coca cola actually tastes awful and when I was energetically and emotionally compromising myself.
I call it living consciously.
I do less, but get more done.
I hear more, yet experience more comforting silence.
I feel more, but I'm in a place of security whilst I am doing it.
All the books I had read saying I would experience the world more vividly if I slowed down were right! It took time to unwind and get there, but it was absolutely worth it.
Hidden benefits
What was also great was I was carrying much less stress into the next day.
Instead of blindly accumulating stress in persuit of "achievement" and "perfection", I slowed down and appreciated my existing achievements (just be-ing being one), and the existing perfection in and around me.
With the constraints of judgement and time pressure lifted, I started to be at the right place at the right time for the most wonderful synchronicities. I trusted I'd have what I needed at all times and that in this moment, right here, right now - I was ok.
Actually I discovered, I was better than ok, I was brilliant.
So everything changed, when I let go of overthinking, let go of control and let myself open up to the magic.
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