Taking in the reins

I've slowed myself down a lot. I can stop and enjoy the moment now. There is no sense of urgency to get the next check mark on my list. I've still got a list. You have to keep that list, something to keep you moving forward, I just don't have to put a time stamp next to that check mark anymore.

It really is all about the journey. No matter how often you heard it before, no matter how many times you said it before, when you do finally get it, it's gotten, forever. I can recognize other people that get it too. I like to think we are all aware of each other, silently acknowledging our own awareness, nodding to our friends who say they get it, but are so far from it... we were there once. One day they will get it too. They will turn silent too. They will look back on when they swore they knew, and smile at what they thought was missing all this time.