Simple Breeze…
A simple breeze was all it took. I was chasing the wind while the perfect breeze was seeking the perfect moment when I stopped to catch my breath.
These past couple of months have been moving fast while also moving at a snail’s pace. It’s as if I am on the freeway of life and all I see is car light after car light zooming right past me. No matter how hard I put my foot to the pedal I stay at this nice comfortable pace as if someone placed a governor on my vehicle of life. See, a governor is placed on a vehicle to prevent it from reaching a top speed. No matter how hard I pressed on the gas of life I could only go so fast and there was nothing I could do about it. I know that patience plays an important piece in our journey in life, but as Life seemed to start to come together, I wanted to hit the acceleration. I wanted to take off, and not because I was feeling Zealous or had this sudden burst of energy. I wanted to take off and hit the accelerator in life because things were and are starting to come together, starting to make sense. My belief was building, relationships were building, love was being built.
The harder I pressed on the acceleration the faster the other car lights began to zoom right past me. It seemed as if the better life began to progress in the right way the more I began to slow down. No matter how hard I pressed on the gas to stay with the flow of traffic the more the cars governor intervened. I couldn’t make any sense of what was actually going on as I look at my dashboard of life. There were no flashing lights to alert me of any possible maintenance concerns as life was going in the right direction, but my acceleration was decreasing, my maximum top speed was decreasing. I couldn’t physically keep up anymore and no matter how hard I tried it just wasn’t happening. My life was increasing while I was decreasing.
The more I tried to figure this out the more I began to slow down to the point where I was almost at a complete stop. I just had enough to keep with the minimum flow of Life’s traffic before Life itself would run me off the road. As car light after car light zooms right past me all I can think about was catching their wind hoping it would help drag me forward, but nothing. I began to grow restless but in all this restlessness there was still nothing I could do but stay at the pace the governor placed on me. I was at the mercy of this governor placed on my vehicle of life, and it seemed the more I intervened the more It intervened. As my life began to increase the more I wanted to put my little two cents in, but it was if the opposite reactions were happening. Actually, the opposite was happening as I was getting the opposite of what I thought should happen. I began to realize this slow pace of life was a saving grace. The governor placed on my vehicle of life wasn’t trying to take away my joy but slow me down enough to enjoy Life. As I was focused on the other car lights zooming right past me and wanting to stay with the flow of traffic, I had to realize my part. I had to realize that my vehicle of Life is a part of Life and I have a role in it. Sometimes Life has to be slowed down to understand the lane we are in and to enjoy that lane, enjoy the breeze it creates. Not be focused on the passing wind of the other vehicles.
As we move along in life there are certain lanes we are placed in and we might be in that lane for a day, a month, maybe a couple of years. No matter what, we are placed in that lane for that moment, for that season. But in that season, we are to maximize the opportunity we have been placed in. No matter how fast other people might be zooming right past you in life we have to remember we all have our lane we are to be in for that season. We aren’t to be focused on chasing the passing wind of others but remain focused in our lane. Enjoying the simple breeze…
