Hold Your Horses !

Hold Your Horses !

This is no double-speak even as for the longest time, we have been preaching that we are in a maddening 'rat race', that we are more often running in full throttle with only the pit stops as our respites.  But c'mon, let's bring our feet back to the ground and understand what really is going on.  Please don't look at things in a convoluted way even as complex real-life scenarios lead us towards narratives that encompass all manners of digressions.

If engines and machines need a downtime to cool off, it's non-debatable that humans would need much more downtime than engines and machines.  And while we kept harping that we need to give it all till we empty our tank, we just cannot over-stretch ourselves and literally and get emptied with fuel because our engine will suffer a 'knock' if indeed the fuel line dries up.  BTW, in the midst of the rat race, we owe it to ourselves to even grab a cup of brewed coffee.

How powerful PAUSE is ?  It is so damn powerful that will cost you nada, nothing.  In the midst of the daily stress and pressures in our daily lives, do take a respite to notice your breath.  Nothing to change.  Nothing to control.  Just observe the cool air coming in through your nose.  Note that feeling of energy flowing into your body and notice how your body relaxes when you breath out.  Close your eyes.  Let this become one of your 'dailies' as this exercise.

The bigger question probably bothering you is to know WHEN TO PRESS PAUSE?  Valid question indeed.  Basic ground rules:

DON'T PAUSE only when you're down.  DON'T PAUSE only when you're drained.  DON'T PAUSE only when you're burdened. DON'T PAUSE only when you're giving up! 

In real terms, we need to hold our horses if we need to deep-dive into a problem, dissect a troubling issues, figure out the difficulties we're facing, reassess things because we're getting nowhere, relook at our approach because we don't seem to progress yet.  In life, holding your horses will buy you time, literally and figuratively speaking.❗❗❗