Taking It Easy

Life can be so overwhelming when we think of the mouths to feed, needs to be met and bills waiting to be paid. We tend to take in more and more and also live life on the fast lane hoping to accomplish more by so doing. Do we really take time to ponder on how it would feel like to slow down a bit, take things easy and try to live the moment? I learnt a lesson from this recently.  

The past week had been very busy for me trying to meet up with demands, my kid's school party and a weekly program I host on Twitter. Coincidentally, the tweetmeet and the party were suppose to happen the same day and sincerely, I would have stretched myself to be able to fulfil both obligations but I had to come to a halt when I felt I was being drawn in different directions and told myself I needed to take it easy and live one moment at a time. Immediately, I made that choice, I felt a calmness over me. Not only was I physically present at the party, I was also emotionally and psychologically present, which would not have been if I had gone ahead with the initial plan to fulfil both appointments in one day.  

When we choose not to slow down and take things easy but rather fill up our plates with so much activities, is it just a consequence of the zeal to be effective or that of the fear of 'what others might think or say about us,' as I can clearly recall the questions that echoed in my head when I decided to drop the tweetmeet, 'what will people think,' 'won't you look irresponsible.' For crying out loud, this's a program I've been hosting for the past 25 weeks without a break, how can a break in one episode make me look irresponsible, but that's how far our minds can push us if we allow it.  

I really can't explain how I felt that day, it wasn't just the party, it had to do with the richness and beauty of life I felt all because I choose to exit the fast lane to a more scenic route; I choose to seek calmness as an escape route from the stress that bugs our lives when we have our plates full of commitments. Stress fills our heads with so much noise and hinders us from focusing on what really matters.  

The ability to slow down and take things easy is a strength we all need to develop so we can appreciate life better, acknowledge the beauties of our relationships and the strength in one another.  

What do you do to help you live and enjoy the moment and the richness life has to offer? Please leave us a comment below.