Life Accelerated


You know when you're in an airport and you step on one of those "moving sidewalks" - you keep walking, but there's that little jolt as you feel yourself suddenly accelerate? Without any additional effort, you speed up and move faster towards your destination.
I have sometimes felt that in my life. There have been times when the pace, the progress seemed rapid and relatively effortless. Suddenly I looked around and realized I was much further along than I expected to be! Sometimes you even feel the "jolt" of it starting and think, wow, I am really feeling things improve and speed up.
But then there are other times when you think you might have gotten on the wrong side of the walkway; you fight and struggle, but it takes almost all of your effort just to not lose ground.
I #GiveThanks for the times of rapid progress in my life; but also for the times of slow progress and greater struggle. In retrospect, some of the greatest learning and growth came when I was "swimming upstream" and not cruising through life. It's not easy to recognize that at the time - to think, "I'm really grateful to be struggling so much! I must really be growing and learning!" That's a very mature perspective; most of us take a LOT of practice experiences to get there.

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