girl, slow the hell down…please!
smell the damn roses.
they are going to die soon.
Stop thinking you have time to watch them grow and flourish when we don’t even know if we have enough time to buy the damn seeds to plant.
I have this confirmation written on my mirror and it’s my daily mantra to simply slow tf down. I think since the beginning of the pandemic, for some it seemed like life was moving fast with no place to go - while also moving so slowly, we were at a standstill. For me, the latter part of my life has been a never-ending damn hamster wheel! Going full speed, no damn where of importance - until I decide to hop off, catch my breath and start all over again. yeah goofy shit.
I don’t know about you, but this panini we’ve been in for the past 2 years allowed me to sit tf down! and don’t move! (just like granny used to say) I don’t think we are truly processing how our worlds turned upside down in a matter of 24 hours. that faithful day back in March 2020, when some of us when into the office for the last time, and didn’t revisit again until almost 2 years later. For me, it was a realization, that honestly none of this shit matters. Figuratively speaking, if this capitalistic world was able for just a second to be put on hold and slow down, why in the world do you think you can’t? answer quickly.
Many of us are trying to hurry the process of so many parts of our lives, that we aren’t even realizing the journey, transitions, and developments as we are headed to our destination. We are so eager to land that new job - going through countless interviews and hardships trying to land the role - that we haven’t even paid attention to how much we have grown confidently while interviewing, becoming more bold and assertive while selling ourselves, and most importantly how we evencouragely made the decision to want something different to even begin with! We have got to get to a point and understand that everything does NOT come back around. Take a look back at some of the beautiful shit we missed because we were rushing or had our eyes on something else.
We are rushing to finish this "hEaling jOuRneY" and get to the finish line of our evolved picture of ourselves in our mind - not even realizing the barriers we have broken down from our past self, the boundaries we have put in place to grow, the gentleness we have given ourselves to blossom and bloom, all the while giving ourselves the GRACE to even begin healing in the first place!
baby girl, slow the hell down. this journey is linear.
drink some water and rest in the bliss that you are right where you are supposed to be when you are supposed to be there.
cause honestly and truly, you aint missing shit.
xoxo
Sho