{"id":3375,"date":"2012-06-25T21:57:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T01:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=3375"},"modified":"2012-06-25T21:57:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T01:57:20","slug":"rushing-through-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2012\/06\/rushing-through-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Rushing Through Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/files\/2012\/06\/rushing-through-life.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3376\" title=\"rushing through life\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/06\/rushing-through-life-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How much time do you spend on &#8216;go-mode&#8217;, rushing around as if the world would stop spinning otherwise?\u00a0 For this Type A, recovering workaholic, the act of doing such is a not-so-distant memory. My friend Amy Storm used to say that I was running around with my hair on fire. I would offer that there were times when I would burn the candle at both ends so that\u00a0often there was no wax more\u00a0left and that I was running on adrenalin and fumes. That was until my healer friend Karen Fairman told me while I was lying on her table ready for an IET\u00a0 (Integrated Energy Therapy) session\u00a0feeling more than a bit wiped out, that my adrenals weren&#8217;t in the best condition.<\/p>\n<p>In the past few years, I have sporadically gone up and down with my energy levels. It wasn&#8217;t until after I experienced the death of my mother and found my way through the maze of the business of taking care of her finances, that I truly slowed my pace, of necessity and choice. I felt subdued and mildly shut down, in a wee bit of protective of my hurting heart mode. The professional social worker\/minister\/POA\/executor of her estate gave way to the daughter who was now an adult orphan. Ever the social butterfly, I declined some invitations that I would have jumped at before. My schedule was always jam packed with work and play. I used to say the sleep was highly over-rated when there was fun to be had. The only challenge now that I have eased my pace a bit, is that my body clock still wakes me up at dark o&#8217;clock. Gotta regulate that.<\/p>\n<p>What I have noticed is that it frees me up to have more quiet, still, intimate moments with people in my life, when I&#8217;m not attempting to squeeze in time with them. I feel more present and mindful. Gratitude and grace have taken the place of the desire\u00a0to impress or meet everyone&#8217;s needs.\u00a0 I am learning to glide across the floor rather than break dance. Spontaneity has stepped in when once upon a time, things felt like they had to be planned and regimented.<\/p>\n<p>How much more life would you like to have time for?\u00a0 I choose all of it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A blast from my past\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/TBQxG0Z72qM\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/TBQxG0Z72qM<\/a>\u00a0 59th Street Bridge Song\/Feeling Groovy by Simon and Garfunkel, accompanied by The Smothers Brothers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much time do you spend on &#8216;go-mode&#8217;, rushing around as if the world would stop spinning otherwise?\u00a0 For this Type A, recovering workaholic, the act of doing such is a not-so-distant memory. My friend Amy Storm used to say that I was running around with my hair on fire. 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