I just realised that I am in a rush…

In a rush to fix the world. I see struggling entrepreneurs barely managing to survive. I am in a rush to help them have a lucky break.

I am in a rush to slow down and focus on what is really important. To learn to differentiate between noise and content.

I am in a rush to change my behaviour. To react better to my environment and to grow fonder of the unknown.

I am in a rush to simplify my life. To own less of what companies are trying to sell me to improve their bottom lines and own more of my financial freedom so I can spend more time helping others.

I am in a rush to love more, laugh more and live more.

I am in a rush to fulfill my contract to humanity for the privilege of being a member of the human race by sharing optimism, happiness and positivity with all those around me.

I am in a rush to find the secret coffee spots around the world and in the process discover this amazing world more. I am in a rush to enjoy the journey more than the destination.

I am in a rush to contribute — however small — towards raising the tide for all boats. To leave the world in a better state than in which I found it in.

I am in a rush to speak less and listen more. To bite my tongue when I think I know better.

I am in a rush to learn to let everyone create their own journeys and not try and influence them (too much).

I am in a rush to push the pause button on this ever increasingly always-connected-always-on world and learn to put technology away. To silence our secret master, the phone.

I am in a rush to become conscious about who I am, where I am and who I am with. I am in a rush to not rush.

I am in a rush to procrastinate more. To do more with less.

I am in a rush to realise that there are only 28.470 days in an average life of 77 years, of which probably half are invested on growing up, sleeping and miscellaneous, leaving 14.235 days to enjoy to their fullest.

I am in a rush to wake up every morning amazed at what a world of opportunities we live in.

I am in a rush to appreciate the lows as much as the highs, for without the former I can’t appreciate the latter.

I am in a rush to use setbacks to grow as a person. To realise that smooth seas never a good sailor made.

I am in a rush to speak my heart more. To stand for what I believe in and to respect that which others stand for, regardless if I disagree with them.

I am in a rush to play my part in life’s big orchestra. To become a master of my instrument and play it with all the skill and passion with which it deserves to be played.

I am in a rush to share a coffee cup with new people, listening to their journeys and perspectives.

I am in a rush to live each day as if it was the last.

Here’s to life’s speeding fines that all the rushers will earn. May you live a life of no regrets for the things you did not do.

I am in a rush to change the word ‘rush’ to ‘excited’.

Originally published on https://www.acumenmagazine.co.za/articles/solving-the-sme-disconnect-8253.html