The Luxury of Not Being in a Hurry
What if slowing down were not something you had to learn, but something your body has been quietly asking for all along?
This time of year, my body always signals a subtle reminder for me to begin to slow my pace and turn inward to nourish myself in meaningful and sustainable ways. It’s a call to leave behind my hurrying and settle into a more moment by moment life.
And if I really listen, I realize it’s calling me to once again choose dropping into being before I ever plunge into doing.
If you find yourself feeling the same internal nudge, the luxury of not being in a hurry is really an invitation into the feminine luxury of an unhurried pace and the freedom to let a moment unfold without immediately moving on.
It’s about lingering and savoring even the smallest of moments in our day.
Because it’s in this luxurious lingering that our soul begins to exhale, making room for us to hear the whispers of our silenced longings, our yearning for more meaning, and our desire for greater presence in our own life.
This is where embodiment becomes so quietly powerful.
Maybe it is an afternoon walk with no podcast in your ears, a bath before bed, a favorite lipstick, a beautiful table set for one, or ten quiet minutes in the garden while the light changes around you.
When something feels good, stay.
Stay with the warmth of the sun on your shoulders.
Stay with the laugh that made you smile.
Stay with the song you love.
Stay with the feeling of clean sheets.
Stay with the quiet after everyone has left.
Stay with the thought that just surfaced.
You begin to notice the difference between what leaves you feeling contracted and what lets you breathe a little deeper. You notice what softens your shoulders, what brings warmth to your chest, what makes you smile, move closer, or want to stay. Your body is offering information about what makes you feel alive and aligned.
We can stop measuring life only by what we accomplish and begin noticing how it feels to live inside it.
We can simply listen, choose one small thing that feels true, and let that choice be enough for today.
Because perhaps this is one of the quiet gifts of midlife:
You don’t have to hurry past your own life.
You can linger long enough to actually feel yourself living it.
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