Too fast, and too Slow

Hey Broken & Breaking Impulse readers. Thanks for joining in the journey! This is a deep read where I am going into things that I am not sure I am either fully qualified to discuss and am clearly spitballing the ideas around so we can discuss further. Thanks to everyone that reaches out and shares their comments and ideas! Deep & shallow read ahead... Enjoy!

Too Fast, and too Slow

I find it super interesting that many of us are simply living life in two gears. Either we are going too fast, or we are going too slow. See the statements below, and the word in parenthesis. Is my definition of it being fast or slow what you agree with?

I need to hit the jackpot tomorrow (fast).

I am not losing weight "fast" enough (slow).

This relationship is boring or we don't have anything in common anymore (slow).

My life is unmotivating and it is passing me by (fast).

I have too much anxiety (fast or slow).

I can't get over this unending fear (slow).

With all of this, many questions arise. Why am I thinking like this in the first place? Most of the time it is our perspective, whether conscious or unconscious that is driving us to perceive the place where we are in life.

Let's dive in a bit further, if our perceptions taint or tint the lens that we see our life through, is this something controllable? Of course it is. The phrase "rose colored glasses" refers to this and there are probably more times than you'd like to admit that you have made a snap decision or had a feeling based on a perception that you have, or maybe were taught, or have been influenced by.

So why are we driven by the "thoughts" of our "perceptions"? Are we really so reactionary that we can't even move through life without being constantly bombarded with the fates that our reactions drive us to have? Some of us feel like we are constantly being jostled around like the ball in a pinball machine. Every moment you hit the wrong side, now you are off in a different direction completely, or all of a sudden you are on a high, and now you are on a low.

This is how life works! Is it all uncontrollable? Maybe? But probably not... but maybe.

Here is what we do know about life. Life being uncontrollable is just an on/off switch, or it is a "Fast/Slow" switch... It is a mindset switch!

And that... that is the secret ?? to many things in our lives! It is that all of this pontification and thinking has been to display one interesting thought. What if you could control a lot of it, or all of it, all the time? By "it" we are talking about the way you percieve. The way you are affected. The way you react?

Anxiety? What if you could just turn it off? Is that too extreme, or too hard for you to believe you are capable of? Well then how about turning the "fast" button on? So now you're anxious for a moment, and then you move on with life? Can't do it fast? How about the "Slow" button? Instead of stewing in your anxiety, why don't you say, "I'm going to wait a bit before I get anxious?". Mind shifts! And no, I am not going to say we need to switch buttons to be more negative. I want to use our internal perspective buttons, and the power of your minds to shift yourself away from the wrong you, and to the right you.

Fear? How about we acknowledge it fast? "I don't have enough money, I am not where I want to be in my health, my relationship is failing, my career isn't where I need it to be." And now that you have acknowledged it fast, take an equally fast decision to start doing something about it.

Loneliness? How about we don't make a fast acknowledgement, but we slowly say, I may be lonely if I stay in this current state for another 10 years! ?? And yet the truth of the matter is, you have to work much harder to isolate and stay away from potential relationships, than you would find potential friendships and mates by just living your life and being you!

I implore you, my friends, my readers, and everyone in between! Start moving faster and slower. Shift your perceptions. Use them as your super powers! Don't let your perceptions lead you down a dark path. Use their energy to lead you up to a well lit, stable future, and one that you will be happy to enjoy.

Recognize that as life gets good, things around you start to move faster. Change your perceptions and slow things down to enjoy them even more. When you are in that tough season in life, don't dwell on the slowness of where you are at, but push for changes (that will be slow and will take time) but as you take actions, you will start to see the "fast" improvements to you and those around you!

Live life slow, experience it fast, and hit pause in between. It is a wild amazing ride, and even if you don't feel like you are in full control, you have been given tools to truly love and enjoy any life that you have been blessed with. Yes, even those of you with baggage and hard, terrible pasts, if you are reading this, you are blessed. Now it's time to take those blessings fast and do amazing slow things with them for the remainder of the gift of your life!

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