I was traveling at high speed this past weekend. It seemed like I was running and running and running and could just never catch up. And there was all this stuff I wanted to do…and I was so determined to do my best to do it all, that I just couldn’t accept that I couldn’t do it all.

And really none of what I truly wanted to experience got done.

I had another really good and happy experience instead…

But it left with some basic messages…some of which are reminders of things I already knew.

Running as fast as I can through life is not a life lived well and it is not possible to be present to the fullness of the moment because there’s too much hurry and too much tired in it.

There are some things which should be given such a high priority that they are not squeezed into a too busy schedule…they are the focus of the schedule. For me, my children and my ceremonies are those things. It is just not right for me to squeeze these aspects of my life in between other things. This should be so important to me that I stop what I’m doing and set aside meaty time to just focus on them without my attention being divided by any other obligations…and that I’m not rushing to or from some where else at the last minute because I over committed the day I travel the long distances to see my family and experience my ceremonies.

These are activities that require all of our ability to listen.

We cannot really listen if we are in a hurry.