While driving down the highway, the lollipops whoosh past me, urging me to keep to the speed limit. My right foot however, urged me into depression. I did. I went faster.
My impatience tells me that I should ignore the speed limit.
My tai chi training tells me I too should ignore the speed limit, but for a different reason.
It tells me that I should move with the traffic. If the traffic is slow, go slow. If the traffic is fast, go fast.
You don’t go faster when every other car is crawling. Just as you won’t slow down when all the other cars are speeding right past you.
If you want to go slow, go to the slow lane. If you want to go fast, go to the fast lane.
If there are no slow or fast lanes, go with the flow. Otherwise, just park your car down and relax. Maybe enjoy a lollipop.
Impatience won’t get you anywhere fast, except certain death.
You are lucky if it’s your own death.
If someone else dies because of your impatience… may you have the strength to learn to be patient from now on.
