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TIME
“There is no time” used to consume me, but today I write, I walk downtown, and I choose to be fully here.
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It envelops me.
It surrounds me and reminds me, “Hey. I’m right here. How will you use me?”
I used to be aware of my thoughts - more than I am today.
Perhaps I’m just aware of different thoughts today - or different ones consume my mind. Yeah, that’s it.
“There is no time” is one of those thoughts that used to take over.
I would say it out loud.
I would think it.
I would live it.
To live it - what does that look like?
Worry.
Worry there’s never enough time.
Worry that I’m not who I’m supposed to be.
Worry that my daughter isn’t getting what she needs from me.
Worry about the house and the chores and the return items that pile up on the chair.
Worry this good thing will be gone too soon.
Oh, Worry. Why do you consume so much of me, too much of the time?
Today, I write. I play. I walk downtown and I see humanity all around me.
I sip coffee in a cafe and write about what I see.
A little girl cries. Her parents gently engage with her, let her cry it out, but keep eating, unbothered about the people around. How nice.
Today I am just me.
All me. All of the time.
There is no worry today.
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As a mother, an entrepreneur, a founder - a human that’s awake and alive - where do you spend your time? What’s the quality of the time you spend?
Are you awake and alive - doing what you love?
Author:
Autumn Manning, Founder of Faana
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