Slow and steady wins the race.
Or so the saying goes.
Actually, slow and steady sucks.
There. I said it.
Slow and steady sucks ass. Especially when you want what you want. Or when you’re going through something. And by going through something, I mean going through something negative. Let’s just get it over with already.
But that’s not how it works, is it?
In fact, it seems like the more we fight whatever it is, the longer it lasts.
So our options are fight with oneself or surrender.
Surrender doesn’t come easily to someone who wants what they want when they want it. To someone prideful. Nope, surrender is not an easy word to spit out and it’s an even harder concept to digest.
And so we sit with it. Whatever it is that we’re struggling with. We sit and sit and sit. And then we sit some more. Slow and steady. Not winning any races that I can see.
Not until we surrender to its will. Because we can’t fight it forever, whatever it is that we’re struggling with.
So eventually, slowly and slowly and slowly we may just approach the finish line. But not without a fight.
Perhaps it’s time to put down the sword and gain some acceptance that some things in life just unfold at their own pace, whether we like it or not.
Slow and steady may suck, but it ultimately wins the race.