It has been a barreling ahead kind of week--many things accomplished,
many things celebrated. And yet, as I end it, I am frustrated by what is
still undone, what is not as it should be. Turns out that sometimes, a
few steps forward require a few steps back.
It is frustrating. Why can't it be that forward motion can just be
forward motion? Why does "full speed ahead" have to come with "wait,
come back?"
And so, I "end" my week (for, these days, for me, "end" is a relative term)
satisfied, yet not, accomplished, yet not, at peace, yet not. We spend a
great many hours and days of our lives trying to step forward--whether
personally, or professionally. We are conditioned to believe that
forward is the way to go. But what I am discovering is that steps
forward can't always come on their own. They take a little recognition
of where we've been, and a lot of patience with the process of getting where
we're going. And sometimes that means accepting a step back. Until our
feet, and the rest of us, are a little more ready for the road ahead.
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