Finding a Rhythm …
Sometimes the way we feel can be visualized something like the image above.
We find our ourselves running, running, running … Unless, we have some sort of Plan — the proverbial rein over the horsepower of Time.
I am jotting down the final notes of my latest composition — my own rhythm — that pattern of noted duration which produces sprightly music to dance to! It is a lively beat, with a sprinklin’ of sweet sixteenth notes combined with a few quarter rests, and a spicy variety of notes which combine for an-oh-so-warm but soothing harmony.
This rhythm allows me to approach my life, my work and my dreams via “single handling” …“Single handling requires that once you begin, you keep working at the task, without diversion or distraction, until the job is 100% complete. You keep urging yourself onward by repeating the words “Back to work!” over and over whenever you are tempted to stop or do something else.” —Brian Tracy
The current arrangement includes time to “be” — thus, fueling the creativity within my heart … That essential aspect of one’s day that is often the first thing to go when we are running.
Sometimes running is necessary. Afterall, it allows for us to fool ourselves into believing that we are getting it “all” done. Yeh, right! 
And of course, ultimately it allows us to realize the value of relaxation. When we finally collapse … But more than that, The Run (well, the proverbial pause after the run!) it is an opportunity for us to reexamine our priorities.
It is my habit to be more of a sprinter than a long-distance runner. I am training to resume my long-ago habit of being a devoted long-distance runner — as in pacing myself for the long haul instead of running, stopping, running, collapsing, running … In other words: Dancing to my own rhythm instead of finding myself out of breath and out of sync with my goals!
This has involved breaking the cycle of my old coping patterns; and that takes time. When life gets busy, we all default to what is familiar. And, making new habits familiar is sometimes like following that Yellow-Brick Road: There is a lot of effort to “find” something you realize you already had. You simply needed to know it, live it — and just do it!
Because … We always “know” what to do, what needs to be changed, what needs to be eliminated, etc.
However, a word of warning. Once you begin to ACT and break the cycle of your old coping patterns and behaviors, there will be (probable) havoc. Especially if those around you are not breaking their own coping patterns.
Unless everyone around us changes — when we decide change something — said “everyones” become our “reason” for doing the same ‘ol, same ‘ol. It is called The Crawdad Syndrome.
Don’t allow anyone or anything to keep you in the crawdad bucket!
Find your rhythm and dance to the music, sister!
