Be a Human Being – the Human Doing Can Rest!

I am very good at what’s next. The next goal, the next project, the next version of myself – the downside of constant curiosity and growth. I can be drinking coffee while mentally living three months ahead, solving six problems and launching something. Meanwhile, my actual coffee is cold (even though I prefer warm coffee 😊).

I love growing and creating. Lifeswerve was born out of believing we can change our lives, and I still believe that with every fibre of my occasionally sore, sixty-year-old body. But I am beginning to question the idea that every day needs to move me toward a bigger achievement. Sometimes I catch myself treating today like a fire drill for a great life I am already living.

There was a time when so much of what I have now felt out of reach. Love. Health. Trust in myself. The ability to move my body and do things I couldn’t imagine not so long ago. And here I am, occasionally overlooking all of it because I haven’t crossed enough things off a list. That deserves a pause – we need to practice self-compassion!

So this week, I am practicing being a human being – not a human doing. Sitting with my coffee. Listening without composing my response. Walking Jimmy (my granddoggie) without turning it into a fitness assessment, business meeting and spiritual breakthrough. Letting something be perfect without immediately wondering how to improve it. A moment doesn’t have to become content to count. Yes, I realize I am writing a blog about that. Let’s appreciate the irony together!

We can have dreams and still love today. We can want more and notice how much is already here. The next climb will be there, but there is a view from this spot too. This week, take a breath before rushing past it. Feel the sunshine. Enjoy the person beside you. Drink the coffee while it’s hot/warm. You have worked hard to build a life. You’re allowed to be here for it.  Be the beautiful human being you are – the human doing can rest!

- Kim