‘Running or standing still’

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‘Running or standing still’ is an expression from where I grew up. It has nothing to do with running, walking or standing still in itself. As an expression it refers to life as it either moves along very fast ~ even faster than one may feel is comfortable ~ or is ‘standing still’; a situation where nothing at all is happening.

In the energy of today, with polarities playing an ever more important role in the world and in our lives ~ it seems an apt expression.

When life is ‘standing still’, no matter how hard you try to get things moving, to make something happen ~ anything at all ~ it doesn’t work. It is like pushing against a wall. You are loosing all of your energy, but at the end of the day the wall is still standing there...
And then, just when you may be thinking to give up on the project, or direction you had been poring all your energy into ~ without any perceivable effect ~ things start moving. Sometimes because you find yourself at the right place at the right time; or because you meet the ‘right person’ (even when you don’t know you do at the time); or even because of an off the cuff remark you have overheard while getting yourself a cup of coffee ~ whatever it is, it helps break something loose and before you know it things ~ both expected as well as unexpected things ~ are happening at breakneck speed.
And all you can do is start running to keep up with the events that are happening in your life...

I have often wondered what the differences were between ‘running and standing still’ with projects I have launched in the past.
The most obvious reason is likely to be timing. Perhaps not my desired timing, but rather the timing of the universe in which things are to unfold...
Another reason why things may not be happening can have to do with focus. It seems that when you have a singular focus it is easier to set a project in motion than when you are multitasking. The funny thing is though, that when I really started to focus on one activity ~ things started moving on all fronts. And before I knew it, I was multitasking again.

It makes me think that there is a bit more to it.

As it turns out one of the greatest influences on us getting things done is whether we believe we can do it.
All this time we spend planning, uncertain whether we can actually achieve what we dream of doing ~ one way or another we cannot see the pathway to success. And when, for whatever reason we suddenly see how we can accomplish it, things break loose and and we are off and running!
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