This is Stan.
And he has trouble catching his breath.
"Slow down! We have to slow down!"
Stan is just like most of us. He has never experienced life in a natural environment.
He was raised and nurtured, sheltered away from life's inherent struggles.
He learned to stand in a neat row and accepted the absence of freedoms that came with the protections mandated to him by the plant nursery he was born into.
"Why does nobody hear my screams?!"
But all this cultivation would not prepare him for the real challenges he'd eventually have to face.
He never had a chance to grow his roots naturally, and then he was expected to embed himself in a world where his existence would be devoid of purpose or potential.
A world that barely noticed him, which was shaped by forces he could not understand.
"Does nobody see why this is all wrong?!"
And so he's standing there now, in the local park, trying to get a grasp of his surroundings, trying to make sense of things.
Scarred by the harsh treatment of reality and tormented by the abusive nature of the creatures that share his fate, he is beginning to understand that this is not how things should be.
He has opened his eyes, he's trying to digest what he's able to capture. But evolution hasn't prepared him for the pace of this unnatural environment.
Everything seems to be happening in a blur.
"We cannot just continue like this... we need to slow things down!"
His physical being is in a constant state of lingering panic, trying to find meaning in the cacophony of fast paced stimulation.
What is real? What is important? What is just noise and what is deception?
"Where are you even running to?!"
Our physical existence might be constrained, but true freedom unfolds in our minds!
Stop panicking. Time will always pass at it's own infinite pace.
Things often just happen, but we are the ones creating their meaning.
Maybe we can learn to appreciate our insignificance and thus become the masters of our own cages.
feel your breath
experience your heartbeat
take your time
I wanted to make a funny spin about the struggles of being "slow" and discovering your own pace.
Instead I created this cynical, weird, motivational rant. But if hat's how inspiration unfolds, I'll have to accept it.
everything is better with #GooglyEyes
even time itself... if you give it some space ;)
fraenk loves you!