I Will Not Rush

Impatience, My Nemesis: Returning to Love, Light, and Compassion

There’s a part of me that always wants to move faster — to arrive before I’m ready, to skip the middle space between intention and outcome. That part of me, I’ve learned, is my nemesis. Impatience and rushing take me away from the vibration of love, light, and compassion. They pull me from the present moment into a space where the mind is in control and the heart is forgotten.

Our outer world is always a reflection of our inner one. The way we feel shapes how we experience everything around us. The same situation can feel completely different on two separate days — one day peaceful, another day heavy — depending entirely on our inner landscape.

When we are in the weeds of pain, our experiences lose connection. If we meet that pain with anger, frustration, or resentment, we feed it fuel to keep us stuck exactly where we are — in pain.

This is why the simple practice of “Just for today” matters so much. It brings us back to this moment — not living in the shadows of the past or the anticipation of the future, but right here, in the breath, in the now.

When we live this way, we realize that no matter what is happening around us, we can choose what to feed the moment.

We can feed it kindness, compassion, love, forgiveness, acceptance, and gratitude — especially to the unhealed parts of ourselves.

When we feed these instead of judgments, opinions, or resistance, something miraculous happens:

the way we see ourselves and others begins to glow with light.

Compassion and grace are the light switches that turn on the wisdom within.

They move through the body, clearing the sticky energies stored in the lungs, unclogging the drain in the heart, and nourishing the mind, body, and soul.

Through forgiveness and acceptance, we begin to embody self-respect and optimism.

We no longer feel controlled by the outside world, because our inner light becomes our compass.

The light is compassion.

The light is grace.

When we embody them, our energy radiates outward — golden, peaceful, magnetic.

When we do our inner work with honesty, we cultivate calmness and stillness of mind.

Gratitude, love, and respect for all living things arise naturally, dissolving the anger or worry that may linger in the liver or spleen.

Anger, after all, is only pain disguised.

It often carries sadness underneath — a longing for something to be different, a tie to an outcome or expectation unmet.

But when we learn to pause — to take a breath before we speak or act — we create space for compassion to rise instead.

The pause is sacred.

It’s where the ego loosens its grip and the soul begins to lead.

When we breathe through irritation, frustration, or anger, we shift the energy entirely.

It is impossible to feel deep worry when we are truly connected to gratitude.

Because gratitude is connection — full attention, full presence, full heart.

When we are immersed in appreciation, we are one with it.

That is the miracle of the moment: when we stop rushing to get there,

we realize we’ve already arrived — here, now, home.