I recently figured out that I was peddling too fast, so intently that I was thrust forward at a break neck speed. A frantic pace ensued, that is, until I realized that I could just coast. I had focused on peddling so much and ignored that I really didn’t need to.

Ironically, I wasn’t really biking. I was just getting up in the morning, going at full speed as soon as my feet hit the floor. Racing.

In that moment, as we often do, I had forgotten that coasting along can be okay. It has its moments. Things can wait sometimes, and our soul needs some stillness, even if the ego begs to differ. Instead of driving my body at full speed, pushing it to the next activity, I could coast a little. My ego wanted things done as fast as possible, but it wasn’t in my best interest. I would have sacrificed my self-care that day, had I listened to it. Instead, the message from my higher self was to just “Sit down. Relax for a while. Allow.” I was being reminded to just be still.

Life often asks us to pedal faster, especially when we know that we don’t have the energy to. At what cost do we choose to ignore that we must have moments of stillness to refuel?

Do you allow yourself to coast a little and have moments of stillness?