SLOW DOWN

Don't be in such a rush. There’s no hurry. Take your time. Take care of your body's needs, first. Eat, breathe, rest. Don't run your engine if it's running hot. Let it have a break. Water it, fuel it, let it cool. Don't beat your horse until it's dead. All work and no play made Jack a dull boy. Look inside. Listen to your heart. Use your intuition. Stop. 

Don't be afraid to stop activity altogether. Practice cessation of activity– EXTERNAL activity– and mental chatter will slow down, and finally stop. 

Stop trying to get there too fast. Stop trying to get there too quickly. Stop trying to get there too SOON. Whenever you arrive will be perfect. 

There's no such thing as ‘too late’ or ‘too early.’ Everything is in GOD's time. THAT's perfect. If you’re ‘too late’ arriving, then that's just the way it was supposed to be! So relax. Relax, and try to match God's speed, God’s tempo.

This is all a dance. There is such thing as ‘harmonious.’ There is such thing as ‘in time.’

Have the patience to wait. Don’t be so anxious. Don't worry about what OTHERS think; consider only God. 

Try to match the steps of God's dance. 

Take some pains. No one said it was going to be easy; it was not. And there will be haters. And there have always BEEN haters. That doesn't mean anything. Just ignore them. Turn your eyes even more inward. Keep em inward. Because one day, all those haters are going to regret all the time they wasted hating. Don’t be like them. You don't have to love them; just ignore them. Remain focused. Keep your gaze inside. Watch yourSELF. Because there will be some day when all your efforts will be rewarded and all of their hating will come as what it was: irrelevant. 

So take your time. Slow down, and try to dance the dance that God choreographed for you. 

And even love is irrelevant, in a certain sense, to what you have to do. Don't be pulled in by either positive OR negative praise. Ignore it all in your heart. It's all so much spit in the wind. Listen only to the outer & the inner guiding of the SPIRIT. And hold tightly to it. Hold onto it as if for dear life. For in reality, it IS life. 

Have no fear, except for that of THE LORD. Don't worry about anything but HIM. In the end, HE is all that matters.