Your life is the one thing that belongs wholly and entirely to you. And it’s the only opportunity you’ll get to satisfy yourself and listen to that inner voice that guides you towards betterment and self-satisfaction.
Sure, there’ll be obstacles along the way, but the biggest challenge you’ll ever have to face is yourself. However, according to fashion entrepreneur Brandon Shiu-Nan See, the best way to avoid turning into a pebble in your path is to live life at your own pace.
Let’s see what he means by it.
Rhythm is a natural law. It’s present all around us. Just think about it, can you pull at the stems or leaves of a tree to make it grow quicker or force a bird to get done with nest-building quickly?
No. That is because nature and every natural being follow their natural pace. Except for human beings, of course. We spring from the same planet, but our pace does not always follow its natural rhythm.
Brandon enunciates, “We humans are peculiar creatures. When I observe how most of us go about our day, I am forced to conclude that we have no concept of a natural rhythm.
But that doesn’t mean we don’t feel its absence. Why else, do you think, we starve for vacations and getaways? It’s to reconcile with our lost inner rhythm and bring it back to the real world with us. Living and working at a natural pace is the essence of living well.”
The world at large, however, disagrees. It forces us to run, climb, sprint—anything but slow down. For Brandon, our conformity to the demands of how the world wants us to collides directly with our natural pace.
He says, “It’s not easy to go against the grain. But it’s more difficult to go against yourself. Sooner or later, everyone feels burned out and spread too thin. Often, it’s too late for people to recover from their incessant stressing and unnatural pace of life.
However, those who can begin to appreciate their own natural pace and bring it to the world table control the reins of each day of their life.”
There are underlying laws that govern the workings of the world and the to-and-fro of life. To go against our natural pace is like defying immutable laws.
As Brandon says, our best defense against a sense of helplessness is to retain our natural pace of living.