stillness

There is something to be said about stillness.

Most things in life are exponential; including life itself. To pause it; briefly; is awe-inspiring when it actually hits you. Taking count of everything pouring in, washing against your senses; of every part of you, that crazy, incredibly complex thing that is an extension of will.

To be aware.

People say things fall away and you see life a little more clearly. That's not true. They don't fall away; disappear. They shrink, because you gain perspective. You get a lot smaller then. But your worries get smaller too. Everything scales down.

The most ironic thing about living our lives fast and heavy is that we think we are in perpetual motion. Our fall is exponential: faster than gravity.

But we live like we have wings.