Don't Rush | Part I

Don't Rush onto the next thing and the next.
Stay. With what's here. Now. In front of you.
Your focus narrowed
To what's right here.

Don't rush onto the next thing
When this thing is still present,
Stay,
finish, with focused attention,
devotion.

Don't rush onto the next thing
Even when you're done with this thing.
Stay
Linger
in the pause
in between
this thing and the next.
Breathe. Into the space around you.
Creating more space with each breath.
Between each breath.

Don't rush
from this moment
of spacious nothingness.

Don't rush away
Denying yourself this precious gift,
the presence of you.

Don't rush  
Don't desert yourself once again.
Don't turn your back on the space between it all.
Stay. A while.
Sit.
Breath.
Listen.
In the space between it all.

Don't rush off
Leaving the gentle dripping of sadness in the depths of your soul.
Don't rush away from the beauty flowing inside.
Leaving it there. Dormant. Treasures hidden deep.

Don't rush away
from this beautiful moment
pregnant with possibility.
Full of nothing.
Full of everything.

Don't rush,
Stay a while,
Linger luxuriously.
Creating
space
between this moment
and the next.

Don't rush
away from the intimacy that lies waiting.

Don't rush.

© Jackie L Hutchings

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