hit the ground running kind of family

Occasionally I find myself in a daze, trying to catch up with the moments and thoughts at hand. Occasionally I find life moving so quickly and without pause, that I become overwhelmed with my own thought process. In a hit the ground running lifestyle I learn to become accustomed to the fast pace... But being human I naturally will trip occasionally. These trips are a nuisance, but not without a silver lining. These bumps and rough spots in life allow me to take a break from this race to the end (why are we racing in the first place?) and sit on a bench for a while and just think. Granted you need a mental image of me running through life and the traumatic or difficult moments are me tripping, the thinking is me sitting on a bench catching my breathe.... Figured I’d explain for the unimaginative out there.

Every family has its corks, little things that are unique to that specific family “build.” My family has many unique features, many differences to others... One key detail is how fast my family moves through life (your lucky to catch your breathe at all). I know saying that we move at a fast pace doesn’t really describe it much, I don’t really know how to explain how speed is a unique feature to a family. Put very simply, we move from one event to another at a moments notice, quite often with out planning to.

I grew up like this, I love this, its defined me greatly. But that doesn’t mean life is simplistic just because I grew up this way. You miss certain thins that are tremendously important, which is back to my first statement. A chance to breathe... A chance to talk... A chance to communicate your thoughts and feelings with the people around you. With out these chances/opportunities, your destined to be confused or to bury your feelings deep down in a place no one can help to sort them out. I love being able to communicate with others, to learn about peoples joys along with theirs fears and pains. But I’ve lost that opportunity with my family at times, now don’t take that to an extreme... I still have the great privilege of being very close with my family. But with this fast paced tendency I’ve “skipped” over certain points with my siblings and parents that could have been greatly helpful at that point in time. As time moves on, these situations become forgotten and result in a lack of communicated issues.

Some people can read a piece of writing and realize you take bits and pieces as literal while other pieces as a grain of salt (if I said the correctly that is). My intention in writing this is as usual mostly for me, but also to make light of something I think is over looked. Don’t allow yourself to fly through life and miss out on communicating those crucial issues with the ones you love. It may seem like a minor thing to miss, but trust me it can change a lot. Speaking from experience, the few friendships I’ve lost I can attribute directly to a lack of communication a specific issue. You’ll live to regret these such moments, I can promise you that.