Sometimes you just have to step back and take a breath.

By
Real Estate Broker/Owner with Richard Weisser Realty

Sometimes you just have to step back and take a breath.I saunter soft through roiled hues
On airy breezes turned askew,
To dance amidst the quiet din,
In flailing dizzy whirling spins!
    (R Weisser 2013)

Sometimes you just have to step back and take a breath.

It seems that lately the days have spun by leaving little time for rest. Even sleep is often interrupted by the demands and dilemmas of making a living.

I don’t know if it’s just me or if it is society in general, but things just feel a lot more complicated these days.

It’s even hard to make plan for tomorrows, as each day generates new twists and turns that throw even the best of preparation askew.

Years ago, I always had time for me. Now I don’t even have time to eat!

Life is finite and fleeting.

Often we don’t realize that until it is too late.

Comments (11)

Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Life is what we make it. Reinvent it. Find the passion that sustains and add new dips to the twist and shout on the roadways of life. 

Mar 24, 2013 12:23 AM
Rosemary Brooks
BMC Real Estate - 209-910-3706 - Stockton, CA
The Mother & Daughter Realty Team

While I agree... right now my nose is hurting from just looking at all these flowers.  I'll be glad when this side of spring is over and I can breathe again!

Mar 24, 2013 12:24 AM
Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

The finality and fleetness of life is a recurring theme in your posts.  You do know that, don't you??

Mar 24, 2013 12:44 AM
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Fifteen Years Experience in Brevard County

Just remarked to my wife last week that there was more to life than work.... I get it but need to get back to work. Something wrong with that...

Mar 24, 2013 12:47 AM
Mike Cooper, Broker VA,WV, MD
Cornerstone Business Group Inc - Winchester, VA
Your Neighborhood Real Estate Sales Pro

I hear you, Richard.  I've had a wonderful weekend off this week, but that is more rare than the norm.  I do appreciate the quiet.  I might even get something done around my house.  That would be wonderful. 

Mar 24, 2013 12:52 AM
Richard Weisser
Richard Weisser Realty - Newnan, GA
Richard Weisser Retired Real Estate Professional

Andy...

Preach on brother, preach on!

Rosemary...

I know what you mean, but we have had a good bit of rain and the pollen is not as bad this year!

Lenn...

It's my Sunday sermon. It can't be "eat, drink and be merry!!!"

Gary...

That is exactly the way that I feel!

Mike...

I can't even remember the last time I did something around the house. That would be nice!

Mar 24, 2013 01:17 AM
Steve Loynd
Alpine Lakes Real Estate Inc., - Lincoln, NH
800-926-5653, White Mountains NH

Richard...there is not enough time in the day to do it all...but we surely do try.

Mar 24, 2013 02:02 AM
Anna Banana Kruchten CRS, CRB, Phoenix Broker
HomeSmart Real Estate BR030809000 - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Richard I turned that around this past year.....hiking first in thing in the am (which is a meditation and inspirational time for just me) and then all the rest.  Works wonders......everything else is so much brighter and exciting.....try it!

Mar 24, 2013 02:35 AM
Cindy Edwards
RE/MAX Checkmate - Johnson City, TN
CRS, GRI, PMN - Northeast Tennessee - 423-677-6677

Good morning Richard,

I have had these same thoughts recently.  I have made a decision to let go of a lot of "stuff" in my life that just takes up valuble time.  I'm taking back the good stuff life is made of. 

Mar 24, 2013 03:53 AM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

It is not just you Richard, we are all going at a hectic pace and I long for some quieter days of old.

Mar 24, 2013 11:27 AM
Kathy Streib
Room Service Home Staging - Delray Beach, FL
Home Stager - Palm Beach County,FL -561-914-6224

Richard- I find that if I miss my morning walk, my day isn't qute right.  It's what prepares me to face whatever.  

Mar 24, 2013 11:42 AM

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