The Speed of News

[Affirmations - X]

Remember the caravan? The one headed North from Honduras? Everyday for a month it was headline news.

News comes and goes. When it’s in our ears and in front of our face, it’s pressing, urgent, threatening . . . perhaps all three. And then, poof, it’s gone. (I understand this is a phenomenon of privilege.) There’s sure to be one that replaces it.

The speed of information and the rapid turnover of news makes our slow-rolling progress seem even slower.

The transiency of urgent issues makes our longterm, steady hand feel like a bore.

The dispensability of the next fear-inducing story makes the real struggles of life seem trivial.

Your progress is slow. Any faster and it would be inauthentic.
Your longview is not a bore . . . it’s just long. It needs to be!
Your struggle is normal, not trivial.

Real solutions, deep answers, rich beauty: none of these are created at the speed of the news.

You're on the right track. Keep it up. (And you’re going the perfect speed.)