“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Laozi

I just spent a week in Vietnam speaking to travelers from around the world.

It was the first time ever doing an event on a boat.

The strangest part of it all: the boat had no hurry. Neither did the people.

Breakfast lasted long.

Conversations drifted.

People lingered after dinner instead of checking their phones.

Nobody seemed in a rush to optimize the moment.

Which felt…almost uncomfortable at first.

Because modern life trains us to move fast.

Faster replies.

Faster growth.

Faster results.

Faster meetings about how to become even faster.

Everything is urgency now.

Even rest has become performance.

We track sleep & read books at 1.5x speed.

And somewhere along the way, speed became synonymous with importance.

It’s not.

Not everything meaningful happens fast.

Trust doesn’t.

Friendship doesn’t.

Healing doesn’t.

Great conversations don’t

Neither does figuring out who you actually are when nobody is rushing you to become something else. This week reminded me of how much of life I’ve spent trying to get somewhere without asking why I was in such a hurry to arrive.

Dash of Courage

This weekend, slow one thing down

A Dinner. Conversation. Walk. Or Coffee.

Just enjoy it before moving on or multitasking.

Because that boat had no hurry.

And somehow…it still got where it was going.

Courage over Comfort,

Garrett

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