I listened to that soulful message. I took a long pause in life.

Driving down a busy road last evening, a big blue board with fancy lights and the name “𝐁𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐭 𝐆𝐲𝐦” caught my attention. 

I noticed several people running on the treadmill behind the huge glass façade.

Most of them were sweating profusely and must have run several kilometers. Yet, in spite of all the running, they remained in the same place.

My mind went back to the days when I, too, was running on the fast-paced treadmill of life without making any meaningful progress in life. 

I realized this constant running was only exhausting me and not energizing me. I was not enjoying what I was doing, and I was unhappy.

I asked myself these life-changing questions on that fateful day.

• 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆?

• 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚? 

It was that Eureka moment when I heard a whisper from my soul 

“𝑵𝒊𝒅𝒉𝒊, 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆.” 

I listened to that soulful message. I took a long pause in life. I found my purpose in those golden moments of silence, stillness, and solitude.