Episode 04 — The Two Speeds of Life

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Life seems to move at two very different speeds.

There are seasons when we run.

We chase opportunities. Success. Relationships. Experiences. The next goal. The next version of the life we think we're supposed to build.

And then there are seasons when life stops us in our tracks.

In this deeply personal episode of Evening Reflections, Paul shares how the collapse of his business and marriage forced him from the speed of the rabbit into the pace of the tortoise—and how an unlikely ritual with his grandmother changed the way he saw his life.

At 4 a.m., after returning home from bartending, Paul would help his bedridden grandmother out of bed. They'd make coffee, sit together in the dark kitchen, and watch the squirrels outside the window.

It sounds like such a small thing.

But sometimes the smallest moments are the ones that change us.

For the first time, Paul wasn't chasing anything. He wasn't trying to prove anything or get somewhere else.

He was simply present.

And slowly, he began noticing things he'd been moving too fast to see.

The Two Speeds of Life is a reflection on ambition, loss, grief, presence, and discovering that slowing down doesn't always mean we're falling behind.

Sometimes life slows us down so we can finally see what has been there all along.

As you listen, consider:

What are you chasing because you truly want it—and what are you chasing because someone else convinced you it mattered?

When people remember your life one day, will they remember how fast you ran... or how deeply you loved?

What if the season you're trying hardest to escape has something important to teach you?

🎧 Listen to The Two Speeds of Life.

The reflection continues at eveningreflections.com.

Read the story. Sit with the questions. Find your next reflection.

The day gives us the story.
The quiet helps us understand it.