Often times we tend to forget the real meaning of life. We get too tangled in our everyday chores and fail to keep track of the big picture. The result - unnecessary stress and feelings of desperation. Loosing peace of mind. We aim to pay off our mortgages earlier. We tend to unconsciously think we can become a millionaire before reaching 40, if we only try harder.

Silent anxiety is what I call these. It will slowly kill you. Try to avoid it. Use your conscious brain to suppress these anxieties and “unnecessary requirements”, that you are trying to put it on yourself. Life is not a race. The well known British astrologer Cainer, once put it beautifully -

Existence is not a competition. The object of the exercise is not to begin at point A and get to point B as fast as possible. There are, indeed, some who say that the only way we really get to qualify as proud and proper members of the human race - is by recognising that life is not a race. All thoughts of loss and victory must be put aside now. So too, must all comparisons. If life is anything, it is a dance. Two steps forward, one back. Judge progress, today, by grace of movement, not quantity of it!

This can be true for any day. Not just today. If you are a Type A personality, out there conquering the world, slow down. Do not let life pass you by. Because if you let it, it will.