So many times we feel stuck – paralyzed by fear, pressure, comfort even. We let idle minds and idleness in general overtake our thoughts and actions. Afraid to speak up – afraid of making the wrong move, threading too carefully, allowing ourselves to walk on eggshells. Don’t you just want to scream? Dance, cry, sing out? We aren’t meant to sit all day long in our suffocating offices dedicating our lives to a paycheck and daydreaming of a life that seems impossible. It’s not true human instinct. It’s not human nature to tiptoe around what we want, and desire – to ignore primal urges and responses. We have been conditioned to act a certain way, behave properly, mind our business, keep our heads down – get to work, don’t cause trouble for anyone else. Are your personal wants and happiness impeding on those closest to you? Well, then we are taught to hold it in – march on, and hope for the best.  Don’t aggravate, or annoy. It’s completely counter-productive -  we walk around like bombs waiting to explode. Just MOVE.

Move on from people causing pain. Move on from those with heavy negative energies that don’t appreciate you. Move away from places that you hate. Let go of a past that weighs you down. Move toward the things that will ultimately enrich your life. Be yourself – go after that which makes you happy. Don’t just sit there and dream or talk about it – do it. Move with those that are on the same path as you -  that want the same things, that will support and love you. Recognize truth, and people who will be dedicated and loyal – and don’t let them get away. How many times do we have a million excuses ready as to why we can’t have what we truly want? Are they valid – or is it just fear dictating and controlling our lives? Fear which distinguishes the passion inside of us. Fear and idleness – blinding us from the riches that are smacking us right in our face.

A tangled web inside of  all the things you want and don’t have – knotted, making it difficult to breathe.  That’s not a way to live. Do you want to wake up one day and think back at all the things you truly wanted but were afraid to do? Regretting the wasting away of formative years. Regretting not going after that opportunity, or the love of your life? Ugh. How many things do we just let slip on by without a fight?

Don’t run away – but keep on moving.

Damien Rice – Coconut Skins

You can hold her hand
and show her how you cry
explain to her your weakness so she understands
and then roll over and die
or you can brave decisions
before you crumble up inside
spend your time asking everyone else’s permission
then run away and hide

you can hold her eggs
but your basket has a hole
you can lie between her legs and go looking for..
tell her you’re searching for her soul
or you can wait for ages
watch your compost turn to coal
but time is contagious
everybody’s getting old

or you can sit on chimneys

put some fire up your a@@

Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart

Stay away from open windows, and put the telephone down.

Can you run as fast as this house will fall, when the alarm bell sounds?

No, I was never much of a dancer but I know enough to know you gotta move your idiot body around.

And you can’t, can’t settle down until the idiot in your blood settles down.

So move around, oh move around, oh move around…