The thing about movement

You might have heard that whales never stop moving. From birth to death, even in their sleep, they are in motion. We find it fascinating but hardly recall that we are like that too.

Sometimes while stuck in traffic, I reflect on the paradox: many of us headed where others just left. Some are relocating abroad while others return home. For our ancestors, motion was even more the norm. Each offspring found its own way through the wilderness, searching for food by day, settling by night, then setting off again at dawn.

Yes, they paused, reflected, and chose their paths. We need that too. But we were not made to sit in paralysis, taking no action on our yearnings. Our nature is to try things out, learn on the way, and course-correct. ‘Eurekas’ often came in motion. Paul saw the light on a path. Edison found answers moving from one wrong attempt to the other.

Motion is the nature of all things. Even in sleep, we cruise through space on this vessel called earth. And in our dreams too.

Staying too long without starting that business or experimenting with that idea defies nature. You’re waiting on your mind to produce the genius when the genius is out there on the road. Waiting for you.