We'll Get There When We Get There 🛣️

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Jul 12

Written By Caroline Lunne

We’ll Get There When We Get There

I surprised myself this week as I whispered at my desk:

"We'll get there when we get there."

If I have a regret about anything, it's all the pressure I've put on myself to move forward. It's the white knuckles and too much meditation on the unknown.

I've long held a posture that leans toward the future.

On to the next thing. Get out in front. Make a plan.

Right now, I'm in the throws of building a business. I've found that to start something is one muscle. To build is a completely new one. It's easy for me to sit at my desk, look at my calendar, glance down at tomorrow's to do list and panic. How? What? When? What if?

The same applies to just about everything. Dating. Marriage. Kids. Careers. Bucket Lists.

How?! What?! When?! What if?!

I look back and see that none of this worry, premeditation, or planning has necessarily helped. It's only made me sweat — and miss things.

We'll get there when we get there.

Because here we are.

Outside, the sun sets. Families gather. My dad makes dinner. My grandma calls. The flowers bloom. The birds come to visit. My friends text with updates. I walk to the water. I laugh with my mother. We all breathe together.

Where are you right now? What do you notice?

I wish to stand more upright in the present.

Here is good. Here is God.

Along for the ride,