Slow Down…?

October 14, 2010 by ngalanjala 1 Comment

Reader, with droopy eyes and a tired body I write this. I am perched on a chair upstairs from my room trying to get this out because I have no other tools, other than my work computer and the communal computer at my house, to post blogs because da ta da (!!!) I lost my Blackberry on Sunday. The range of emotions cannot truly be expressed in this post and due to my state of tiredom let me just summarize those feelings by saying that they were mixed feelings(happy, sad, free invaded). I of course know that it could be worse and I have put it in perspective, but I cannot deny those feelings and I will not — it sucks. 🙂 I posted a note in the lost and found section on Craigslist and a few ads down from my own I saw that someone lost their purse, which had their keys,phone, wallet and other things inside of it. Again, Perspective.

Today, I went to Target to buy an alarm clock ( my phone was my alarm…and watch) and I left my book there that I am so engrossed in at the moment (Later went back and found it) and then afterward at the Ethiopian restaurant in my neighborhood, I left my scarf. If it weren’t for the cool air reminding that me that my neck needed some warmth, the scarf probably would have been missing, too. This whole fiasco is reminding of an India Arie song:

Slow Down

So far from where I started out So far from where I wanna be Listening for answers in the wind But can’t find a rock to plant my feet Looking for love in all the wrong places Down on my knees and now I’m praying for patience I know there’s gotta be a better way In the back of my mind I hear my momma say  Slow down, baby you’re going too fast You got you hands in the air With you feet on the gas You’re ’bout to wreck your future Running from your past You need to slow down before You go down baby Thinking the faster that I go The faster (that) I will reach my goal The race is not given to the swift But to the one who endureth I thought that all my obstacles were behind me Walking around like I’m made out of diamond I tripped and fell and it remindedme Move over and let my angels guideme Slow down, baby you’re going too fast You got you hands in the air With you feet on the gas You’re ’bout to wreck your future Running from your past You need to slow down before You go down baby Sometimes you gotta be still Before you can get ahead Be still Ask the universe for help Be real You can’t do it all by yourself Ah, no no Sometimes, sometimes you gotta be still It take some time to reach you and they Be still Take some time to clear your space Be real Chaos isn’t good for yo health Ah, no no, ahhh Cuz I’m breaking things and losing things I lost my cell phone again the other day Now, I don’t wanna live this way, no In the back of my mind I hear my mama say Slow down, baby you’re going too fast You got you hands in the air With you feet on the gas You’re ’bout to wreck your future Running from your past You need to slow down before You go down baby (slow down baby) Slow down (baby) You’re going too fast Slow down (baby) Feet on the gas Slow down (baby) Run from your past Slow down baby