“The truth is, we can’t pause time. We can’t start it or stop it, can’t speed it or slow it. It’s the grand clock of our days, and it ticks madly with no help or hurry from us. We have very little say in the whole thing.

But we can pause our bodies, and our souls, and we can pay attention long enough to notice when we’ve outpaced life’s daily gifts. We can re-calibrate, setting our speed for a new race — one of endurance and not sprint. Something that feels solid and sure. Steadfast.”