As you travel.

That pursuit is ongoing by the way, as is the effort to sustain it. The secret to all success is to remain in the flow.

The obvious: Don’t swim against the current. See where the river wants to take you. Be relaxed and happy that you’re awake on the journey.

And: be neither too relaxed where you don’t swim at all.Otherwise, the river will almost certainly kill you.

And definitely don’t think you can swim faster than the current: don’t be a “try-hard.” This is a term I heard used in the open-mic circuit for those who are trying so hard to make it they forget to enjoy it. The stress and the need for perfection is a distraction from the beauty, uncertainty, and finality of every moment. It’s never about the destination anyway. It’s about the brave lifestyle one leads in getting there.

( im trying, still trying)

- Jason Mraz