We have talked about how we got to where we are, now what. Do we stay, do we leave, do we wait? Is this a destination or just a layover? Now what do I do? Let us spend a little time and think about this, take a little rest on our journey. A potty break on the highway of life.

It is entirely up to you to do what you feel is in your best interest at this point. I sincerely hope that you will not consider this point in your life, this mile marker on your journey of life as the destination. It should be our goal to keep traveling always, when we stop moving, we stop going anywhere, we just kind of quit. At this point in life we no longer have a desire to do much more, in fact we are in the fast lane to the grave.

If we think about where we are as a layover, a rest stop along the road, we have the opportunity to take a break, get some rest, recharge our system, let things get caught up, re-group and move on. We all need to take a break from time to time, if we don’t the stress of living will get the best of us. We need that re-charge to keep us healthy. No different than getting a good night’s sleep or eating healthy, we need to allow ourselves to rest, take some time to take care of us, “Me Time.”

Maybe we have been traveling so fast that we need to slow down to allow someone to catch up. Have we been outrunning our spouses, children? Family, or friends? If we care about them we will want to take the time occasionally to stop and get everyone caught up. Spend that time with your loved ones that makes memories, because once time is spent, we never get it back. I have yet to see a tombstone that reads, “I wish I would have gone further in my career.” A deathbed is an awful place to start regretting the things we wish we would have done, to regret not spending time with our loved ones. Once we are at that stage, the harsh reality is as Groucho Marx said in his dying breath, “This is no way to live.”

Take the time to rest along the way, get everyone caught up, and then continue on your journey and you will find that the layover was needed and makes the trip much more pleasant for all.