Pan fyddwch chi'n byw bywyd sy'n tynnu eich sylw, rhaid rhoi cyfrif am bob munud. Rydych chi'n teimlo bod yn rhaid eich bod chi'n gwirio rhywbeth oddi ar y rhestr, yn syllu ar sgrin, neu'n rhuthro i'r gyrchfan nesaf. Ac ni waeth faint o ffyrdd rydych chi'n rhannu'ch amser a'ch sylw, ni waeth faint o ddyletswyddau rydych chi'n eu ceisio ac yn aml-dasg, does byth digon o amser mewn diwrnod i ddal i fyny.
Dyna oedd fy mywyd am ddwy flynedd gwyllt. Roedd fy meddyliau a'm gweithredoedd yn cael eu rheoli gan hysbysiadau electronig, tonau ffôn, ac agendâu llawn dop. Ac er bod pob ffibr o fy rhingyll dril mewnol eisiau bod ar amser i bob gweithgaredd ar fy amserlen or-ymrwymedig, doeddwn i ddim.
Rydych chi'n gweld, chwe blynedd yn ôl cefais fy mendithio â phlentyn hamddenol, diofal, stopio ac arogli-y rhosod.
Pan oedd angen i mi fod allan y drws, roedd hi'n cymryd ei hamser melys yn pigo pwrs a choron ddisglair.
Pan oedd angen i mi fod yn rhywle bum munud yn ôl, roedd hi'n mynnu bwcio ei anifail wedi'i stwffio i mewn i sedd car.
Pan oedd angen i mi fachu cinio cyflym yn Subway, byddai'n stopio i siarad â'r fenyw oedrannus a oedd yn edrych fel ei mam-gu.
Pan oedd gen i ddeg munud ar hugain i redeg, roedd hi eisiau i mi atal y stroller ac anifail anwes bob ci yr oeddem yn ei basio.
Pan gefais agenda lawn a ddechreuodd am 6 y bore, gofynnodd am dorri'r wyau a'u troi mor dyner.

Roedd fy mhlentyn diofal yn anrheg i fy natur Math A, a yrrir gan dasgau - ond ni welais hynny. O na, pan fyddwch chi'n byw bywyd wedi'i wrthdynnu, mae gennych chi weledigaeth twnnel—dim ond edrych ymlaen at yr hyn sydd nesaf ar yr agenda. Ac mae unrhyw beth na ellir ei wirio oddi ar y rhestr yn wastraff amser.
Pa bryd bynnag y byddai fy mhlentyn yn peri imi wyro oddi wrth fy mhrif amserlen, meddyliais wrthyf fy hun, “Nid oes gennym amser ar gyfer hyn.” O ganlyniad, y ddau air a siaradais amlaf â chariad bach bywyd oedd: “Brysiwch.”
Dechreuais fy mrawddegau ag ef.
Brysiwch, rydyn ni'n mynd i fod yn hwyr.
Gorffennais brawddegau ag ef.
Rydyn ni'n mynd i golli popeth os na fyddwch chi'n brysio.
Dechreuais fy niwrnod ag ef.
Brysiwch a bwyta'ch brecwast.
Brysiwch a gwisgwch.
Gorffennais fy niwrnod ag ef.
Brysiwch a brwsiwch eich dannedd.
Brysiwch a mynd yn y gwely.
Ac er na wnaeth y geiriau “brysio” fawr ddim, os dim, i gynyddu cyflymder fy mhlentyn, dywedais nhw beth bynnag. Efallai hyd yn oed yn fwy na’r geiriau, “Rwy’n dy garu di.”
Mae'r gwir yn brifo, ond mae'r gwir yn gwella ... ac yn dod â fi'n agosach at y rhiant rydw i eisiau bod.
Yna un diwrnod tyngedfennol, newidiodd pethau. Roedden ni newydd godi fy merch hŷn o'r feithrinfa ac yn dod allan o'r car. Heb fynd yn ddigon cyflym at ei dant, dywedodd fy merch hŷn wrth ei chwaer fach, “Rwyt ti mor araf.” Ac wedi iddi groesi ei breichiau a gollwng ochenaid gynddeiriog, gwelais fy hun—a golygfa ddigalon oedd hi.
Roeddwn i'n fwli a oedd yn gwthio a phwyso a brysio plentyn bach a oedd, yn syml, eisiau mwynhau bywyd.
Agorwyd fy llygaid; Gwelais yn eglur y difrod yr oedd fy modolaeth frysiog yn ei wneud i'm dau blentyn.
Er bod fy llais wedi crynu, edrychais i mewn i lygaid fy mhlentyn bach a dweud, "Mae'n ddrwg gen i fy mod wedi bod yn gwneud i chi frysio. Rwyf wrth fy modd eich bod yn cymryd eich amser, ac rwyf am fod yn debycach i chi."
Roedd fy dwy ferch yn edrych yr un mor synnu gan fy nghyfaddefiad poenus, ond roedd wyneb fy merch iau yn dal y llewyrch digamsyniol o ddilysu a derbyn.
“Rwy’n addo bod yn fwy amyneddgar o hyn ymlaen,” dywedais wrth i mi gofleidio fy mhlentyn gwallt cyrliog a oedd bellach yn berwi ar addewid newydd ei mam.
Roedd yn eithaf hawdd dileu “brysio” o fy ngeirfa. Yr hyn nad oedd mor hawdd oedd cael yr amynedd i aros ar fy mhlentyn hamddenol. Er mwyn helpu'r ddau ohonom, dechreuais roi ychydig mwy o amser iddi baratoi pe bai'n rhaid i ni fynd i rywle. Ac weithiau, hyd yn oed wedyn, roedden ni dal yn hwyr. Dyna'r amseroedd y sicrheais fy hun na fyddaf yn hwyr ond am ychydig flynyddoedd, os hyny, tra y bydd hi yn ieuanc.
Pan aeth fy merch a minnau am dro neu fynd i'r siop, fe wnes i ganiatáu iddi osod y cyflymder. A phan stopiodd hi i edmygu rhywbeth, byddwn yn gwthio meddyliau am fy agenda allan o fy mhen ac yn ei harsylwi. Gwelais ymadroddion ar ei hwyneb na welais erioed o'r blaen. Astudiais dimples ar ei dwylo a'r ffordd yr oedd ei llygaid yn crychu pan wenodd. Gwelais y ffordd roedd pobl eraill yn ymateb iddi yn stopio i gymryd amser i siarad â nhw. Gwelais y ffordd y gwelodd hi'r chwilod diddorol a'r blodau pert. Roedd hi'n Hysbyswr , a dysgais yn gyflym mai rhoddion prin a hardd yw Hysbysiadwyr y byd. Dyna pryd sylweddolais o'r diwedd ei bod hi'n anrheg i'm henaid gwyllt.

Gwnaethpwyd fy addewid i arafu bron i dair blynedd yn ôl, ar yr un pryd dechreuais ar fy nhaith i ollwng sylw dyddiol a deall yr hyn sy'n bwysig mewn bywyd. Mae byw ar gyflymder arafach yn dal i gymryd ymdrech ar y cyd. Ond fy merch iau yw fy atgof byw o pam mae'n rhaid i mi ddal ati. Yn wir, y diwrnod o'r blaen, fe wnaeth hi fy atgoffa unwaith eto.
Roedd y ddau ohonom wedi mynd ar daith beic i sno-cone shack tra ar ein gwyliau. Ar ôl prynu danteithion cŵl i’m merch, eisteddodd i lawr wrth fwrdd picnic wrth ei bodd yn edmygu’r tŵr rhewllyd oedd ganddi yn ei llaw.
Yn sydyn daeth golwg o bryder ar draws ei hwyneb. “Oes rhaid i mi ruthro, Mama?”
Gallwn i fod wedi crio. Efallai nad yw creithiau bywyd brysiog byth yn diflannu'n llwyr, meddyliais yn drist.
Wrth i fy mhlentyn edrych i fyny arnaf yn aros i wybod a allai gymryd ei hamser, roeddwn yn gwybod bod gennyf ddewis. Fe allwn i eistedd yno mewn tristwch yn meddwl faint o weithiau wnes i ruthro fy mhlentyn trwy fywyd … neu gallwn ddathlu'r ffaith fy mod heddiw yn ceisio gwneud pethau'n wahanol.
Dewisais i fyw i mewn heddiw.

“Does dim rhaid i chi frysio. Cymerwch eich amser,” dywedais yn dyner. Disgleiriodd ei hwyneb cyfan ar unwaith ac ymlaciodd ei hysgwyddau.
Ac felly eisteddon ni ochr yn ochr yn siarad am bethau mae plant ukulele-chwarae-6-mlwydd-oed yn siarad amdanyn nhw. Roedd yna eiliadau hyd yn oed pan oeddem yn eistedd yn dawel yn gwenu ar ein gilydd ac yn edmygu'r golygfeydd a'r synau o'n cwmpas.
Roeddwn i'n meddwl bod fy mhlentyn yn mynd i fwyta'r holl beth darn - ond pan gyrhaeddodd y brathiad olaf, daliodd lwyaid o grisialau iâ a sudd melys i mi. “Fe wnes i achub y brathiad olaf i chi, Mama,” meddai fy merch yn falch.
Wrth i mi adael i'r daioni rhewllyd dorri fy syched, sylweddolais fy mod newydd gael bargen oes.
Rhoddais ychydig o amser i fy mhlentyn ... ac yn gyfnewid, rhoddodd ei brathiad olaf i mi a'm hatgoffa bod pethau'n blasu'n felysach a bod cariad yn dod yn haws pan fyddwch chi'n rhoi'r gorau i ruthro trwy fywyd.

P'un a yw'n…
Bwyta sno-côn
Casglu blodau
Gwregys diogelwch yn byclo
Cracio wyau
Darganfod cregyn y môr
Ladybug yn gwylio
Cerdded palmant
Ni ddywedaf, “Nid oes gennym amser ar gyfer hyn.” Oherwydd mae hynny'n dweud yn y bôn, “Nid oes gennym ni amser i fyw.”
Oedi i ymhyfrydu yn llawenydd syml bywyd bob dydd yw'r unig ffordd i fyw go iawn.
(Ymddiried ynof, dysgais gan arbenigwr blaenllaw'r byd ar fyw'n llawen.)

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Thanks for sharing 🙏
Why do we have to be so „grown-up“? The day we stop growing is the day we die.
Going back to our previous attitude as children. This inborn curiosity. Why? The most often used word. And the marvel at all things, living and inanimate.
Maybe a bit differently. For sure, in another manner. Because now, we can even appreciate the beauty of the unfathomable. Beyond my capacity to comprehend is leaves me totally in awe and reverence I simply have to bow down and trust this higher order. No more misguided arrogance and desire for complete control.
Beautiful and thought changing
Thanks for a great story. We hurry in life worrying that we may miss something if we don't. But I wonder how much have we missed by hurrying. Distance without quality is not a journey worth awhile. Thanks again.
This was so beautiful! I find myself in a hurry most of the day between school and work then homework and preparing for the next day. I too would like to commit some of my time to slow down and enjoy all the little things in life. There is such beauty in everything that is often looked over but for 2015 I would like to enjoy these beautiful things even more!
Beautiful! Thank you
This was so interesting to read. I have always been a "Noticer" because I just love knowing my surroundings. It really helps with understanding a lot more of the world around you. It's great that you learned such a powerful lesson.
Oh my -- I've been a "Noticer" all my life but had to ramp it down when I got older. Think I'll let go of the control and go back to being a "Noticer". Thank you for inspiring that!!
Simply a beautiful and inspiring piece. A lesson for all of us.
Thank you!!!!
Thanks for your post! Your story is very instructive and interesting. Many people need to stop and think: "Where do I hurry? And why?.."
Lovely post, and a good reminder. My only concern is that you seem to be rather hard on yourself, taking every worry and concern of your child so deeply to heart you feel like a "bully" every time you need to rush a bit. Believe me, I know this feeling! But the reality of life is that, sometimes, we really DO need to be somewhere on time. Living life like this on a daily basis is, indeed, very stressful on our kids and on ourselves. Once in awhile, however, it is OKAY to have to rush out the door, to have to miss a few extra minutes of playtime. It really is okay to not always be able to stop and smell the roses. What's truly important is to try and keep a balance. Get moving when you really need to, but make plenty of time for noticing, too. It's so easy, in this day and age of sky-scraper parenting standards, to always feel like we're damaging our children with every little decision we make. But none of us are perfect. As long as we don't expect perfection from our children, they won't come to expect it from us, either. If we constantly affirm for our kids that we think they are wonderful just as they are, if we embrace and nurture the things that make them unique, they will carry that with them much more than the times we had to rush them to get to work on time.
Best wishes,
[Hide Full Comment]A Noticer with a Noticer child
What a beautiful reminder to live in the moment. This story brought me to tears! I have a 3 year old who was born when I was about to turn 41. After a frantic 20 years of adult life, experiencing 'as much as possible' in my own life, I was blessed to have the most wonderful experience of all- being a parent. I remind myself constantly how these early years of my daughters life are so short and so precious, that I must stop and enjoy this time with her, at her pace. It is often difficult with the pressures of life and work but perhaps being an older parent gives me a heightened appreciation of these few short years. Life has slowed down immeasurable because of my daughter and what a gift that has been. There is SO much more to life than work!
a great opportunity for grandparents to make a difference in a child's life- especially if they are retired and not under time-stress. Both child and granddparent can appreciate the spacious present without fear of missing something else or being pushed or coaxed.
yeah, all kids are like this. ;)
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This nearly brought tears to my eyes. A friend of mine shared this with me as I am constantly conflicted over my Type A personality. It controls my parenting style that consequently has me up as front runner for mother of the year, annually. :-( Your entry was just perfect and reminds me just how unfair my demanding, hurried ways is to my beautiful daughter. I, too, have heard words stream from my older daughter's mouth that sound so harsh and demanding, only to realize it's me who has provided such repulsive modeling for such. I MUST slow down! Thank you again for sharing your story and inspiring me to be a better mom!
Beautiful. I had a 'hurry up' dad in my life and trust me even after 27 years if my life, I have never really be able to connect with him.
'Thank you so so much' for living in the moment. Bless Your children.
This is just beautiful - thank you for sharing.
This is absolutely beautiful!!
Boy can I relate to this! I was a moseying child like that. And now I'm the rushing parent of moseying children. Thanks for the reminder!!!
This is an awesome story. When I was in the Novitiate for my religious order, we spent a fair amount of time talking about "agendas". Some of it took, some of it didn't. Even today I often find myself rushing around, trying to get to my destination and not paying attention to my journey. The lady in this story apparently had the same tendency. Fortunately for her, she had a daughter who could teach her to slow down and smell the roses. How many gifts to the people and the world have we lost because the people who were supposed to show them to us never had the chance to be born?
Rachel: I'm an Emotional Freedom Coach for Women Entrepreneurs and I just shared your story with everyone I know, whether they have little ones or not. What a very powerful message! WHEW! My little ones are now 30, 31 & 32 and I have a big blended family with 9 grandchildren. Your words brought it home to me like a brick in the forehead! THANK YOU!!!
Make it a wonderful day!!
Gwen Orwiler
Beautiful! This is good advice for everyone in this "fast talking; fast moving" world we live in today.
LOVE THIS!!! As a working mom when my kids were little my motto was :When there BE there."
Wow! This was a lovely post. I'm glad to say that I have all the time in the world and am relishing the same.
Love and light, always :)
tears in my eyes right now
beeeuuuuuuuuuuuuutiful.
Thank you for the reminder.
And enjoy those precious children while you can. Mine are now 18 and 21 and they don't need me leisurely hanging around with them anymore. Treasure those times while you can.
Absolutely beautiful, thank you for helping me in my training.
Wow! This was a much needed read. It brought to me big smiles but also regretful tears. I can relate so easily to this. I also vow to stop and give presence to each and every valuable moment as much that I can. It's so deafening to realize I've so selfishly taken the beauty of life from my child's very own rainbow. I can relate to seeing myself as a bully. I clearly see the lack of respect I've shown my little one in so many ways. Today is a new day and what a blessing it is to have another chance to start over fresh with my sparkling little darling. I pray she forgives me and continues her patience with me.
a great reminder for us all to Stop, smell the roses, connect to one another and value living in the moment. Thank you so much for sharing the wisdom of a child. And indeed, we are all Tall children, some are simply taller than others.