whirlwind of rushing

Sometimes it is often easy to get so consumed in what is going on around you that you can't stop and take everything in. I've recently just hit a major milestone in my life and ever since, things have been a complete whirlwind. I've been so busy doing the things I have to do and things that can't wait to get done, yet no time to enjoy much of anything. Can't a girl get a break? Maybe we spend so much of our lives getting ready and preparing for our life that we don't have time in our schedules to actually live it. In the madness of this world, there has to be time for a breather of sorts. A time when we can all sit back and enjoy all the small things that this world has to offer for what they are truly worth. Appreciating life and learning to live it are not always the same thing, but we have to find the grey area between the two and embrace the beauty in everything, big or small, rich or poor, intentional or planned.