"I dream of putting the world on pause "

I dream of putting the world on pause

Stop stalling for time

What's the point of grabbing minutes and seconds

Work more, earn more, consume more?

At this rate, our mad race is already lost

Strain, tear, life-threatening prognosis

It's time to accept our loss

I dream of suspending the clocks, emptying the diaries

To free our minds from the incessant weight of haste

Let's rediscover the tempo of walking or cycling

Let's listen to our heartbeat as it accelerates up hills

Breathe in, breathe out, recover

Please, let time slip away

The verb "to marvel" is so beautiful, conjugated in the present tense

I dream of letting the wind carry us

Leading us down dark alleys and byways

Forget our destination, let ourselves drift

"Itinérer", "errancer", "flânerêver"... there are so many words to invent.

Let's revisit the etymology of our Odysseys

The future will be simple or it won't be

Let's learn to unburden ourselves

I dream of putting the world on pause

To see screens turn off and utopias turn on

To meet the men and women who take other roads

Inventing epics where no one is left behind

Let's contemplate the ordinary, let ourselves be surprised

Redraw the journey of simplicity

We must accept to lose ourselves in order to find ourselves again.

Communications Director for makesense, an association that helps people get moving onenvironmental issues, Hélène Binet is also a passionate bike traveler.

Endowed with an immense sense of storytelling and a pen that's both poetic and committed, Hélène contributes to the creation of content aimed at helping people live differently, with ever greater joy and pleasure.

💚 Chiche, the new media from Makesense

💚 [Grand écart](https://chiche.makesense.org/media/category/grand-ecart-le-podcast-qui-donne-envie-de-parler-des-sujets-qui-fachent ), a podcast for talking about angry subjects.

💚 Les gangsters du bien, to help all those who want to get moving.

💚 Paumé.e.s, the community for those who have more questions than answers.