For one decade, I was driving at full throttle.

I didn't allow myself to slow down. I pushed my car and myself very hard over the limit. Always straight ahead. No breaks. Everything around me didn't matter. Outpace. Accelerate. Repeat.

Yes, indeed I travelled a very long distance during this time. Everything seemed to work out. My destination was getting closer and closer.

But after almost ten years, something strange happened.

All of a sudden, I was getting really tired. I could barely keep my eyes open anymore. When I looked at the fuel gauge, I frighteningly noticed that my tank was almost empty. Additionally, my car started to make some weird noises.

What the hell was going on?

I had no clue. But when I started to think about this, I quickly realized that at least one of two things would happen if I wouldn't react:

• I would crash into a wall if I kept driving at this speed while being so tired.

• My journey would end right here and now if my gas tank became empty.

Feeling very vulnerable, I didn't know what to do. I can't stop! I need to get to my destination as fast as possible!

But deep inside me, something spoke to me. Strangely, it seemed like both my heart and my brain wanted to tell me the absolute same thing.

Driven by this feeling, I followed their advice. And I made a decision.

For the first time in 10 years, I started to slow down.

Maybe I slowed down a bit too fast, but I slowed down. And finally, I stopped the car. I took my hands off the wheel and my foot off the pedal. I even put on the brake.

While sitting in my car, a strange feeling came over me. I started to look around and was surprised where I was stranded.