We race through amber lights, drive faster than we know we should and overtake the slower drivers. We power walk through meandering pedestrians, sigh and fidget when in a queue, and demand that we were waiting before the sweet old lady. We flick through Sunday papers and make mental lists whilst getting a massage. We buy our food packaged, pre-chopped, seedless and ready- made.
Everyone is in a hurry.
The guy who impatiently drives right up behind me, crazily overtakes me, and then I sit right behind him at the next red traffic light.... soooo, all of that didn’t really make much difference in his travel time.
The woman who was slowed for a split second whilst I stopped to take a photo of my kids in a tourist town. She pushed past and angrily muttered something about bloody tourists. Umm, it’s a tourist town, the main street is full of shops and sights directly marketed at tourists…is she sure she is living in the right place!
I often wonder why people are in such a hurry. We are unable to be mindful and to live in the moment if we are focused on where we need to get to, whilst unknowingly rushing past all the pleasures that are here right now.
I often wonder why it seems so many of us are in such a hurry to rush to the ends of our lives…
Then what?
Slow down. Enjoy. You will get there. Late, early or on time.
Breathe, observe, and smell. Enjoy. Don’t miss the small joys.
Don’t wish the weeks away until that special day, the months away till that holiday, the years away till…
Slow down a little and be an aware part in your beautiful life.
suzy x
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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