How was your Wednesday? I hope that it was fine and well and you were doing all the things you love to do.
Sometimes, when I think and ponder what to write, I catch myself wondering about the world and the speed at which it is moving on. Yes, time flies by so quickly that you simply don't do things you are supposed to do. Like be nice to other people and help wherever you can.
We are so caught in demands around us that we are not nice and pleasant people any more. We are grumpy and edgy and unsatisfied.
So free yourself, take a deep breath, lift your head, look around, step down from this fast train. Find somebody that needs help and help her or him. Play with children. You will feel better and you will once again remember what is the purpose of our lives - to give love to others.
I wrote the text above some ten years ago if not more. It's a blast from the past like this poem. Yet, as it's often the case, the words are truer today as they were in time.
Why I chose to republish it? Because we need to slow down. We need to lower the pace this society is supposed to live at. Slowing down is a bout quality over quantity, deep relationships over superficial ones, real thoughts and feelings over instant satisfaction. Simple as that.
So, is it coincidence that I started reading Carl Honore's book In Praise of Slow. last week? I don't think so.
better and better
:ervin :lemark
#2025 /365
