I should begin by saying happy Monday to you all, happy Monday! Now that is out of the way I presume it is safe to proceed with my first entry on my shiny new page. Do you like it? I am quite impressed with it myself although I may have to get the decorators in at some point. Any suggestions for improvements please put them in the comments, I will consider them all (if I actually do anything about them is an entirely different subject).
Yesterday I was making my way back to the right side of the Watford Gap after a weekend in The South hurtling at a ridiculous speed in a tin can (I believe they call it the tube), as always in these situations I began to wonder why do we have to do things so fast? Is it really necessary to rush around like the world will end imminently?
Slowing down a notch quite obviously is going to have a major impact on your life - it may mean you have to leave your home 7 minutes earlier to allow time to get to work! But consider it for a second, humour me. Imagine in this day and age actually communicating with people face to face, knowing people by name and noticing things! When was the last time you slowed down enough to take in your surroundings?
We develop by learning but how can we learn when we don't allow ourselves the time to appreciate the greatest source of knowledge that there is – others. We all have our own journey, each of us taking a different road so it stands to reason listening to one and other to exchange experiences is only going to enrich us. Maybe my meandering ways are lackadaisical and I should be more focused like the majority, bypassing what surrounds me but this has never been my way as a result I believe I have reaped the benefits.
The fact is time is short, we achieve no more by rushing through life rather than walking through at a pace that allows us to savour what surrounds us. The quicker you travel through life the more it passes you by, that is my my humble opinion anyway.
If this the affect going the wrong side of the Watford Gap has on me maybe I should do it less often.
Until next time take a steady stroll, you may enjoy it.
Enjoy today and look forward to tomorrow, as always.
All I can say is spot on, what an explanation of the world we live in, the fast lane! I believe that people are told to slow down via illness which is sad, because they ignored the other signs of slowing down. I slowed down myself to meet some fabulous friends I couldn't live without.
ReplyDeleteInteresting you talk about life slowing down a little, yet in a tube train even if it stops due to some technical fault, people still stoically avoid conversation and eye-contact, Slowing down is one thing, reaching out to reap the benefits of new discoveries is another. For some, anyway.
ReplyDeleteGood first blog.
Stef,
Wow! Well, it is so true. So sad to think that people don't take the time to stop TEXTING long enough to look behind them, leaving a building as to not wack someone in the teeth.
ReplyDeletePay it Forward should be manditory....
Thanks for the lovely enlightening!!! Ramble on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!