Always in a Hurry

     

Are we “always in a hurry?” And do we know what this means? True, we may be continually active, but continual activity can often mean knots in the stomach as we race to get things done, unwelcome demands for our attention, and interrupted thinking. The enforcement of “busy” can mean spotty quality of attention spans and many overlooked treasures that can be in plain sight. Hurrying down life’s roads can result in bypassing pauses that can truly refresh.

We may easily miss a beautiful display...

Hurried activity almost always shuts out nature from our activities. Nature’s beauties, whether peaceful or elaborate, need genuine quiet or we will breeze by heart-warming sights and sounds that calm our vigorous tendencies and bring needed respite along the way. If we do not take the time to focus on opportunities that need slowed-down insights, we may easily miss a beautiful display of art and wisdom that could be ours.

The glories of life need to be experienced...

The glories of life need to be experienced, and this takes time that we are willing to set aside so that we can allow our senses to take in everything. A partial experience may only give us a taste of what’s available and can, by its incompleteness, be more frustrating than fulfilling. Perhaps always moving like a blur is not a good idea. It is far too easy to forget the contents of the day. I found that smelling the flowers takes inhaling big lungfulls of fragrance, draught after draught, not tiny little stolen sniffs!


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